Comments for Campaigning for deaf children http://iannoon.wordpress.com A man with a mission, a soapbox AND a placard... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:27:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on How to improve parental confidence in the education system? by Gerard Featherstone http://iannoon.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/how-to-improve-parental-confidence-in-the-education-system/#comment-633 Gerard Featherstone Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:27:18 +0000 http://iannoon.wordpress.com/?p=804#comment-633 So true! Sometimes you need a list of words that you should look in a statmenet that must be taken out. eg "regular" - it seems deliberately so vague. Also there seems to be a huge issue about what you is legally included within the statement. Sometimes a need could be identified for a deaf child say for speech and language therapy but there is no provision for it and if is recongised it is classed as a health issue and therefore falls outside the remit of legal education.. Surely this blurring of the lines and loopholes means those who can't understand the jargon miss out! Parents need to be encouraged to seek support for statement and reviews. Specialist support workers need to be given recognistion for their extra skills to ensure they develop. Family centered skills should be developed and provided for within the statement eg signing course for all who are linked to family, or speech and language therapy for family or carers/childminders. We seem to get investment for hearing aids and Cochlear implants but too little provision for family, communication and habilitation. So true! Sometimes you need a list of words that you should look in a statmenet that must be taken out. eg “regular” – it seems deliberately so vague. Also there seems to be a huge issue about what you is legally included within the statement. Sometimes a need could be identified for a deaf child say for speech and language therapy but there is no provision for it and if is recongised it is classed as a health issue and therefore falls outside the remit of legal education.. Surely this blurring of the lines and loopholes means those who can’t understand the jargon miss out!

Parents need to be encouraged to seek support for statement and reviews. Specialist support workers need to be given recognistion for their extra skills to ensure they develop.
Family centered skills should be developed and provided for within the statement eg signing course for all who are linked to family, or speech and language therapy for family or carers/childminders.
We seem to get investment for hearing aids and Cochlear implants but too little provision for family, communication and habilitation.

]]> Comment on How to improve parental confidence in the education system? by John F. Egbert http://iannoon.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/how-to-improve-parental-confidence-in-the-education-system/#comment-630 John F. Egbert Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:59:23 +0000 http://iannoon.wordpress.com/?p=804#comment-630 Hello everyone, I am a parent of two Deaf children(adults now) and three Deaf grandchildren. My advice for all those that would like to know more about the education system and other issues is to read this book, The Mask of Benevolence. This book is written by a hearing person. You can get this book in Amazon.com, http://www.amazon.com/Mask-Benevolence-Disabling-Deaf-Community/dp/1581210094/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247093572&sr=8-1 I wished that I read this book earlier and I promise you that you will not regret reading this book. "It is not what your Deaf child can do for you, it is what you can do for your Deaf child" I care for parents of Deaf babies and children in schools. John Hello everyone,

I am a parent of two Deaf children(adults now) and three Deaf grandchildren.

My advice for all those that would like to know more about the education system and other issues is to read this book, The Mask of Benevolence. This book is written by a hearing person.

You can get this book in Amazon.com,
http://www.amazon.com/Mask-Benevolence-Disabling-Deaf-Community/dp/1581210094/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247093572&sr=8-1

I wished that I read this book earlier and I promise you that you will not regret reading this book.

“It is not what your Deaf child can do for you, it is what you can do for your Deaf child”

I care for parents of Deaf babies and children in schools.
John

]]> Comment on New strategy paper on education: what does it mean for deaf children? by Robert Alfred Hawkins http://iannoon.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/new-strategy-paper-on-education-what-does-it-mean-for-deaf-children/#comment-624 Robert Alfred Hawkins Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:12:13 +0000 http://iannoon.wordpress.com/?p=798#comment-624 Self-serving interests is just one among many problems plaguing deaf education. This is why I'm wary about any deaf or hearing persons with ulterior motives. Self-serving interests is just one among many problems plaguing deaf education. This is why I’m wary about any deaf or hearing persons with ulterior motives.

]]> Comment on New strategy paper on education: what does it mean for deaf children? by joseph http://iannoon.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/new-strategy-paper-on-education-what-does-it-mean-for-deaf-children/#comment-623 joseph Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:00:26 +0000 http://iannoon.wordpress.com/?p=798#comment-623 Shel, No need for the people to be deaf but there ought to be a goal of inclusion in school faculties and administration. If the place isn't a good place for a deaf adult to work, why would it be a good place for a deaf child to learn? That'd be a great slogan to inspire change. Shel,

No need for the people to be deaf but there ought to be a goal of inclusion in school faculties and administration. If the place isn’t a good place for a deaf adult to work, why would it be a good place for a deaf child to learn? That’d be a great slogan to inspire change.

]]> Comment on Cinema access website up for top award by Dean Rhodes-Brandon http://iannoon.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/cinema-access-website-up-for-top-award/#comment-622 Dean Rhodes-Brandon Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:26:35 +0000 http://iannoon.wordpress.com/?p=788#comment-622 Thanks Ian! I really appreciate the mention. Dean Thanks Ian! I really appreciate the mention.

