Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Deaf children who can explain their communication needs to others from early on, will have an easier life. Parents need to give their child the self-confidence to do this, maybe through practice or role-play. Once the child knows to tell people they’re deaf or hard of hearing when they first ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Time and again, research studies show children who are educated in an inclusive environment from an early age to be more accepting of differences. Deaf children can benefit from this approach, particularly in the very early years when play is the main mode of social interaction. At my pre-school, I ...
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Monday, October 15th, 2007
Deafness doesn't have to be the tragedy that some people see it as. With the appropriate early intervention, a baby or child who is deaf can achieve a good quality of life and reach their own personal milestones. However, if deafness is diagnosed at a late stage (after the child ...
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
As many parents of children with disabilities in Ireland have already learned, there aren't many easily accessible materials for purchase here. Many of us have to turn our heads to the states to get the materials we so desperately need....or we have to make them ourselves with our COPIOUS amounts ...
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
This website was sent to me by a parent of a child on the autistic spectrum who is working on improving auditory processing. I have used some of this company's materials previously, we even have a few of the DeGaetano books here at the Release centre, and find that they ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
The IrishDeafKids.ie website, planned for spring 2008, aims to promote inclusive education for deaf children at mainstream schools in Ireland and to enable parents to help their deaf child realize their full potential in Irish society.
For now, the Release blog is hosting a "Hearing Matters" section on behalf of IrishDeafKids.ie. ...
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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Speech is a priceless gift. Especially when it has to be acquired through intensive speech therapy, language lessons and hours of pronunciation practice. Babies with a hearing impairment aren’t able to absorb and replicate the speech heard in their environment, as their hearing peers do. Help is needed, but the ...
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
This can be very difficult for Irish parents. As there is a current shortage of speech and language therapists (SLT's) in Ireland, waiting lists can be huge! When you DO find a SLT for your child, it is imperative you make sure the SLT is a member of ...
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Language delay is a failure to develop language abilities on the usual developmental timetable. Language delay is distinct from speech delay, in which the speech mechanism itself is the focus of delay. Thus, language delay refers specifically to a delay in the development of the underlying knowledge of language, rather ...
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