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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aquaman" data-source="post: 2214115" data-attributes="member: 13034">Hi all,Stepped away for a moment (or a couple of months) but I'm back.JadeSkye, valid questions, which has mostly been very nicely answered by Fulminty.   All the recent research (and workshops the past 2 weeks in fact) have been extolling the importance of having a solid primary language (L1) in place to best, and most effectively build a child's secondary language (L2). They currently can speak about 20 words clearly enough to be understood by an unfamiliar adult, and can sign about 120 words.  Anglin's 1993 vocabulary development list states that a normal child should have a 446 word vocabulary by 2.5 years old so this stings.  What we have been doing obviously has not been working as well as I would have liked, and I want to get them as much L1 development as possible in the best ASL program in this state, and that's the local deaf school.Yes, as a Deaf parent I fear "losing" them to the hearing world but that's a reality I accept.  They are hearing, they will take advantage of my deafness from time to time, and they might balk at signing down the road but they will always be my children and CODAs.  I'll love them just the same.  I just want the best for them.We have two tortoises.  <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" data-shortname=":D" />CSign, great post.  They are in the language delayed category for their IFSP.  For the IEP I need to figure out which will give me the best success at getting them to qualify for an IEP - language delay or delayed development - we just had another IFSP and I was warned that it is looking more and more unlikely we will even get them to qualify for an IEP based on how quickly they are now picking up ASL.  I have requested an informal meeting with the department of education diagnostics person to feel her out and see if she has any suggestions.  It will be likely her that evaluates my kids in October to see if they qualify for an IEP.  I also have a meeting with the administrator of the deaf school later this week to feel her out/try to get her to warm up to this possibility rather than going by second hand information from the community.Back to your questions - Old goals were for oral language only - not too long ago, I had ASL specific ones added in order to show that they had higher ASL levels/skills to show that their L1 is indeed ASL so I can make sure that the IEP goals developed for ASL can then guide the placement that I'm looking for.Time will tell.-Aquaman</blockquote>

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