Well, I have survived the first week back at work and here we are at our last weekend of the summer. I am hoping to take both boys swimming at my dad’s house on Sunday. Jacob probably won’t want to go swimming, so I may have to drag him with us! Elijah loves to swim though, especially Read More
Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
Last Weekend of Summer
August 20th, 2010 by The Shaddox Boys
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Deaf, Education |
Weeekend!!
July 15th, 2010 by melissa
My weekend starts here. Yeah It’s only Thursday but I am going down south(2 hours) to visit my best friend!! I cannot wait, it will be great fun!! We’re going to visit the deaf school she attended(she goes every year since it’s a fun day for ex-pupils too)I love going to Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Deaf, Education |
Long time no see, no hear, no speak, no blogging!
June 1st, 2010 by Silent Sail
Over the last few months had been very busy with the following… College:- I have been doing a lot of college work which I am very glad to say is now OVER!!! I have few things to tweak, complete before having professional discussion to sign me off as COMPLETED, I really enjoyed my time at Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Deaf, Education |
Merry Go Round
May 5th, 2010 by The Shaddox Boys
I sometimes feel like I am on Merry Go Round when it comes to Elijah. He has his UPS and DOWNS and I am usually along for the ride, ready to catch him if or when he falls. He is doing very well at home right now, a bit bossy, but compared to his past behaviors he is much improved. His newest Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Education, Non-Deaf/HOH Topic |
Rest in peace, Todd Silvestri, Great Football, All-American Wrestler Star
May 1st, 2010 by Under The Hill
Vincent Todd Silvestri, a former Gallaudet University football and wrestling star, a US Deaflympic wrestler, and coach, died suddenly yesterday or last night. I really don’t know the full details but I’m informed by someone on Facebook that he hung himself and that his younger brother, Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education |
When signing, can be bad for communication.
April 19th, 2010 by At The Rim
Some are aware I have a child with autism, he has never really acquired extensive speech usage, and what he does orate is barely within the range of anyone’s hearing. Conversation is pretty much not an option, there are yes, no and single word responses to everything. AT every stage of his Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education, Non-Deaf/HOH Topic, Speech |
Pictures and Words
April 12th, 2010 by Follow Your Bliss
In addition to the exhibition Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret and H. A. Rey, the Jewish Museum also offers a series of related lectures, workshops and tours. I attended both a lecture given by author Louise Borden about the Rey’s flight from Paris as well as an afternoon Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education, Non-Deaf/HOH Topic |
Sale at the Cakery
April 3rd, 2010 by Follow Your Bliss
The bake sale was a sensational success! An impressive team created of parents, family members, students and teachers brought about an event that surpassed our wildest expectations. Thank you parents for donating and lovingly supplying the cakes, cookies, pies, muffins, donuts, cupcakes and Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education |
Our Hearing Loss Blog Has Brought Us Blessings…and Hard Choices
April 1st, 2010 by From Silence to Song
Decisions, Decisions I may have made mention of the fact that we are being relocated. Things have really fallen into place and the Lord has made clear that it is absolutely His intention for us to go to this new place. While we hate to leave behind those that we dearly love here, we know there Read More
Posted in ASL, Cochlear Implant, Deaf, Education |
***Utah School for the Deaf IMPORTANT Meeting***
March 16th, 2010 by Miss Kat's Deaf journey
If anyone out there reading this blog cares about USD, it’s future, and the future education of ALL deaf children in Utah, I would strongly encourage you to attend this meeting!! When: Thursday, March 18 at 6:30 p.m. Where: USDB-JMS at 1645 e. 3300 s. The associate superintendant, Jennifer Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education |
Time To Make The Donuts
February 18th, 2010 by Follow Your Bliss
In my studies I have been reading about the affective factors of motivation, self-confidence and anxiety as the make or break components of second language acquisition. I’d venture that they are not so far removed from successful learning in any context. As Mary Poppins herself states Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education |
Unexpected Twist
February 15th, 2010 by Cacophony to Symphony
The day came, and we were armed and ready. Both of my parents went to the meeting, which is a pretty big deal since usually it’s jut me and my mom. My dad went around asking each person their name and job description, and there was a strong feeling of tension in the room. My dad, a Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Cochlear Implant, Deaf, Education, Hearing Loss |
Help for Teachers of the Deaf
January 19th, 2010 by About.com Deafness
Once you get that degree in deaf education, do you think you are finished? Nope. Deaf education has many challenges and is constantly changing. Today’s teacher of the deaf needs to keep up with their career field, and benefits from belonging to organizations for their Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education, Hearing Loss |
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27th, 2009 by Follow Your Bliss
The Thanksgiving festivities were quite enjoyable, both in and out of the classroom, despite the fact that little green sick bugs have penetrated the confines of our school. It seems constant hand washing, Purell, covering our sneezes and Lysol are no match for these tenacious creatures. In the Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education |
Raging 8th Nerve 2009-11-20 00:14:00
November 19th, 2009 by Raging 8th Nerve
My Freak Years A post on the HLA forum asked what your favorite quote is regarding deafness or hearing loss. Mine follows: I like this quote by Paul Saevig: One coping mechanism I see some hard of hearing people use is acting as if nothing’s wrong. A couple of you who use this mechanism Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education |
Awkward…
November 12th, 2009 by The Fabulous Running Mommy
I have vague repressed memories of my awkward years, as everyone else does. Being called Olive Oil and Chia Pet, girls driving by me as I walked home alone and yelling profanities at me, being bullied, picked on… jumped. Then going home and being caretaker to my Mom while my Dad worked out Read More
Posted in ASL, Deaf, Education |
Look Who’s Standing!