Dean

]]> Comment on New strategy paper on education: what does it mean for deaf children? by Shel http://iannoon.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/new-strategy-paper-on-education-what-does-it-mean-for-deaf-children/#comment-621 Shel Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:16:53 +0000 http://iannoon.wordpress.com/?p=798#comment-621 Nowhere is mentioned any consultation with Deaf adults, nor with Deaf educators who are in the know. Interesting. More strategizing by the powers that be who usually have NO clue about the Deaf. Nowhere is mentioned any consultation with Deaf adults, nor with Deaf educators who are in the know. Interesting. More strategizing by the powers that be who usually have NO clue about the Deaf.

]]> Comment on Big award for pioneering young deaf person by Cinema access website up for top award « Campaigning for deaf children http://iannoon.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/big-award-for-pioneering-young-deaf-person/#comment-619 Cinema access website up for top award « Campaigning for deaf children Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:20:04 +0000 http://iannoon.wordpress.com/?p=625#comment-619 [...] by Ian Noon on June 30, 2009 Fresh from winning a People’s Choice award, Dean Rhodes-Brandon, the pioneer behind Your Local Cinema.com website are up for yet another [...] [...] by Ian Noon on June 30, 2009 Fresh from winning a People’s Choice award, Dean Rhodes-Brandon, the pioneer behind Your Local Cinema.com website are up for yet another [...]

]]> Comment on FM systems a cure-all for bad acoustics? by Annmarie http://iannoon.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/fm-systems-a-cure-all-for-bad-acoustics/#comment-613 Annmarie Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:21:28 +0000 http://iannoon.wordpress.com/?p=703#comment-613 My daughter is severly deaf and uses and FM system, she hates it because it blocks out the sound of the other children. So if the teacher asks the class a question and one of the other children answers, my daughter does not hear the answer, most teachers unless skilled teachers of the deaf would not repeat the answer but say 'yes thats right' and then move on leaving my daughter not knowing what the answer is. Also a lot of vocab is taken in from peripheral conversation not just the teach so FM systems are over rated, they have a role to play but they are not a complete answer to class room. We are currently looking at secondary schools as she will move to secondary education in 2010 but our local school is Cheshires resource school for the deaf and they have never even had an acoustics report! Its a very poor situation and leaves you feeling very anxious and looking at specialist schools which would involve boarding and breaking up your family just to get the education they deserve. My daughter is severly deaf and uses and FM system, she hates it because it blocks out the sound of the other children. So if the teacher asks the class a question and one of the other children answers, my daughter does not hear the answer, most teachers unless skilled teachers of the deaf would not repeat the answer but say ‘yes thats right’ and then move on leaving my daughter not knowing what the answer is. Also a lot of vocab is taken in from peripheral conversation not just the teach so FM systems are over rated, they have a role to play but they are not a complete answer to class room. We are currently looking at secondary schools as she will move to secondary education in 2010 but our local school is Cheshires resource school for the deaf and they have never even had an acoustics report! Its a very poor situation and leaves you feeling very anxious and looking at specialist schools which would involve boarding and breaking up your family just to get the education they deserve.

]]> Comment on New sign language project launches by MM http://iannoon.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/new-sign-language-project-launches/#comment-597 MM Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:55:09 +0000 http://iannoon.wordpress.com/?p=780#comment-597 Just mention funding available and the RNID will march in for the lion's share and glory ! This is the UK's largest unelected 'deaf' group that doesn't HAVE a single signing executive.... Just mention funding available and the RNID will march in for the lion’s share and glory ! This is the UK’s largest unelected ‘deaf’ group that doesn’t HAVE a single signing executive….

]]> Comment on Will deaf people be able to access government scheme on apprenticeships? by MM http://iannoon.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/will-deaf-people-be-able-to-access-government-scheme-on-apprenticeships/#comment-594 MM Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:30:08 +0000 http://iannoon.wordpress.com/?p=774#comment-594 We are reading increasingly via equality schemes and campaigns that deaf are not even considered. When did it all go wrong for British deaf ? they don't campaign any more, don't set any precedent in law, don't object when groups espouse equality then leave them out of it, don't join or support campaigns, either all deaf are working and happy and fully educated or something is seriously lacking here.. I rather suspect they have all had the fire beaten out of them and now can't be bothered any more, or they just don't care. We are reading increasingly via equality schemes and campaigns that deaf are not even considered. When did it all go wrong for British deaf ? they don’t campaign any more, don’t set any precedent in law, don’t object when groups espouse equality then leave them out of it, don’t join or support campaigns, either all deaf are working and happy and fully educated or something is seriously lacking here.. I rather suspect they have all had the fire beaten out of them and now can’t be bothered any more, or they just don’t care.

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