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That is crazy!!! 7 or 8 year old kids that have been screwed up by family/school refusal to sign! I completely agree with you on that one. DD, it is almost impossilbe to have an across the board standard. I work in a middle school and hear alot about standards and so forth. But when you get...

Shel, the troll comment was not directed towards you. It was directed to a troll (and the troll knows who I am referring to). Besides Shel, if I thought you were a troll, you wuold know my opinion of you. In fact, you are one of the people I enjoy discussing issues with. We seem to agree on a...

DD, you and I disagree on several topics, but you knwo we are on the same page with the whole tool box thing. I was just wondering. Different people perceive things in different ways. The way the statement was written, it seemed too me that this may be ok by her. Im pretty sure I knwo the...

Oh yeah, I almost forgot..... I smell a troll.

"Why not the same for deaf kids espeically knowing that deaf children cant pick up on language from the environment and are at risk for language delays" So, with that said, is it justifiable to not teach sign to a deaf child that CAN pick up on environmental language? Just wondering.

Hell, alogn the lines of a child resenting the parents is concerned, no matter what we do as parents, there will be somkething they resent. Thats just a fact of life. Kids resent the parents. Remember a couple of things here, If has been proven, without a doubt, that the sooner a child is...

DD, I dont know if you remember this or not, but I DO sign with Lilly. I also think I said earlier in this thread that while the school does not teach sign, they accept that most families do sign with thier child. The attitude of Lillys school has changed over the decades. While they do not...

I know of a 12 year old boy in England with a CI who races motocross in an amateur class. He has had several accidents, but none of them harmed his CI. Motocross racing is a very tough sport. It has a decent % of recieveing some hard blows to the body and head. His parents purchased a very good...

I totally respect you ropinion. I respect anbyones opinion that can explain why they feel the way they feel. I love not just hearing differing views, but understanding them. This is one of the ways I am learning more about deaf culutre, open exchange of opinions, opinions based in fact and...

When I say the child failed the CI, I am not trying to imply that the kid is a failure, I am saying that there are some (how many, we dont know) that got the CI, and never did the required work to be successful with the CI. Even when referring to individuals that did that, I am not calling THEM...

Shel, I have a question for you. You use the term that the CI is a failure. When you use that term what exactly are you referring to as a failure? Is it medical compications as discussed above? Or is itmore along the lines of kids that got a CI and it just didnt work out for them? In other...

Shel, I dont think he made that statement referrign to CI as a fad. The way I understood hie post was different. I think he amy be referring to any resentment towards parents for not getting the CI. If a deaf student without a CI, looks at his peers and sees them talking on the phone, holding...

Yes, it is an oral school. Yes, they are oral only and no sign, But, this is not nearly what you probably think it is. While the school does not teach sign or use it in the class, alot of the people there see the importance of signing with deaf children. In fact, part of the deaf-ed teaching...

I emailed the school consler, who plans and outs together the meetings. She loved it. I dont think there was anyhting that was left out. Infact, Im pretty sure that this is going to be an anual meeting. Infact, she was asking for ideas for new meetings. So how 'bout it? Anyone have ideas for...

Greatnews!!!!! I cannot wait to hear how everything went!

I wanted to thank everyone again for thier input on this thread. I ended up using alot of the exact quotes you guys posted. Instead of rewording things, I figured it would be best if I used your own words. F.Y.I the meeting went very well, we addressed alot of issues, and it gave the parents...

Thank you all so much for your input! I am having this meeting next week. You all have given me more than enough info to accomplish my goal. There is more info here than I thought I'd need, But since everyone here brings thier own experiences, observations, and concerns to the discussion, and...

Angel, I respectfully disagree. I feel that as a member of a community, or culture, if someone is spreading false info (whether intentional or not), you have an obligation to others in the community to correct the info. If you do not address the problem, you are allowing misinformation to...

Angel, I am pretty involved in my daughters deaf ed school. Alot of kids there have CI. My daughter is still in the "family center". This area is for the diagnosed kids that are too young for preschool. I have seen some infants that were very recently diagoned, but never a kid under a year old...

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!! This is exactly the kind of stuff I am looking for. The safety issues for deaf children are similar to thoseof hearing children, as Shel said. I completely forgot about the battery issues and swallowing them. When Lilly had her HAs, she never tried to put...