October 20th, 2009 by From Silence to Song
Well, okay. So, maybe he isn’t standing totally by himself. But he is finally pulling himself up to a standing position on things. That is a big accomplishment. We’re really excited to see that he is slowly building up more lung stamina. He used to be just too tired to work more Read More
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Deaf, Education |
Welsh deaf children 30% less likely to succeed in education.
October 16th, 2009 by At The Rim
THERE is a “shocking attainment gap” between deaf children in Wales and their hearing counterparts, the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) Cymru warns today. Welsh Assembly Government figures – published today for the first time – show a gap between deaf and hearing children at Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education, Education |
Homework
October 3rd, 2009 by Follow Your Bliss
The issue of homework for kindergarten students has become quite the hot topic lately. More specifically, ’should they’ or ’shouldn’t they’ be assigned homework? Lauren and I subscribe to the latter viewpoint. The only thing we ask these four-and-five-year-old Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education |
NDCS campaigns at Labour conference 2009: day 2
September 28th, 2009 by Campaigning for deaf children
Louis Kissaun with MPs Ed Balls and Mary Creagh Every now and then I get paranoid that deaf young people want to steal my job… Louis Kissaun has now joined that list of people to fear. Here’s what Louis had to say at lunchtime today about his first morning of the Labour party Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Deaf, Education, Uncategorized |
Little Kid Interprets in School for Littler Kid
September 20th, 2009 by About.com Deafness
Over the weekend, I saw a posting on a parenting list that completely floored me. The parents gave me permission to do this blog post. The parents have two children… Read More
Posted in ASL, Deaf, Education, Hearing Loss |
Meet a local service coordinator for AIDB
September 15th, 2009 by Bama Ears
Jackie Maddox, a Service Coordinator for the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind (AIDB), knew she wanted to be a social worker after watching the movie Annie as a little girl. Jackie said she wanted to help children and keep them away from Ms. Hannigan so her mom suggested she become a Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Loss |
Pleased
September 9th, 2009 by Follow Your Bliss
The first day of school is a busy, exciting and emotional day. Especially for the children arriving in kindergarten who have had no prior experience with school. “Where are you leaving me?!” they seem to scream accusingly at their bewildered parents who are themselves overcome with Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education |
In Which We Come To Some Difficult Conclusions
September 8th, 2009 by Connor's Song
Today was a rather frustrating day. After spending the day in the apartment, we’ve come to a couple of conclusions. The first is that this apartment is not going to be a viable living space. Jeremy has access to basically two rooms and a portion of the bathroom. The only area he can turn Read More
Posted in ASL, Deaf, Education, Hard-of-Hearing, SEE |
Deaf and Music Part #1a: Growing up with Music Part 1
September 7th, 2009 by Life Is About Creating Yourself
There have been some ongoing discussions among fellow deaf buddies about music. It made me think about how music has played a role in my life growing up even though I’m profoundly deaf. I’m going to break this post up into a few posts over the next few weeks instead of making a super Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education, Music, Music |
Deaf awareness of mainstream teachers
September 7th, 2009 by Campaigning for deaf children
Image courtesy of www.fbarnes.camden.sch.uk When I was younger, a precocious deaf child in a mainstream school, I had some teachers who were great, worked hard to include me in the classroom and also had high expectations of what I could do, always challenging me to work harder. Then there Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Deaf, Education, Uncategorized |
In Which Plans Are Made
September 5th, 2009 by Connor's Song
Thanks so much for all of the sound advice, everybody! I think what we’re going to do is get some of those vinyl carpet runners and basically “pave” routes that Jer can use in our apartment. It’s only a 1200 square foot apartment and a couple of the rooms are too crammed Read More
Posted in ASL, Deaf, Education, Hard-of-Hearing, SEE |
Southeastern Researchers Explore Approach to Improve Deaf Education
September 1st, 2009 by The Orange Deafie
Source Link – Southeastern Researchers Explore Approach to Improve Deaf Education n a unique approach to deaf education, two members of Southeastern’s education faculty are using technology common in logistics and supply chain management to improve instruction in sign language for young deaf Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education, Uncategorized |
Scam Alert For St. Rita’s School For The Deaf
September 1st, 2009 by The Orange Deafie
Source Link – Scam Alert For St. Rita’s School For The Deaf St. Rita’s School for the Deaf is warning the community about a potential scam. The school has been getting reports that several individuals are going door to door selling unauthorized raffle tickets for the chance to win money or Read More
Posted in Deaf, Education, Uncategorized |
The Let Them Hear Foundation Unveils New Web Resource for Parents of and Professionals working with Children with Disabilities
August 29th, 2009 by The Orange Deafie
The Let Them Hear Foundation Unveils New Web Resource for Parents of and Professionals working with Children with Disabilities The Let Them Hear Foundation (LTHF) announced today its creation of a new Special Education Resource website for parents of children with disabilities and for Read More
