Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 * > Do any other parents in this group have their > children in child care? We also have our daughter, , in childcare as well. She is 5.5 yo and was implanted at 17 months with a Nucleus 24. She has been in mainstream childcare or preschool since she was 8 weeks old. It has been a great language modeling input for her and being mainstreamed has also taught her coping/adaptation skills. She is an oral deaf child who is 1.5-2.5 years behind her peers in language, but she has been able to keep up or excel in most other areas. We have coped with daycare/preschool several ways: 1) having AI teacher do inservices for regular teachers, 2) us doing inservices for regular teachers, 3) having speech therapists and audiologists come and observe in the classroom and make recommendations for modification, and 4) keeping in close contact with her teachers on daily progress and activities. We also encourage the teachers to provide a good " listening " environment at all times in the classroom and give them materials from AGBell, ASHA, and Listen-UP regarding successfully mainstreaming deaf children in the regular classroom. I hope that this helps in your work with your own child. Take care! Rene D. Massengale Waco, Tx Mother of: , 5.5 yo, CI hearing age 4 years 8 yo big brother, hearing, and assistant teacher for his mom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Our daughter, Ayanna, is in daycare setting as well. She is 2.9 years old and has been bilaterally aided since 9 months of age. She started with auditory verbal therapy the day after she has been aided and continues to thrive in an auditory enviroment. We also hesitated and debated about putting her in daycare versus a single caregiver 1:1 interaction at home. At 2 years of age we enrolled her in a local daycare 4 days a week (full time from 8-5). Our decision was that we always new we would mainstream her in regular schools so why not start her early to help her adapt & develop coping skills. We also felt it was important for her to gain social skills as she is currently our only child and does not have the fortune of a sibling to help her along. We enrolled her in the daycare with expectation of her to develop social skills, strengthen cognitive, gross, motor & fine skills, and if she gained language from her peers/teachers it was a huge bonus! We knew we would have to put extra efforts on weeknights and weekends to be sure we gave her a additional language opportunities. Prior to starting daycare, our AVT and Audiologist did an inservice with her teachers and the other faculty members. We also wrote a summary document explaining the AV philosophy, how to communciate with Ayanna , key strategies in specific learning enviroments (sit next to teacher at circle time), how the hearing aid works & other technical information (don't get aids wet). We really emphasized with the teachers that Ayanna should not treated any differently than other children, her hearing is just one part of her personality. We also have our AVT do visits (4 times a year) to help with tips and techniques for optimal listening enviroment. All and All, we are very happy that we did enroll her in daycare, it has really helped her in social interactions and she has blossomed in her personality. As far as her progress in expressive and receptive language, she continues to be ahead of her hearing peers, therefore, being in daycare has continued to help her and not held her back in anyway....one of the main concerns we initially had when we debated about sending her to school. Hope this helps Sandi > >Reply-To: Listen-Up >To: Listen-Up > >Subject: Children in Childcare >Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:53:46 -0500 > >* > Do any other parents in this group have their > > children in child care? > >We also have our daughter, , in childcare as well. She is 5.5 yo >and was implanted at 17 months with a Nucleus 24. She has been in >mainstream childcare or preschool since she was 8 weeks old. It has been >a great language modeling input for her and being mainstreamed has also >taught her coping/adaptation skills. She is an oral deaf child who is >1.5-2.5 years behind her peers in language, but she has been able to >keep up or excel in most other areas. We have coped with >daycare/preschool several ways: 1) having AI teacher do inservices for >regular teachers, 2) us doing inservices for regular teachers, 3) having >speech therapists and audiologists come and observe in the >classroom and make recommendations for modification, and 4) keeping in >close contact with her teachers on daily progress and activities. We >also encourage the teachers to provide a good " listening " environment at >all times in the classroom and give them materials from AGBell, ASHA, >and Listen-UP regarding successfully mainstreaming deaf children in the >regular classroom. > >I hope that this helps in your work with your own child. > >Take care! > >Rene D. Massengale >Waco, Tx >Mother of: >, 5.5 yo, CI hearing age 4 years > 8 yo big brother, hearing, and assistant teacher for his mom. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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