Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Selena - I have a Hayley, also, soon to be 14 and an eighth grader at Western PA school for the Deaf. How wonderfully awesome. Hailey was delayed so much we thought of Indiana School for the Deaf, but it was just too far away for us. Selena Mom to: 8 1/2, LD 7, DSI, Kidney issues and Child Onset Bipolar Disorder 6, ODD, ADHD, LD 5, DSI and Physcomotor Eppliepsy Hailey 4, DSI, and Severe Bilatereal Sensory-neural Hearing Loss (aided 6-4-05) and the 16 wonderful special ed kids I teach everyday! Go NORTHWOOD!!!!!! --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Selena - I have a Hayley, also, soon to be 14 and an eighth grader at Western PA school for the Deaf. How wonderfully awesome. Hailey was delayed so much we thought of Indiana School for the Deaf, but it was just too far away for us. Selena Mom to: 8 1/2, LD 7, DSI, Kidney issues and Child Onset Bipolar Disorder 6, ODD, ADHD, LD 5, DSI and Physcomotor Eppliepsy Hailey 4, DSI, and Severe Bilatereal Sensory-neural Hearing Loss (aided 6-4-05) and the 16 wonderful special ed kids I teach everyday! Go NORTHWOOD!!!!!! --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Selena - I have a Hayley, also, soon to be 14 and an eighth grader at Western PA school for the Deaf. How wonderfully awesome. Hailey was delayed so much we thought of Indiana School for the Deaf, but it was just too far away for us. Selena Mom to: 8 1/2, LD 7, DSI, Kidney issues and Child Onset Bipolar Disorder 6, ODD, ADHD, LD 5, DSI and Physcomotor Eppliepsy Hailey 4, DSI, and Severe Bilatereal Sensory-neural Hearing Loss (aided 6-4-05) and the 16 wonderful special ed kids I teach everyday! Go NORTHWOOD!!!!!! --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 > We have similar oddities ... Ian has a slower than normal processing speed > and sometimes signing seems to bypasses some places in his brain and he > understands more quickly. >>>> Jake is an odd creature. He took the processing test they gave without cueing and it was significantly impaired. Dr. Berlin asked the school to do the same test using cued speech and he did pretty much the same on it that time. He gave me an explanation but I can't recall what the heck it was....needless to say it is not AUDITORY processing really it is processing higher up in the brain. He also does better if you let him type it or if he dictates to me on large assignments. We have to finish his DARE essay tonight. He has tried for a week to write it and it is like 1-2nd grade maybe. He has great ideas, is very bright but it just does not come out on paper. That is one reason I am a bit worried about the school he will most likely be at because it is the Paideia method that has lots of group work and discussions and apparently projects. We had been told in the past he may need an Alpha Smart. We also just had brotehr tested for autism spectrum and he is not autistic, just the bipolar and severe ADHD with processing and written language issues and they are getting him an alpha smart. On CICIRCLE we talk alot obout cognitive issues of vestibular disorders and Jake fits most of the info in the articles. Elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 > We have similar oddities ... Ian has a slower than normal processing speed > and sometimes signing seems to bypasses some places in his brain and he > understands more quickly. >>>> Jake is an odd creature. He took the processing test they gave without cueing and it was significantly impaired. Dr. Berlin asked the school to do the same test using cued speech and he did pretty much the same on it that time. He gave me an explanation but I can't recall what the heck it was....needless to say it is not AUDITORY processing really it is processing higher up in the brain. He also does better if you let him type it or if he dictates to me on large assignments. We have to finish his DARE essay tonight. He has tried for a week to write it and it is like 1-2nd grade maybe. He has great ideas, is very bright but it just does not come out on paper. That is one reason I am a bit worried about the school he will most likely be at because it is the Paideia method that has lots of group work and discussions and apparently projects. We had been told in the past he may need an Alpha Smart. We also just had brotehr tested for autism spectrum and he is not autistic, just the bipolar and severe ADHD with processing and written language issues and they are getting him an alpha smart. On CICIRCLE we talk alot obout cognitive issues of vestibular disorders and Jake fits most of the info in the articles. Elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 > > How wonderfully awesome. Hailey was delayed so much we thought of Indiana School for the Deaf, but it was just too far away for us. > I have heard a lot of good things about Indiana School for the Deaf. Mine is a residential student and she is about 3.5 hours away. We moved here to this state so she could attend this school. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 > > How wonderfully awesome. Hailey was delayed so much we thought of Indiana School for the Deaf, but it was just too far away for us. > I have heard a lot of good things about Indiana School for the Deaf. Mine is a residential student and she is about 3.5 hours away. We moved here to this state so she could attend this school. