Alex is my son who was born profoundly deaf, started teaching ASL from 6 months, implanted at age 3 (HATED), asl primary language...he is 14. He has been to a deaf school when younger but due to disiplinary prblms, he was not able to continue..so we mainstreamed. He is NOW finally in the right school that has really been super supportive and just genuinely cared...The school had chosen Alex to be featured in our newspaper...just to tell how well he is doing, how he has taught soooo many, staff and peers aliike sign, and is thriving.
Now, I joined this a week ago and had some worries about how he was REALLY fitting in socially..I mean he is profoundly deaf, is not oral, well except for sounds..and is in a completely hearing environment...I had gotten lots of great feedback; encouraging and heart breaking...but much needed!
Today I had sent an email to his teacher of dhoh...she works with him daily along wiht his interpreter...she sent this...
I would like to address his social behaviors with you. He desires to fit in with his peers and does so very well. The friends he met through football was just a springboard into additional relationships he has developed. He is noticing the girls and the girls are noticing him. Very typical of 14 year olds! J I believe the fact that he has seen the other student with a cochlear implant interact with peers that he sees that it may be beneficial for him, too. Is he an outcast? Not at all. During passing periods, he interacts with adults as well as peers!
The reporter just called and I told him how we made sign books with about 120 new signs for his football teammates, and was trying to get these or some type of ASL books in all the school librarys...possibly starting an ASL club at HS, or offering it as a language!!!
This will be great for our community...I am just so proud, and will continue to encourage what HE wants to do as far as communicating. We will remap the CI and see how hard he wants to work...wish us luck
Just had to share
Now, I joined this a week ago and had some worries about how he was REALLY fitting in socially..I mean he is profoundly deaf, is not oral, well except for sounds..and is in a completely hearing environment...I had gotten lots of great feedback; encouraging and heart breaking...but much needed!
Today I had sent an email to his teacher of dhoh...she works with him daily along wiht his interpreter...she sent this...
I would like to address his social behaviors with you. He desires to fit in with his peers and does so very well. The friends he met through football was just a springboard into additional relationships he has developed. He is noticing the girls and the girls are noticing him. Very typical of 14 year olds! J I believe the fact that he has seen the other student with a cochlear implant interact with peers that he sees that it may be beneficial for him, too. Is he an outcast? Not at all. During passing periods, he interacts with adults as well as peers!
The reporter just called and I told him how we made sign books with about 120 new signs for his football teammates, and was trying to get these or some type of ASL books in all the school librarys...possibly starting an ASL club at HS, or offering it as a language!!!
This will be great for our community...I am just so proud, and will continue to encourage what HE wants to do as far as communicating. We will remap the CI and see how hard he wants to work...wish us luck
Just had to share
Glad that he has a good team of people helping him at school. And maybe this other deaf girl can help him with the CI. Getting to know more about it and practicing? Don't know when she was implanted..but if it was later maybe she could help him out with listening with the CI and words and stuff? Just a thought...lol
