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Originally Posted by deafdyke
Mainstreaming tends to be pushed as this magical utopia.
I also hate hate hate hate how some parents make it seem like if you can't get good accomondations/programming for your student you're lazy.
I really think that the gross majority of dhh (as well as blind/low vision, and physical disablity) students need to start out in a school specificly for their disabilty, and THEN transistion to mainstreaming.
Even most general EI programs tend to be targeted towards kids with just general developmental disablities. (ie MR/LD/physical issues like CP)
I think too that kids with disabilites should have to pass an entrance exam to attend public school. Just so that, kneejerk mainstream placement doesn't happen. Mainstreaming isn't always the best place.
To parents of kids with disabilites..........Be openminded as to academic placement. As I've stated before mainstreaming does have its downsides.
They don't always know how to educate kids like us, and a lot of times we get lumped in with the "Ummmmm who's President Bush?" types out there if we don't suceed with minimal accomondations.
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Public schools not so bad, since i did well with an interpreter. But the problem with public schools or mainstream schools is that hearing teachers were not educated enough about how to commuicate with young kids and teenagers with their disablities and commuications. But I tell you one thing good about it because they don't make me go far behind with the education level as a deaf school would. It all denpend on where you to school. I have seen and been around deaf schools education programs is not that great. Sorry to say that most deaf schools don't always follow the same educations level as normal hearing students have. :-)
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