JessicaH413
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So I wanted to get peoples thoughts on the future of deaf ed. Just where you think it will be in 10 years or so. any thoughts are welcomed!
yea I did.. I'm just curious as to what people think is going to happen with advances in CI and just changes in schools attitudes toward special education kids.
I see, it mostly depend on family. Like mine, I grewing up with hearing family. All of them are hearing. Mostly likely they sent kids to public school.
Well, over 90% of those deaf school kids' parents are all-hearing yet they send them to deaf schools.
For the future deaf education... I would say both deaf and mainstream would stay on for a long time, probably.
Just hope that they stop oralism cold especially those who force them not to sign at all and speak only.
Deaf education on a national wide level in the United States is in a serious crisis. Many residental schools are losing fundings, teachers, and even students. Coordination and support in the mainstream settings are severely lacking. There is a severe shortage of qualified teachers in all settings. There is also an increase need for mental health services and proper behavior treatment programs - yet very few places are available for deaf students. More programs for the deaf and hard of hearing are getting sidetracked by focusing on misguided goals that are not appropriate. Deaf and hard of hearing children are getting shortchanged in our education system. I don't see this stopping anytime soon. In fact, it is going to get worse. Much worse.
I couldnt agree with you more.
I, too, am afraid that it is going to get worse. Those in favor of total mainstreaming and oral education are refusing to recognize the problems that are already evident. It is going to have to bottom out before they will actually open their eyes and admit to the sorry state of deaf ed.
And who are the ones who loses out big time when things bottom out? The kids.
I guess I will have to find a way to home-schooling my kids in the future.
OMG YES!!!! SO many total mainstreamers and pro oralists have it stuck in their heads that the mainstream oral enviroment is some sort of GLORIOUS UTOPIA.Those in favor of total mainstreaming and oral education are refusing to recognize the problems that are already evident
Makes me wonder if Governments in Australia will have to rebuild deaf schools for few states that doesn't have such institutions when they realise how wrong mainstreaming are for many kids?
They've closed just about every state schools for the deaf in the 70's and 80's. Only two remains but enrolment is getting smaller every year. *sighs*
My mother wants me to be a teacher for the deaf to address the TOD shortage and also it'll ensure I'll be in great demand careerwise.....
But the fact is I don't see any positive aspect for deaf education now or in the future now thatsupport for oralism is on the rise, and people especially the parents and so-called experts just don't want to face the fact that deaf kids are not like them or do they have the same needs.
To be honest, there will be no perfect answers. For many years professionals came up a plan that would be suitable for the majority of deaf children, they took away sign language, then sign language was brought back. A.G. Bell's invention put the majority deaf children at BIG disadvantage; because sign was taken away, and he expected those majority of deaf children to rely themselves on speech and hearing. That's upright ridiculous.So I wanted to get peoples thoughts on the future of deaf ed. Just where you think it will be in 10 years or so. any thoughts are welcomed!
To be honest, there will be no perfect answers. For many years professionals came up a plan that would be suitable for the majority of deaf children, they took away sign language, then sign language was brought back. A.G. Bell's invention put the majority deaf children at BIG disadvantage; because sign was taken away, and he expected those majority of deaf children to rely themselves on speech and hearing. That's upright ridiculous.
I'll say when someone tries to force a method on a child it can cause serious delays in their language, I believe they should be open in using whatever method works best for that individual child. I don't think oralism is the best approach, I don't think total communication is the best approach, I don't think bi-bi is the best approach and I don't think cued speech is the best approach for the majority of deaf children, there's no easy way out, they will have some frustrations because they're deaf, they use their strength differently, their hearing loss are different from each others, their ability of learning environments are different from each others.
just my two cents.