CODAs with Deaf in Classes
Saturday November 10, 2007
Deafmum04 asks on the forum whether it makes sense to have children of deaf adults in the same classes with deaf students, at both the primary and secondary level. What do you think? I thought this was already being done at some schools for the deaf, and why would anyone have any concerns about it?
Read Deafmum04's question and answer it.
Comments
To allow hearing (no matter what) in state-funded and state-operated deaf schools is doing a disservice to taxpayers and the law governing state schools for the deaf or equivalent. Charter schools are excepted from this as long as its language based, not disability based as state-run schools are no matter who says what. A state-run deaf school can’t discriminate by admitting a CODA over a non-CODA. Opens a can of worms. Bad precedent.
Public schools also get their money from taxpayers to educate hearing children. Is there really a difference in where the money comes from?
And what about language preference? What about hearing kids who prefer, or even learn better, through ASL?
The reason I bring this up is because my youngest (hearing) son attended a bilingual community classroom at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.
After two years in this pre-school environment, Brandon moved on to kindergarten in his school district and let me tell you, he was upset that none of the teachers at his new school could sign. He still says he wants to go back to PSD. If I could, I would send him back.