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Professor Larry Stephen-Northern Essex Community College
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Deaf professor urges his American Sign Language (ASL) students to interact with the deaf community using their new language...
A New Year, A New Decade, Time for New Efforts.
It is the first week of February 2010, January is all gone! I feel this year 2010, is a very special year! It is start of a new decade! So even if it is February it is not too late to make New Year’s resolutions or set goals.
If you recently found out your child is deaf, do...
Deaf Parenting: An Individual Education Plan to Effectively Meet Your Child’s Educational Needs.
It is important for parents of deaf and other special needs children to understand what an Individual Education Plan is and how to ensure your child’s education needs are being met in his or her IEP.
In this article, I will discuss:
What is an IEP
Give tips for having an effective IEP that meets your child’s educational...
Parenting a Deaf Child as a Hearing Parenting, You Must Learn American Sign Language: Deaf Parenting.
Alex and I were very young parents when we found out Larry was deaf. Larry is now a successful Deaf adult. Based on our experience we feel it is very important for hearing parents to learn American Sign Language (ASL). Here are my thoughts on hearing parents learning ASL.
Having a deaf child was totally new...
Schools for the Deaf in Massachusetts – Deaf Parenting.
The Learning Center for the Deaf.
There are 2 campuses. The main campus is in Framingham. The other campus is in Randolph. The Framingham campus has the following programs:
Parent-infant for ages 0 to 3
Preschool for ages 3 to 4
Kindergarten for age 5
Lower elementary school for ages 6 to 7
Upper elementary school for ages 8 to 12
Middle...
Deaf Parenting: Improving Reading Skills of Deaf Children
Our son loves soccer and sports, so we used this to his benefit. We got him his own subscriptions to junior and adult soccer magazines, sports illustrated, wrestling magazines and books on soccer for youths and teens. Larry loved these...
American Sign Language Dictionary Websites-Deaf Parenting
1) http://asl.ms/
2) http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
3) http://www.aslpro.com
Accent= Various sounds by voices (hearing people)
Dialect= Various signs by visual communication (Deaf people)
Warning:
Some signs are not the same across the nation.
American Sign Language dictionary websites are not a guarantee method to learn American Sign Language fluently.
To...
American Sign Language Class-Deaf Parenting
I decided to refresh my sign language skills and so I attended my first of nine American Sign Language (ASL) classes at Deaf, Inc last night. What a great diverse group! The teacher is Deaf and has already set the tone to make the class fun, and raised our interest in ASL and Deaf culture. ...
Adult Education at Deaf, Inc.
HYPERLINK “http://www.deafinconline.org/index.html” Deaf, Inc is located in Allston, MA and the organization’s mission is to empower Deaf, Deaf-Blind, Hard of Hearing and Late-Deafened people to lead independent lives. Deaf, Inc offers educational classes and workshops in basic academic skills, job skills, GED preparation, and American Sign Language.
Parents, siblings, relatives of Deaf children or adults can...
Discover How Our Deaf Child Grew Up Confident, Independent and Successful Beyond Our Imagination!
A Family’s Journey with a Deaf son.
Welcome to our family story, our life’s journey with our Deaf son. My husband, Alex, and I have 2 children, Larry and Charisma. Larry and his wife Amrit are both Deaf. Their beautiful daughter Raveena is hearing.
Our story details how we discovered Larry was Deaf, our decision to...
