Right to use sign language in educational programmes

Jacqueline Baez
Guest

/ #86 Deaf Mentor Project

2010-09-22 07:56

• increase the family's ability to successfully communicate with their deaf child through sign language.
• provide parents with opportunities to identify their child's subtle communication attempts and to evaluate their child's strengths in communicating.
• increase parent's appreciation for and understanding of American Sign Language (ASL), Deaf Culture, and the Deaf Community.
• support the child's development of language, communication, and self-identity through use of American Sign Language and the ability to interact with a Deaf adult role model.