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 At w hat age did she start attending? Hailey is only 4 and i can't imagine haveing her 4 hours away. Selena Mom to: 8 1/2, LD 7, DSI, Kidney issues and Child Onset Bipolar Disorder 6, ODD, ADHD, LD 5, DSI and Physcomotor Eppliepsy Hailey 4, DSI, and Severe Bilatereal Sensory-neural Hearing Loss (aided 6-4-05) and the 16 wonderful special ed kids I teach everyday! Go NORTHWOOD!!!!!! --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 At w hat age did she start attending? Hailey is only 4 and i can't imagine haveing her 4 hours away. Selena Mom to: 8 1/2, LD 7, DSI, Kidney issues and Child Onset Bipolar Disorder 6, ODD, ADHD, LD 5, DSI and Physcomotor Eppliepsy Hailey 4, DSI, and Severe Bilatereal Sensory-neural Hearing Loss (aided 6-4-05) and the 16 wonderful special ed kids I teach everyday! Go NORTHWOOD!!!!!! --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 At w hat age did she start attending? Hailey is only 4 and i can't imagine haveing her 4 hours away. Selena Mom to: 8 1/2, LD 7, DSI, Kidney issues and Child Onset Bipolar Disorder 6, ODD, ADHD, LD 5, DSI and Physcomotor Eppliepsy Hailey 4, DSI, and Severe Bilatereal Sensory-neural Hearing Loss (aided 6-4-05) and the 16 wonderful special ed kids I teach everyday! Go NORTHWOOD!!!!!! --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 She started at WPSD when she was 12.5 - January 17, 2005. I did not find the right residential school in California for her so we moved to PA. Having said that, I don't knwo that I could either. There are a few little deaf kids who have been attending since the age of 2. Parents do the best they can and there are some rural areas here. > At w hat age did she start attending? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 She started at WPSD when she was 12.5 - January 17, 2005. I did not find the right residential school in California for her so we moved to PA. Having said that, I don't knwo that I could either. There are a few little deaf kids who have been attending since the age of 2. Parents do the best they can and there are some rural areas here. > At w hat age did she start attending? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Hi , Thank You so much for your opinion and suggestions as well as to everyone in this group. I have only been a member for a couple of weeks and it has been so wonderful to talk to everyone here. Everybody has something so positive and helpful to say. For some reason it sounds like my daughter Alyanna is kind of like Hailey. Alyanna does both (sign language and verbal) but she gets excited when we sign some words to her. She also thinks she's a teacher so we sit with her and she gives us lessons. I live in West Palm Beach,FL, but thank you for the offer. I heard so many different things about the cochlear implant that sometimes I get scared. Is it true that having that on can be very dangerous? Do we have to go to therapy for the rest of her life for it? Is the actual procedure life threatning? Sorry for all the questions.....I just have so many!!!! Thanks everyone again for listening wrote: - Sign language is important in our family. Hayley was raised signing. She is 13. She also wears a CI and a hearing aid and receives speech therapy at her school. She signs and speaks but does much better signing only. It is really hard sometimes to get to sign classes. There are a whole host of books you can buy as well as if you type ASL browser - well, go here: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm that might help you. But please don't feel bad and take your cues from Alyanna; maybe she would enjoy you learning some signs and then maybe not! Where are you? I can help point you to resources in CA and PA. Now, about the other things you mention - cochlear implant - this would be up to you and your family and I agree, you need to research this before any decision is made. I know a lot of deaf kids since my daughter goes to deaf school and they are all profoundly deaf and they all wear hearing aids, so it must help. (38 have CIs out of 200). The school has audiologists that get the kids earmolds, etc, so there must be some reason why all these kids wear aids! Is your daughter only deaf in the one ear? Never mind, I went back and read. With a severe - profound loss in one ear, that ear can be implanted and the moderate - severe ear can be helped by a hearing aid. About holding Alyanna the daughter back. I kept mine in Kindergarten for 1/2 day and then the other half day, she went to first grade. It was a good move. I am also considering asking her school about keeping her one more year where she is now. I think its likely better to keep them back younger vs. when they are older. Just my two cents about that. Hope this helps you, mary -> > Also, my daughter knows alot of sign language at school but they also use verbal communication. At home we use verbal, as well as our family, she does very well understanding us but I want to learn sign language to make her feel better. They offered classes at her school but I only when to a couple because of the schedule. Sometimes I feelt very guilty but at times I just feel like there is always a next class and is not that bad because she does so well with verbal communication and she really does not need it. Everybody that we meet the first question they ask me is " do you know sign language " ?. I just feel really stupid saying " a little " . > > Sooooo I had a question for