New here. Any tutors for hearing children in East Tennessee?

LPotter84 · 08-12-2009, 12:23 PM

Hi. I'm a homeschool mom in East Tennessee and I want my son to learn ASL. He is 8 years old and in the 3rd grade. I know a little sign, but only because I had a friend with deaf parents several years ago. I do not feel comfortable teaching my son anything but the basic fingerspelling and the common words. I don't think I would be able to teach full conversational signing with any accuracy. I have scoured the Internet in search of a tutor or class we can attend in our area with no luck. I found this forum and I was hoping someone could direct me to where I can find this information. We live about an hour and a half east of Knoxville, TN, but would be willing to drive to Knoxville one day a week if necessary. The closer to us the better. Morristown or Sevierville, TN would be optimal. I don't have faith in any of the online courses. Thank you very much for your time and replies. Sorry if I posted this in the wrong category.

***Brian*** · 08-12-2009, 12:47 PM

Welcome to AllDeaf, LPotter84.

You might want to contact Tennessee School for the Deaf (TSD) at 594-6022 or 579-2400 (Voice/TTY) or Knoxville Center of the Deaf (KCD) at 579-0832 (Voice). Both are located in the southern Knoxville/Seymour area.

While attending TSD, they offered ASL courses for anyone on weekly basis.

LPotter84 · 08-12-2009, 12:53 PM

Thanks, Brian. The friend I had, his dad worked at TSD. I will contact them. Thank you very much. I feel signing is important and I'd like to learn it as well. As I said I only know a few things, like "Nice to meet you." "What time is it?" "How was your day?" and some words like mother, father, sister, brother, help, helping, hungry, etc. Simple words that I learned to be able to communicate with a "stutter" with my friend's parents. Lord knows how they were able to understand half of what I tried to sign, lol. Thanks again!

08-12-2009, 12:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
LPotter84 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2	New here. Any tutors for hearing children in East Tennessee? Hi. I'm a homeschool mom in East Tennessee and I want my son to learn ASL. He is 8 years old and in the 3rd grade. I know a little sign, but only because I had a friend with deaf parents several years ago. I do not feel comfortable teaching my son anything but the basic fingerspelling and the common words. I don't think I would be able to teach full conversational signing with any accuracy. I have scoured the Internet in search of a tutor or class we can attend in our area with no luck. I found this forum and I was hoping someone could direct me to where I can find this information. We live about an hour and a half east of Knoxville, TN, but would be willing to drive to Knoxville one day a week if necessary. The closer to us the better. Morristown or Sevierville, TN would be optimal. I don't have faith in any of the online courses. Thank you very much for your time and replies. Sorry if I posted this in the wrong category.

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08-12-2009, 12:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
*Brian* 極度の調整器 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 4,635	Welcome to AllDeaf, LPotter84. You might want to contact Tennessee School for the Deaf (TSD) at 594-6022 or 579-2400 (Voice/TTY) or Knoxville Center of the Deaf (KCD) at 579-0832 (Voice). Both are located in the southern Knoxville/Seymour area. While attending TSD, they offered ASL courses for anyone on weekly basis.

08-12-2009, 12:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
LPotter84 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2	Thanks, Brian. The friend I had, his dad worked at TSD. I will contact them. Thank you very much. I feel signing is important and I'd like to learn it as well. As I said I only know a few things, like "Nice to meet you." "What time is it?" "How was your day?" and some words like mother, father, sister, brother, help, helping, hungry, etc. Simple words that I learned to be able to communicate with a "stutter" with my friend's parents. Lord knows how they were able to understand half of what I tried to sign, lol. Thanks again!