Re: SEE/ Interpretors/language development

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I know this is sort of a " taboo " subject on many lists, but I just have to

respond to this from our personal perspective.

We have 2 daughters, both 9 years old, who are deaf. One came from an

orphanage at 6 years old with no language. One came from the US with a very

sketchy background 10 months ago. We were very adamant SEE users in our

home with the one born in an orphanage, and the other one came with ASL

background. The SEE user has wonderful English order language and is a

fluent reader, but has no concept of what she has read. The ASL user is an

English teachers nightmare, but has a real grasp on the concept of what she

has read.

We are still SEE users, but have combined that with ASL. I still don't

know what I would change, if anything, but know there has to be an answer

out there somewhere. Maybe just the circumstances of their backgrounds have

made them what they are, but it also could be that the conceptual ASL

language is very important in understand language and communication.

Please don't make this an ASL/SEE debate. I do not want to be

responsible for that because I know how wonderful SEE is with a child who is

diagnosed early as being deaf or hearing impaired. We are an English

speaking family (all hearing) who thinks it is very important to have our

children (deaf/hi) understand English. But also grieve over the lack of

understanding on the part of one of our daughters.

Any suggestions for language development out there that the school could

use????

SEE & Interpretors

>

> My daughter is in a TC preschool. We use SEE(Signed Exact English) at

> home.

> Her teacher uses CASE (Conceptually Accurate Signed English). I had

> never heard of this before.

> For her kindergarten year (next year) I have

> requested an SEE interpretor. I have been told that interpretors are

> extremely

> difficult to find and there is a shortage of these professionals AND I

> may

> or may not get an interpretor proficient in SEE. How different are the 2

> languages?

> Would my daughter be at a disadvantage having one over the other? Are

> my hands tied if they cannot find a suitable person? Would appreciate

> some

> feedback and suggestions.

>

> Hina

>

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