Re: foreign language at school

[Guest guest]

ASL is a GREAT idea. I am hearing impaired and because I lipread Madeline has great eye contact. If you want mom's attention ya got to look at me when you're talking. LOL. She has learned it with total ease. She loves it and so do I!

Mom to my 4 girls

Madeline, Cayla, Arabella, & Vincenza

"You are the TRIP I did not take

You are the PEARLS I cannot buy

You are the blue Italian LAKE

YOU are my piece of foreign SKY"

---Anne ----

( ) foreign language at school

My son is a freshman this year and is required to take foreign language. spanish has been a disaster since it consists mostly of auditory learning. His processing speed is slower in general and throw in the translation piece he is failing miserably. They are suggesting I switch him to American Sign Language. Has anyone had luck with this for your kids on the spectrum? I am concerned that he will have to watch hands and listen to what is spoken at the same time which could be difficult but on the other hand since it is visual that could be a plus. Foreign language is considered an elective (even though it is required) and he only has inclusion support in his core classes. Any experience on this would be appreciated!

[Guest guest]

Greetings:

I live in NJ. My dd is currently in spanish but it has proffered no real value.

I have come to find out from the legal dept. at our Dept. of Ed that we can pull

her out of spanish. Instead of the spanish class, she can learn about the

culture as part of her social studies. I just have to add goals to her IEP for

instruction in the spanish culture. Then her world language requirement would

be fulfilled.

Therefore, if this is something that you may want to pursue, I suggest that you

contact your Dept. of Ed. and ask them if this substitution would be acceptable.

Regards,

>

> My son is a freshman this year and is required to take foreign language.

spanish has been a disaster since it consists mostly of auditory learning. His

processing speed is slower in general and throw in the translation piece he is

failing miserably. They are suggesting I switch him to American Sign Language.

Has anyone had luck with this for your kids on the spectrum? I am concerned

that he will have to watch hands and listen to what is spoken at the same time

which could be difficult but on the other hand since it is visual that could be

a plus. Foreign language is considered an elective (even though it is required)

and he only has inclusion support in his core classes. Any experience on this

would be appreciated!

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Is there any way you could call an IEP mtg or talk to his SPED teacher and see about getting some help for him in that class?

My son wanted to take Spanish and is having a pretty rough time. I think for him, personally, he would do better in a Sign Language class. Don't know why,,,,but he does better with visuals.

Good luck to you.

Robin

PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY

WHAT YOU DID OR WHAT YOU SAID,

BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER

HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL

From: jdmmom <mblaman@...>Subject: ( ) foreign language at school Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 4:56 PM

My son is a freshman this year and is required to take foreign language. spanish has been a disaster since it consists mostly of auditory learning. His processing speed is slower in general and throw in the translation piece he is failing miserably. They are suggesting I switch him to American Sign Language. Has anyone had luck with this for your kids on the spectrum? I am concerned that he will have to watch hands and listen to what is spoken at the same time which could be difficult but on the other hand since it is visual that could be a plus. Foreign language is considered an elective (even though it is required) and he only has inclusion support in his core classes. Any experience on this would be appreciated!

[Guest guest]

Well, I can relate. I only have sensory processing issues but man, spanish was

horrible for me in high school and we didn't have ASL classes. I have three

kids all with varying autism-related issues and they are all small but we use

signs a lot as my youngest is non-verbal and we have not had any problems with

any of them picking it up and the older two love learning it. I think the signs

help them focus more on what is being said without being distracted.

>

> My son is a freshman this year and is required to take foreign language.

spanish has been a disaster since it consists mostly of auditory learning. His

processing speed is slower in general and throw in the translation piece he is

failing miserably. They are suggesting I switch him to American Sign Language.

Has anyone had luck with this for your kids on the spectrum? I am concerned

that he will have to watch hands and listen to what is spoken at the same time

which could be difficult but on the other hand since it is visual that could be

a plus. Foreign language is considered an elective (even though it is required)

and he only has inclusion support in his core classes. Any experience on this

would be appreciated!

>