prelingually deaf and SLP services

[Guest guest]

Is the Sidoma method of communications for the deaf utilized by SLP's

for children learning speech and language? Larry

prelingually deaf and SLP services

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> I know Deaf adults (they hear NOTHING at all) who had years of speech

> therapy in schools for the Deaf to learn to speak. Those are generally

> the

> children who receive SLP services, although now even children with

> mild/moderate hearing loss are generally evaluated to determine if they

> will

> benefit from SLP services. I was never evaulated for any services and

> never recieved any, despite having a severe/profound sloping loss. My

> brothers and I were in a sink or swim situation. I swam, my older brother

> managed to get by, and my younger brother drowned and dropped out of

> school.

> If he had received accommodations, he probably would have done just fine.

> However, because " he had good speech " , the school administration insisted

> he

> didn't need D/HH services. They tried to pull that same stunt with my

> daughter and learned very quickly that I won't tolerate it. They're now

> closely monitored by the state dept. of education to ensure they are

> following EVERY IEP. Yes, I am a proud mom from Hell. They've gone from

> one extreme to another and back again more times than I can count. One

> teacher insisted Brittney couldn't be hard of hearing because she had

> perfect speech (pre-school). Another insisted she has language gaps

> because

> she didn't know what hump day was (4th grade, and just how many 4th

> graders

> use that expression anyway?), and now we're back to the thought that

> because

> she has excellent speech, she must hear just fine from half of her

> teachers

> and a principal who insisted the IEP state she would " wear her hearing

> aids

> at all times. " I swear there are so many idiots out there. Anyway, most

> SLP services are provided for those deaf and Deaf students who do not

> develop good speech naturally and need intervention, although SLP services

> are also provided for those deaf and Deaf children who need language

> development services, not speech. I'm always amazed when a child who has

> never heard any sound learns to speak, though, that just blows my mind

> that

> they're able to figure out how to produce intelligible speech by watching

> the SLP and feeling the vibrations of the vocal chords.

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> Beth

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> The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the

> effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.-- G.

> Woodson

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[Guest guest]

Larry,

I'm a teacher, not an SLP. The sidoma method you mention is not familiar to

me. I tried to find some information on it by searching google and didn't

find anything. Can you give me more information on this method? I haven't

had an SLP or AVT mention a specific method they are using other than

auditory/verbal/kinesthetic.

Beth

The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the

effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.-- G.

Woodson