Agenda for Wednesday Night class has changed.
I welcome/encourage blogging on any of these ideas to help prepare us for class:
1. Deafness - specifically:
- how the degree of hearing loss impacts language development.
- factors which impact speech and language development
- factors to consider for appropriate educational placement
- instructional strategies
2. Chapter 14 - Enhancing Language and Communication - we will begin with the list on page 312 and apply it to our own classroom and recent test taking experience
5 comments:
After reading the samples of work by Mrs. White's son (sorry, I'm not sure how to spell his name and I didn't want to butcher it), I think it gave us a good look into how deafness can impact speech development. Since he was using ASL to communicate, he was leaving the 's' off a lot of words that needed it, and (if I'm remembering all of this correctly) also using the wrong tense of some words. This makes perfect sense because in ASL you use the basic gist of a statement instead of signing every little word, so it would be harder for him to master grammar.
In regards to the best educational setting, I don't have a child who is deaf so my opinion is not very educated. However, I think that it is probably best for a child who is deaf to be educated in a 'normal' school setting. That doesn't mean they should be embarrassed about being deaf or anything, but since they do live in a hearing world I think it would make more sense for them to be educated in a school where people can hear. Like I said though, since I don't have a child who is deaf my opinion isn't too educated.
Well thats my little speech for the day, see you guys on Wednesday!
Interesting observations about possible reasons why the student's writing was at current developmental stage and how that reflected ASL skills.
What factors do you believe parents and educators need to consider when determining the best educational placement for children who are deaf?
Why do you believe there are a variety of educational programs available?
I believe that as educators and parents of deaf/hard of hearing children, deciding on placement should be decided on an INDIVIDUAL basis. What is right for one child isn't neccessary right for another. When I worked in a local high school, there were 2 deaf students enrolled there and I had the pleasure of working with both students. They were both the same age/grade, and one student had a cochlear implant and attended regular classes. His parents didn't want him to sign or have an interpreter. The other student did not have an implant; she signed and had an interpreter, and she attended mostly resource classes. Point being that although both students were deaf, they had different needs and different curriculums.
Yay, i am excited...since DHH is my area of interest this is the class topic that most sparks my interest!!
I think deafness or even any degree of hearing loss will affect speech because it may make it harder to understand how to pronounce words or specific sounds when you can't hear them clearly. When I was younger, I had hearing loss so I wasn't able to speak all sounds correctly. I wasn't hearing exactly how certain letters such as r, s, & l were supposed to sound. I had to have speech classes. I also had minor surgery which gave me 100% hearing.
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