During our Expanded Core Curriculum for DHH Counseling, we have been continuing to talk about the interpreters' role in school. We also have been discussing the importance of listening to our peers when they talk in class and valuing the opportunity to have visual and verbal access to understanding each other. It is a Deaf Culture "rule" that when a deaf person is in the room, all persons (who know how to sign) start signing. This ensures that the deaf/hh (DHH) person has full access to information in their current environment which only promotes social, educational, communication, and linguistic growth. Thus, when DHH peers sign in class, it is giving the other students full opportunity to see, engage, reflect, and participate in the class discussion.
During our Social Skills Counseling, we have been diligently working on our "LTMR" skills:
Listening Thinking Memorizing Retelling
This requires us to attend to the person who is talking/signing, actively listening to what s/he is saying, thinking about what s/he is saying, and remembering what s/he said. To show how we attended to the person's statements, we are practicing our ability to retell the information that we listened, contemplated, and remembered. These skills help us take an active role in our communication responsibility, language enrichment, and information sharing at all times, not just in the classroom. You can help your child's comprehension by asking the to share with you what was just stated. This does mean to help ensure that your child had access to the verbal information, whether it be visual or spoken.
During our Social Skills Counseling, we have been diligently working on our "LTMR" skills:
Listening Thinking Memorizing Retelling
This requires us to attend to the person who is talking/signing, actively listening to what s/he is saying, thinking about what s/he is saying, and remembering what s/he said. To show how we attended to the person's statements, we are practicing our ability to retell the information that we listened, contemplated, and remembered. These skills help us take an active role in our communication responsibility, language enrichment, and information sharing at all times, not just in the classroom. You can help your child's comprehension by asking the to share with you what was just stated. This does mean to help ensure that your child had access to the verbal information, whether it be visual or spoken.