TerpTopics: PARENTS ASK (Answers to questions sign language interpreters receive from parents of deaf children.)

Where can I find information about schools for deaf and hard of hearing students?

Where can I find information on laws about education for deaf and hard of hearing students?

Is there an organized, tried and true program to help my deaf child learn to read and develop an appreciation for books?

There sure is! Start with Gallaudet's Shared Reading Program (SRP); but don't stop there. Keep asking questions.

Where can I go for a broad overview of information related to deaf children from birth to age 21?

What about cochlear implants? My physician and family are recommending CIs, but I need information.

Are there any online groups (chat boards, ListServs, newsgroups) for parents of deaf children?

Where can I get information about financial resources to aid in financing my deaf child's college education?

I need a GREAT resource to help me teach my child to write good English sentences, paragraphs, and essays for school. Help?!

Ray Gosa is an award-winning teacher who has published exactly the book you are looking for, Please, please give yourself, your child, and his or her teachers the gift of Mr. Gosa's effective and easy-to-use advice: Get Thirty-Six Stars today - it's less than twenty bucks and worth many times that.

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