all parents..... How do you communicate with your child? Is sign language very very important? > All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright restrictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Hi , Thank You so much for your opinion and suggestions as well as to everyone in this group. I have only been a member for a couple of weeks and it has been so wonderful to talk to everyone here. Everybody has something so positive and helpful to say. For some reason it sounds like my daughter Alyanna is kind of like Hailey. Alyanna does both (sign language and verbal) but she gets excited when we sign some words to her. She also thinks she's a teacher so we sit with her and she gives us lessons. I live in West Palm Beach,FL, but thank you for the offer. I heard so many different things about the cochlear implant that sometimes I get scared. Is it true that having that on can be very dangerous? Do we have to go to therapy for the rest of her life for it? Is the actual procedure life threatning? Sorry for all the questions.....I just have so many!!!! Thanks everyone again for listening wrote: - Sign language is important in our family. Hayley was raised signing. She is 13. She also wears a CI and a hearing aid and receives speech therapy at her school. She signs and speaks but does much better signing only. It is really hard sometimes to get to sign classes. There are a whole host of books you can buy as well as if you type ASL browser - well, go here: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm that might help you. But please don't feel bad and take your cues from Alyanna; maybe she would enjoy you learning some signs and then maybe not! Where are you? I can help point you to resources in CA and PA. Now, about the other things you mention - cochlear implant - this would be up to you and your family and I agree, you need to research this before any decision is made. I know a lot of deaf kids since my daughter goes to deaf school and they are all profoundly deaf and they all wear hearing aids, so it must help. (38 have CIs out of 200). The school has audiologists that get the kids earmolds, etc, so there must be some reason why all these kids wear aids! Is your daughter only deaf in the one ear? Never mind, I went back and read. With a severe - profound loss in one ear, that ear can be implanted and the moderate - severe ear can be helped by a hearing aid. About holding Alyanna the daughter back. I kept mine in Kindergarten for 1/2 day and then the other half day, she went to first grade. It was a good move. I am also considering asking her school about keeping her one more year where she is now. I think its likely better to keep them back younger vs. when they are older. Just my two cents about that. Hope this helps you, mary -> > Also, my daughter knows alot of sign language at school but they also use verbal communication. At home we use verbal, as well as our family, she does very well understanding us but I want to learn sign language to make her feel better. They offered classes at her school but I only when to a couple because of the schedule. Sometimes I feelt very guilty but at times I just feel like there is always a next class and is not that bad because she does so well with verbal communication and she really does not need it. Everybody that we meet the first question they ask me is " do you know sign language " ?. I just feel really stupid saying " a little " . > > Sooooo I had a question for all parents..... How do you communicate with your child? Is sign language very very important? > All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright restrictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Hi , Thank You so much for your opinion and suggestions as well as to everyone in this group. I have only been a member for a couple of weeks and it has been so wonderful to talk to everyone here. Everybody has something so positive and helpful to say. For some reason it sounds like my daughter Alyanna is kind of like Hailey. Alyanna does both (sign language and verbal) but she gets excited when we sign some words to her. She also thinks she's a teacher so we sit with her and she gives us lessons. I live in West Palm Beach,FL, but thank you for the offer. I heard so many different things about the cochlear implant that sometimes I get scared. Is it true that having that on can be very dangerous? Do we have to go to therapy for the rest of her life for it? Is the actual procedure life threatning? Sorry for all the questions.....I just have so many!!!! Thanks everyone again for listening wrote: - Sign language is important in our family. Hayley was raised signing. She is 13. She also wears a CI and a hearing aid and receives speech therapy at her school. She signs and speaks but does much better signing only. It is really hard sometimes to get to sign classes. There are a whole host of books you can buy as well as if you type ASL browser - well, go here: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm that might help you. But please don't feel bad and take your cues from Alyanna; maybe she would enjoy you learning some signs and then maybe not! Where are you? I can help point you to resources in CA and PA. Now, about the other things you mention - cochlear implant - this would be up to you and your family and I agree, you need to research this before any decision is made. I know a lot of deaf kids since my daughter