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Originally Posted by Cheri
Let's wait and see how bi bi educational will do in the years ahead since this program is new, when somthing comes out people gets excited. For years the only options were oral, cued speech and total communication while oral and total communication were popular back then now that they just add the fourth educational option, lets see how that goes, I would not be suprised if speech language falls low.
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That's true. We will need to watch for results. But the results to be looking for are increases in academic achievement. Academic achievement can be measured.
The difference between the other methods and Bi-Bi is that Bi-Bi actually encourages the participation of the deaf community in program development. rather than a program being developed without input from the deaf community. I believe that is a leap in the forward direction, and a giant step backwards from the paternalistic attitude that has been prevalent in educational policy in the past.