How To Explain Importance of Deaf Peers For Deaf Child?
I need some help trying to explain the importance of a deaf child having access to deaf peers, and am having a difficult time putting it into words. Can someone help me? Here’s a little background… My kiddo started out in the home school (mainstream), but after a CI failure a couple years ago we moved her out of the district and into a mainstream class with great services for the deaf (because the home school district has horrible services). At this time, we introduced sign and an interpreter into her communication toolbox. The current school has lots of other deaf children, and she is doing awesome. Now the home school wants her back. They still have no services, so will have to pull something together. She would be the ONLY deaf child in a school that has very limited experience with deaf children. As an oral child, we’ve always stressed the need for good speech/hearing peers in our IEPs (which of course we needed in order to use the CI). However, we’ve always felt it important tha
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