John Tracy Clinic Summer Session Part Three
Miss Kat's Deaf journey 6/10/09Today was another great day of learning.Our days start in the classroom with our little ones. We spend 45 minutes practicing the things we have been learning and just playing in the classroom. Yesterday we had talked about the power of pausing. By allowing a few seconds, we give the give the kids an opportunity to process what we are saying and give an appropri...
Mon, Jun 29 2009
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Moderation in Postings
RSGeo-007 I had to write this after the near-flamefest here (the audism posts) and on The Deaf Sherlock last month. Over the years, I've been a moderator in chatrooms and message areas. Sometimes the work is fun. But then there's the occasional time when you'll have a member who is quite abusive and openly flouts the rules.In some cases, moderators need the ability to clamp dow...
Mon, Jun 29 2009
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Becoming an Advocate
The CI Circle News Quite possibly one of the hardest things for me to swallow through our first year of becoming parents to deaf children was the average civilian’s lack of knowledge. Though I’d worn those very same shoes for 26 years prior to having my first child, I quickly forgot my own condition, which was weighted with the same ignorance. I immediately began my habilitation as soon...
Sun, Jun 28 2009
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For DianRez...
An American Mom in Tuscany: Jordan's Cochlear Hi. I mentioned in the comment section of another post that I would have responded to Dianrez' blogpost: Enough with blogs about CI surgery! that I almost missed. K.L.'s response to this post generated an interesting and intelligent discussion.The aspect of DianRez' post that I wanted to highlight was this:Far more interesting is if they revealed who they are, w...
Fri, Jun 26 2009
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