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Originally Posted by jillio
I like the idea of an integrated setting. There are a few charter schools opening around the U.S. that educate both deaf and hearing students using a Bi-Bi approach with ASL and English. I see that as a benefit to both. Especially in the case of deaf and hearing siblings. What an advantage that would be!
You don't need to tell me which one is government run, LOL.
Socialization is a very important part of education. That is one of the reasons that I see problems with a fully mainstream placement where there is 1 deaf child in a school of 300-400 students. The only person they can fully communicate with, and socialize with throughout the entire day is their terp. That is not a situation that facilitates social skills.
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I have seen that too many times.
If there was a BiBi program using ASL and English being offered for hearing kids as well, I would enroll my son in it for sure.
Arizona has a BiBi charter school for both deaf and hearing kids. I think that would be my idea of a perfect program because the deaf kids can learn how to deal with situations when the hearing kids use spoken language without singing. That would be a good skills for them to develop.