History of Deaf Education

Individualized Family Service Plan

(IFSP)

American with Disabilities Act

(ADA)

Plan for special services for young children with developmental delays. An IFSP only applies to children from birth to three years of age

Law that ensures Deaf children have access to state

and local governments, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications.

Section 504 of the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Law that ensures that individuals with

disabilities will not be excluded from participation in programs that receive federal financial assistance

i.e. public schools.

Options for Education of the Deaf:

Game time!!

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Individualized Education Program

(IEP)

-Mainstreaming: Deaf student attends public school with hearing students

-Types of Mainstreaming:

• Regular classroom
• Regular classroom with additional help
• Resource room
• Self-contained classroom

Options for Education of the Deaf:

Alice Cogswell

-A written statement of the educational program designed to meet a child’s individual needs.

-Provides annual goals, current academic achievment,services provided etc.

Mainstreaming:

Pros:

• Better socialization skills between Deaf and hearing
• Learn better use of English grammar
• Stay at home with their family
• Schools have a large variety of extracurricular activities and classes

Cons:

• May feel isolated from Deaf community
• No Deaf role models
• Language barrier between student and peers
• Harder to make friends

Abbe L'epee

”Father of the French System for teaching the deaf”

National Association of The Deaf

Language for the Deaf:

Oral or ASL? Which is better?

• Research shows both is best!
• Important to learn to communicate early
• Learn sign language first
• Beneficial to learn oral communication too
• All depends on individual needs!

Options for education of the deaf:

Homeschooling:

Pros

• Tailored for deaf student's needs
• Live at home

Cons

• Feel isolated from peers
• Less variety in teaching methods and perspectives
• Financial cost

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Milan Conference

Options for Education of the Deaf:

Oral Day Schools or Sign Day Schools:

Pros:

• Live at home
• Easily communicate with their peers
• Tailored to Deaf and HoH needs

Cons:

• Limited availability
• Expensive

How to make the education decision:

Alexander Graham Bell

• Research options near you
• Research quality of local schools
• Every child has specific needs
• Talk to deaf adults
• Build relationships with school administrators and teachers

Establishing Of Gallaudet University

Gallaudet Protest

Laurent Clerc

Options for Education of the Deaf:

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

(IDEA)

Deaf Residential Schools:

Pros:

• Student are around other deaf and hard of hearing students
• Education is tailored to the student’s needs
• Students have Deaf rolemodels
• No language barrier

Cons:

• Live away from home and families
• Expensive

-Requires that students who are deaf or hard of hearing receive an appropriate education.

-This law includes development of Individualized Education Program (IEP) and Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)

History of Deaf Education

By: Samantha, Lisa, Jessica, and Melissa