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Originally Posted by rick48
dreamchaser,
Mainstream schools are oral as they serve a population that is over 99% hearing. How they deliver their instruction to deaf students is a function of each individual child's IEP and what it states.
In our case, our daughter's IEP indicated that her instruction was to be oral and that any TOD had to orally communicate with her as that is her language. There is now another deaf child in our school district and her IEP states that she is to have an ASL intrepter and her TOD (who happens to be the same as my daughter) can use ASL with her. So in this case, the same school district provided different services to deaf children in their schools because of what was indicated on their IEPs.
Hope that helps.
Rick
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coooool, So, your school is not necessarily oral only if you chose not. I believe it is helpful to get lots of oral practice in, especially if one has an implant or can function with aides. I wonder though, do you think terps pick up enough info? I mean, this may sound ignorant, like stuff that is peripheral? ya know, sideline conversations and things that would make a child feel like part of the peers' discussions?
I want to be a great terp when I finish school, not a lousey one. I know some people go into it for he bucks, but I want to actually help our kids to get a GOOD education.
When they use a terp, is it mostly SEE in your district?