goes to deaf school and they are all profoundly deaf and they all wear hearing aids, so it must help. (38 have CIs out of 200). The school has audiologists that get the kids earmolds, etc, so there must be some reason why all these kids wear aids! Is your daughter only deaf in the one ear? Never mind, I went back and read. With a severe - profound loss in one ear, that ear can be implanted and the moderate - severe ear can be helped by a hearing aid. About holding Alyanna the daughter back. I kept mine in Kindergarten for 1/2 day and then the other half day, she went to first grade. It was a good move. I am also considering asking her school about keeping her one more year where she is now. I think its likely better to keep them back younger vs. when they are older. Just my two cents about that. Hope this helps you, mary -> > Also, my daughter knows alot of sign language at school but they also use verbal communication. At home we use verbal, as well as our family, she does very well understanding us but I want to learn sign language to make her feel better. They offered classes at her school but I only when to a couple because of the schedule. Sometimes I feelt very guilty but at times I just feel like there is always a next class and is not that bad because she does so well with verbal communication and she really does not need it. Everybody that we meet the first question they ask me is " do you know sign language " ?. I just feel really stupid saying " a little " . > > Sooooo I had a question for all parents..... How do you communicate with your child? Is sign language very very important? > All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright restrictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Dear you are welcome. Okay. Florida School for the Deaf and Blind is going to host the next ASDC conference in July, maybe June 07? This will be the second conference I attend and I'm excited! Its in St. Augustine. You do have a good resource right there, by the way! Now on to your CI questions: Hayley has worn a CI for 3 plus years, but many of the people in this group has kids who have had CIs for much longer. It is not dangerous and the surgery itself is not extra dangerous. For us we got there in the morning and were home by 5 pm. You do not have to go to therapy the rest of her life, I think just until she is a teenager maybe and then some if she chooses -that would be up to your family and what she wants and what you want to get from it. The therapy would help her learn to listen (well, that is our experience), which would help speech, in turn. .. I live in West Palm Beach,FL, but thank you for the offer. I heard so many different things about the cochlear implant that sometimes I get scared. Is it true that having that on can be very dangerous? Do we have to go to therapy for the rest of her life for it? Is the actual procedure life threatning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Dear you are welcome. Okay. Florida School for the Deaf and Blind is going to host the next ASDC conference in July, maybe June 07? This will be the second conference I attend and I'm excited! Its in St. Augustine. You do have a good resource right there, by the way! Now on to your CI questions: Hayley has worn a CI for 3 plus years, but many of the people in this group has kids who have had CIs for much longer. It is not dangerous and the surgery itself is not extra dangerous. For us we got there in the morning and were home by 5 pm. You do not have to go to therapy the rest of her life, I think just until she is a teenager maybe and then some if she chooses -that would be up to your family and what she wants and what you want to get from it. The therapy would help her learn to listen (well, that is our experience), which would help speech, in turn. .. I live in West Palm Beach,FL, but thank you for the offer. I heard so many different things about the cochlear implant that sometimes I get scared. Is it true that having that on can be very dangerous? Do we have to go to therapy for the rest of her life for it? Is the actual procedure life threatning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Dear you are welcome. Okay. Florida School for the Deaf and Blind is going to host the next ASDC conference in July, maybe June 07? This will be the second conference I attend and I'm excited! Its in St. Augustine. You do have a good resource right there, by the way! Now on to your CI questions: Hayley has worn a CI for 3 plus years, but many of the people in this group has kids who have had CIs for much longer. It is not dangerous and the surgery itself is not extra dangerous. For us we got there in the morning and were home by 5 pm. You do not have to go to therapy the rest of her life, I think just until she is a teenager maybe and then some if she chooses -that would be up to your family and what she wants and what you want to get from it. The therapy would help her learn to listen (well, that is our experience), which would help speech, in turn. .. I live in West Palm Beach,FL, but thank you for the offer. I heard so many different things about the cochlear implant that sometimes I get scared. Is it true that having that on can be very dangerous? Do we have to go to therapy for the rest of her life for it? Is the actual procedure life threatning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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