Recent content by Sweetiepea77

We have talked about it... but we have 6 kids (two of which are very established in school with good friends, etc.) and my husband has a really good job here that is very specialized, plus all of our friends that help us make everything work with a large family. I am fortunate to have a few...

Thank you for those resources, dogmom! Thank you Charlene. The regional AIDB said we do not qualify for early intervention because he is 4. I do have a contact with CRS and they are working with our ENT office. A friend of mine is an interpreter and has invited me to a signing dinner... so we...

We live in North Alabama. We have not been offered that service, for sure. I have been in touch with the Regional office of the AIDB and they offered a class that starts in January, but kids are not allowed.

Hello... I've shared our story here before, but we adopted our son this year (home 2 months, but had to live in-country with him for 4 months... so we've had custody for 6 months) and he is 4 years old with no language. We have been encouraged by several people to enroll him in the deaf school...

The ENT said he would need to be older for BAHAs. He has mixed hearing loss and the audiologist said b/c of the type of loss he has, he will always need sign language as a primary language. They are researching and contacting others in the field to see what else they may be able to do... but his...

Hello, I posted awhile back about our son that we adopted and now that we are officially back in the US, we are trying to get him the help he needs. We have unsuccessfully tried to get him a hearing test three times, but each time something else was found that is wrong. He was severely...

We have recognized several sensory processing disorders with him. Do you think his hearing issues could only be APD and not DHH or would he have language with APD only? I've seen it mentioned in the forums and since we don't have access to much right now I'm just trying to piece what I can...

Foxrac we are on the Owens Cross Roads side of the city but are zoned for Huntsville City schools. I do NOT want to mainstream him as our other children are not in public schools either, but we are considering the public preschool option bc he is SO far behind due to neglect issues and...

Csign- I agree. I could not wrap my head around the idea of sending a small child away to a residential school and I'm glad i don't need to! When I talked to the local public school before we came here to adopt him, they would only tell me that he would have to be evaluated before they could...

Foxrac we are in Huntsville area. He turned 4 in March.

Thank you for responding... That makes me feel a lot better about it There is a regional office but they haven't responded to my inquiry yet. We are still in my sons country of origin (Spanish speaking) and will not return to the states for another couple of months. I am not sure if they have...

Hello... I'm new here and am looking for information. I'm a new adoptive mom (hearing) to a HOH son. He is 4 years old with no oral language or ASL. We have begun to teach him ASL but he is catching on slowly. We are using Signing Time DVDs. We live in Alabama and have a residential deaf...

Hello! I'm here to learn more about deaf culture and ask a few questions. Look forward to getting to know you all! We are in process of finalizing the adoption of our son internationally. He is HOH although we still haven't gotten back to the states to find out more about how much he...