Spoken English is not in the best interest for my hearing child

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I have decided to place my hearing son in an ASL-only environment because I feel that he is not thriving in a spoken English environment. They have "hands off" in the classroom and I want my son to become fluent in ASL and in order for him to be fluent, he needs to be in it all day. Since the majority of people in my daily life use ASL, my son needs to learn it to be able to communicate with them.

If he decides to stop using spoken English altogether, I will follow his wishes.
 
I heard MSD has allowed hearing kids to attend there. If your son is going there then I hope he'll do quite well.

Great to hear you're thinking outside the box for him.
 
Miss-Delectable said:
I heard MSD has allowed hearing kids to attend there. If your son is going there then I hope he'll do quite well.

Great to hear you're thinking outside the box for him.
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Thank you...

I want him to be in a bilingual education environment instead of a monolingual one.
 
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it happens. I know of deaf people who choose to use asl exclusively at home and then enroll their hearing children in deaf schools that allow hearing peers.
 
Ironically my school won't admit my daughter to the preschool program because she has unilateral hearing loss - their policy is she must have loss in BOTH ears...also, she needs ASL because of a communication disorder. Our current placement for her isn't working out.

So frustrating.
 
shel90 said:
I have decided to place my hearing son in an ASL-only environment because I feel that he is not thriving in a spoken English environment. They have "hands off" in the classroom and I want my son to become fluent in ASL and in order for him to be fluent, he needs to be in it all day. Since the majority of people in my daily life use ASL, my son needs to learn it to be able to communicate with them.

If he decides to stop using spoken English altogether, I will follow his wishes.
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Great. It's a good option. I wish my parents had done it for me. But they wanted me to speak English even though I don't hear well.

It will be much easier for your son as he can hear and pick up spoken English peripherally. :)
 
*spits out Diet Coke* BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH... shel you owe me a new monitor!!!! :)
because she has unilateral hearing loss - their policy is she must have loss in BOTH ears...also, she needs ASL because of a communication disorder.
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bajagirl, Contact United Cerebal Palsy. There are a lot of high functioning (meaning normal IQ) CP kids who use ASL for expressive language purposes. Also, contact St. Rita's School for the Deaf (has the Sign and Say program) St. Rita School for the Deaf and ,Sign N' Say
Beverly School for the Deaf Children's Center for Communication (CCC) Programs, the Learning Center for Deaf Children's Randolph Campus: Academics - Language Access Program
and here is an article about a mom of a kid with a weird language disorder (hearing fine) who attends the New Mexico School for the Deaf : Hands & Voices :: Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
 
deafbajagal said:
Ironically my school won't admit my daughter to the preschool program because she has unilateral hearing loss - their policy is she must have loss in BOTH ears...also, she needs ASL because of a communication disorder. Our current placement for her isn't working out.

So frustrating.
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Dang, sorry to hear the current placement is not working out well.

Is there a loophole in your school's policy or bylaws that you can exploit?

Hoping your little girl will get what she needs soon.
 
Alright alright...

I was playing Devil's advocate.

If this was for real and I really wanted my hearing son in an ASL only environmnet, would it be allowed?

No.

The question is ..why not? It is because I dont have that right. Already that decision has been made for me.

Kinda sad, isnt it?
 
shel90 said:
Alright alright...

I was playing Devil's advocate.

If this was for real and I really wanted my hearing son in an ASL only environmnet, would it be allowed?

No.

The question is ..why not? It is because I dont have that right. Already that decision has been made for me.

Kinda sad, isnt it?
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We had considered something similar: placing Li in a Mandarin language immersion school -- the costs are pretty steep, but I think you do have the right.

You may be able to do this -- enroll your child in a private school for the deaf -- even though he is not deaf or hoh. We've had CODAs (children of teaching staff) accepted in the early ed levels at Li's school, which I thought was great (peer language models), although I've heard unofficially that it presented enormous challenges for the teachers. And you'd be facing private school costs: I believe my child's school tuition is jumping up to $65K annually this year, and the school van that transports her costs another $20-25K a year (although you may live much closer to a school for the deaf than I do).
 
Yes very sad!!

I would LOVE that for my hearing two children because i know they will pick up their spoken lanaguage at a much later in their ages as their last resort of the spoken language while they learn ASL right now.
 
Shel, I get the point of your post. I'm reading you. Very cleverly written.
 
Wow....I've never heard of something like this before. (even tho' you're not actually thinking it)...Over the years, I've met deafies with hearing children, and their speech was delayed because of signing only in the home. They went to speech classes, now are doing fine.
 
Its kind of like the youtube video were the guy said he wanted his hearing son to be D/deaf like he and his wife, so they flew to Brazil to have the surgery. It was actually his dog he was talking about, but the very real dillema was there. Society frowns upon hearing kids going deaf but its ok to do surgery on deaf kids to make them "hearing".

I think that if a deaf parent has a hearing child they should have a hearing mentor (like what the hearing parents have when they have a deaf child.) That way the child can have both. I teach a 2yr old hearing child ASL vocab. She has over 220 signs and can speak more than half of them. She is well beyond other hearing kids in her age group. Thank you Sign Language!
 
shel90 said:
I have decided to place my hearing son in an ASL-only environment because I feel that he is not thriving in a spoken English environment. They have "hands off" in the classroom and I want my son to become fluent in ASL and in order for him to be fluent, he needs to be in it all day. Since the majority of people in my daily life use ASL, my son needs to learn it to be able to communicate with them.

If he decides to stop using spoken English altogether, I will follow his wishes.
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Interesting. If you attempt this, you will be arrested for endangering the welfare of a child. That blows.
 
Beowulf said:
Interesting. If you attempt this, you will be arrested for endangering the welfare of a child. That blows.
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Now, you got what I am trying to say. That is a parental right that I dont have because it wouldnt be in the best interest of my child. That I agree.

Now, what about deaf children? Why isnt the same thing required for them as well? The system isnt really looking out for the best interest of the children.
 
shel90 said:
Thank you...

I want him to be in a bilingual education environment instead of a monolingual one.
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Good for you. You pointed out the total hypocrisy in oral only environments in a very effective way. But those who need to see it will remain blind, I fear.
 
WOW, Shel!

Seriously? If you decided that an ASL only environment was best for you son, you'd be arrested for endangering his welfare?

That does blow!

Btw, I'd support whatever you decided for your son! It just kinda sucks that the outcome would be so detrimental for you both!

Wow!
 
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