Deaf Education Classroom: A Case Study

There are a lot of pros of going to Deaf School but it also comes with a lot of cons. The pros of attending Deaf School is that you are surrounded by other children who speak the same language as you do and you are not the only student who have hearing problems but one of the major cons in attending the Deaf School system is that students are graduating with a lower reading levels and writing skills compared to the students in public schools. This may be occurring because Deaf Schools often get teachers who are unable to properly communicate in ASL. Perhaps, having a place designed for a specific disability does more harm than good because people lower the standard when they hear the word disability. Being the only Deaf student in my school gave me the attention that I needed in order to flourish in both spoken and written language. I was expected to thrive like the hearing students in my school. By my father’s simple decision, changed the way I am able to understand and communicate information in the written

The rich history of American Deaf culture in conjunction withlanguage displays the determination along with the brilliance of these people. Though the hearing world had called them sin, denounced them as dumb, these people rose up against their oppressors, making a new world for themselves.

Before this surge, deaf education in American schools, for well over 200 years, had gone by the hearing world's dogma: oral communication, based on print-centered literacy, had always been strongly insisted upon, and manual, visual communication discouraged (if it was allowed at all). The reasoning was that if deaf people were to function and communicate, they must do so as if they can hear; if they can't get along in the hearing world, they can't get along at all, and knowing the dominant (hearing) culture's language, doing well with its literacy, is the key to "getting along."

Instead, they are marginalised, forced to enrol in mainstream schools and be taught by professionals who have almost no training in deaf education. This is one reason for the increase in attainment.

Deaf is defined as partially or completely lacking the sense of hearing as to where Deaf culture refers to members of the Deaf community who share common values, traditions, norms, language and behaviors. According to the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, three out of every 1,000 American children are born deaf or with hearing loss and 9 out of 10 of those children are born to fully-hearing parents. Most of these children who are deaf will attend public schools. By all, means teaching children who are deaf is not easy an easy task and can seem challenging for both the students and the teacher alike but it is certainly accomplishable. Therefore, in order for children who are deaf to succeed in a mainstream classroom, the teacher must first understand the Deaf culture and counteract stereotypes so that he or she may better serve students who are deaf. The article Deaf Culture Tip Sheet by Professor Linda Siple (2003) and Deaf Myths by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (2013) elaborates on these exact issues and provides a better insight on the culture of the Deaf community.

The sponsoring organization for the Pomona deaf event was called Deaf Nation. Their purpose for the event was so that people could have connection meeting other people who are deaf and people who want to learn more about the deaf culture of American Sign Language. The membership was free admission anyone who was interested in the Deaf Expo could attend for more information about the deaf culture. The event was located in Fairplex building 7, there was a large amount of people. The event was on May 7th on Saturday. It started at 9am, but I came late. There were Deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing people in the building. The building was ginormous and people were really welcoming. The purpose of the event was to help the deaf community people to interact with other people and people who could hear learn more about the culture. It is hosted by Deaf Nation every year in Pomona and also in other three

For one, the slight language barrier causes hearing people to think that because they are speech impaired, they are mentally impaired as well. This is a fallacy, as there is no correlation between speech and mental capabilities. In addition, access to language does have an effect on academic performance, but it does not mean “dumb”. 92% of deaf children are from families with two hearing parents and hearing parents of deaf children are more likely to restrict their children from sign language because they themselves don’t know it and they haven’t experienced the culture. This inaccess to language is what accounts for speech issues and slower academic progress, but is not equivalent to a lack of mental

Lane’s perspective was to argue about the deaf segregation education in a hearing school and bilingual language minorities.

The National Deaf Education Project was founded in 1998 by Lawrence Siegel. Lawrence M. Siegel has been an advocate and attorney for special education cases beginning in 1979 (National Deaf Education Project). He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley (National Deaf Education Project). He has strong beliefs regarding the Deaf community and culture and the Deaf’s rights and liberties as Americans. Specifically, he believes that communication and language is a right for human beings and should become a necessity for learning. He established the NDEP to become the model and articulate a plan for communication in the educational setting for deaf and hard of hearing students in the United States (National Deaf Education Project). The board of the NDEP consists of representatives of Gallaudet University and collaborators of the project of the American Society for Deaf Children, the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools for the Deaf, the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, Gallaudet University, and the National Association of the Deaf (Gallaudet). This organization continues to aid in reforming the communication systems for the deaf and hard of hearing in public educational systems.

The American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC) was founded in 1967 as a parent helping organization. ASDC has evolved into a national, independent, and non-profit organization. The primary goal of this organization is to provide support, encouragement, education, and most importantly provide information regarding families who are raising children who are of deaf or hard-of-hearing. The ASDC ideally wants to be able to give deaf and hard-of-hearing children the equality that they deserve. For example, equal opportunities for them in this hearing world, yet they can do realistically everything that we can do besides verbally speaking to others. In order to provide equal opportunities, the first thing they can start with is providing families with a vast amount of information that will in turn help their children. Equality is a growing problem in the United States, whether you are of a minority race or white, deaf or hearing, we should all be able to have the

The National Theater of the Deaf began in 1967. Making it the oldest theater company in the Untied States. In it`s early beginnings it was located in The O`Neil Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut, but currently resides in West Hartford, Connecticut. The first show to be preformed by the company was The Man with his Heart in the Highlands, with only 7 people attending. But, even 49 years later the company is still going strong and wildly popular.

After watching the video about Rachel Kolb, who has trouble hearing, the insights I gained were not to put limitations on children who are deaf or have trouble hearing. Educators must give these students words of encouragement rather than bringing them down like one teacher did to Rachel. She mentions that she is more than disabled. She is just like everyone else and is capable to do everything like everyone else. Rachel is a great inspiration to all children with disabilities. She courage’s to go beyond the expectations. Rachel would love to be a writer one day and she states that people do not think she could do it but with her motivation, nothing will stop her. Some of the education considerations described in chapter 11 for learners with

After reading over this quote and the first chapter of the textbook a few times, I believe that that this quote as a whole is saying how evidence based practices are extremely important while teaching, but can be harmful to students if they aren't up to date and current. Particular with deaf students it is important also know about the medical aspect of being deaf since that will effect the way they are able to learn. So stay up to date with all of the different medicine or technology that is used for deaf students in prominent when teaching them. For example, as a teacher of a deaf student you should know what a cochlear implant is and know some effective ways to communicate with students. Since deaf students are becoming more main streamed

When asked a majority of the education majors indicated that they would consider an ASL class to be highly beneficial to their degree.

Through all of the material I have studied preparing me for this ASL social event, one thing has been consistent, and that is that deaf people in the community will not judge you for your lack of skills but rather they will appreciate the effort that you are putting to communicate with them. I found this to be true when I went to ASL night at menchie’s and I observed how people were so willing to help out, not just members of the deaf community, but also members of the hearing community, everyone was more than willing to help each other. The atmosphere in this environment although intimidating at first, wasn’t freighting it was an opportunity for me to interact with a brand-new community filled with such supporting people.