From what I know is the bi bi methodology is 20 years old, You have told me this was a new program instead of trusting your word for it, I should have done more research but the problem is there wasn't enough, from what I've came to learned that the first school that use the bi bi program was in 1989 which it was The Learning center for the deaf children in Framingham, Mass. And then in 1990 Indiana for the deaf use bi bi program too and so on. The point is that this methodology is just not well known.
This debate is never going to be completely resolved, we go around and around. Everyone has an opinion. But from what I've see on here is some of you are making TC so bad to the public. I have been in a TC program and I have nothing bad to say about that methodology. I got to learned signs, lip reading and speech. Who could ask for anything better than that?
Some of you have said that Bi Bi is better than TC or better than Cued Speech or better than Oralism. The point is no deaf is the same as another deaf person. What might work for this deaf individual might not work for another deaf individual. Now I can really see how hearing parents must felt when they're trying to do all that they can. Education is an extiemely important to ALL OF US.
My goal is to get all hearing parents of deaf children to get involved in ASL, I don't care what Education they decide on for their child, I just want them to use signs too and stop focusing on hearing and speech ONLY, Its the same I would say to Deaf Adults to stop focusing on ASL ONLY. Come on, we should not leave no child left behind. They have that right to know as many communication tools as possible.
Now for hearing parents of deaf children, ASL has been around since 1817, and it should be well perseved as long as there's deaf people on this earth with or without the use of cochlear implants. If you want a close bond with your deaf child then its time to put signs in your life, because you will reget it down the roads from now, I'm not kidding either.
Enough said by me.
