Parental Rights vs. Parental Responsibilities
Parental Rights vs. Parental ResponsibilitiesThe discussion putting parental rights over Deaf children’s rights has bothered me. During my drive to work this week, I had the time (2 hours) to figure out why this bothers me. In this vlog, I put parental rights into perspective. Click on the link to see the vlog: Parental Rights vs. Parental Responsibilities
drmzz said,
November 7, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
Hi Don, I agree with u 100%.
redheart deafie said,
November 7, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
Hi Don,
I completely understand and agree with you 100 percent. However the educational system is vastly different today. I don’t think parents have the choice of deciding which program they want to enroll their deaf child in, there are several educators involved in making a decision along with IEP goals. Once the deaf child has an IEP goal, there is a team meeting that decides which program would be appropriate for the deaf child. They place deaf children in programs that they feel will fit them the best. Supposedly if the parent want to place their child in an ASL contained program in a public school (they call them total communication), it is highly likely that the child will probably be mainstreamed full-time with an interpreter unless this child has behavior or learning disabilities. Parents do not have 100 percent in making decision about where they can place their deaf child in a public school setting unfortunately.
DrDonG said,
November 7, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
Hi redheart,
I’m actually talking about BEFORE the child is even of school age. When the child is born, they can detect the child as Deaf at that time. There is no educational system in place, IEP, etc to prevent a parent from making a choice. The only system in place at that time is the Early Intervention system, such as it is. I’m speaking to those who insist that parent’s right to choose (and yes, technically, they have the “right”), but I am making the point that parents also have a responsibility to ensure that their child will have the language and communication and cognitive abilities to enter school at the same level as any other child of that age. With oralism, even with CI, that may or may not happen, but with ASL, it almost always happens (unless the child has some other neurological/cognitive issue going on).
But after the child is in the school system, the parents are SUPPOSED to have the right to make the decisions about the child’s placement, although you are correct in that the school systems often put up roadblocks to the parent’s ability to get those choices/desires implemented, usually because the school systems view it in terms of money lost.
Jean Boutcher said,
November 7, 2008 @ 11:09 pm
I cannot believe that some people, including parents and teachers, are still too myopic. Ironic as it may sound, they do not notice that there are numerous oral failures and that there are NO ASL failures!
If they want a “short cut” for a smoother transition, use the bilingual approach: that is, a transition to English after learning ASL.
Off on a tangent for a moment: can you select a very dark black font for text? If infeasible, perhaps you would consider using a LARGE font. Reason for asking is that it is very difficult for me to see the text. Thank yiou for your kind consideration of this matter.
MM said,
November 8, 2008 @ 3:24 am
I have an autistic child, and know the battles you have to face to get adequate education and support in place here in the UK, it took 6 years to get a decent place, 6 lost years of aggravation, frustrations, tears, heated and hostile meetings, and downright anger.
“We have no autistic unit, so put him in mainstream, let him find a level” I kid you not ! It was like putting someone with no legs at the foot of Mount Everest, and then saying we’ll meet you at the top, good luck…. The UK has a credo “each, according to need…” the reality is the complete opposite, it is each according to what they feel they can pay for, or you can…
The thing about pre-education for parents is the same, basically the people do not really exist to offer the advice, and those that do, have some bias or other… parents then erly on the system because there is little else… and have to try to work it.
FloridaGirl said,
November 12, 2008 @ 10:39 am
I attempted to click a few times last week, but it didn’t work. I eventually saw your vlog that appeared to show scenery from film. Your lecture is very high-quality.
LEGAL HISTORY OF
BILINGUAL EDUCATION
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
This amendment established the constitutional basis for the educational rights of language minority students. Guaranteed that no State can make or enforce any law abridging the privileges or immunities of citizens; nor deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law; nor deny equal protection of the laws.
http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/Pages/HistoryBE.htm
The Question of Minority
Language Rights
“Bill Piatt details the contradictory precedents on language rights in the United States. For example, the 1970 Negrón decision recognized the inhumanity of trying an accused criminal in an incomprehensible tongue and mandated that an interpreter be provided for non-English-speaking defendants. But, as yet, no such right has been established for parties in civil and administrative cases – divorce, welfare, adoption, and other proceedings with consequences often as severe as criminal trials. Meyer v. Nebraska (1923), the earliest Supreme Court decision regarding the rights of linguistic minorities, relied on the Fourteenth Amendment’s due-process clause in striking down a restriction on foreign language teaching, enacted during a period of anti-German xenophobia. The court determined the law to be an unreasonable interference with pupils’ right to acquire knowledge, teachers’ right to practice their profession, and parents’ right to control the education of their children. Still, it carved out no firm prohibition on language-based discrimination and left intact a state mandate for English as the medium of instruction.”
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCrawford/LLPT4.htm