subject: Advantages Of Sending Your Hearing Impaired Child To A Deaf School [print this page] What is a Deaf School? For children of any age that has some impairment on his or her hearing that may preclude them from learning in a traditional school environment, there are special schools that can and will cater to the specific needs of that child's hearing disability. These are known as deaf schools. Most commonly, these schools have an extensive history being known as bastions of Deaf Culture, especially amongst those dead children that attend and learn at them. This still being the case, some parents have, however, taken to sending their children to local and public schools instead of these specialized schools that have such a broad range of resources for those that are hearing impaired. This is primarily because local schools are becoming more mainstream and are able to minimally provide for those hearing impaired individuals. However, these local and public schools are not the best places for those children that are hearing impaired to go to. These local schools may provide the children with the ability to learn the everyday course material, but they do not offer the kinds of lessons and skills that deaf schools can in regards to learning how to communicate without the ability to hear. At the very least, any and all children suffering from some kind of hearing impairment should attend one of these deaf schools, at least in a part time capacity.
What are the Advantages to Deaf Schools? There are many very real and very advantageous benefits to attending these deaf schools. The schools in themselves were designed specifically to cater to those specialized needs of deaf children. Many of these schools have excellent programs that encourage peer interaction to better hone the skills that they will need the rest of their lives for communications. These come in the form of student organizations and extra-curricular activities that many local and public schools tend to have; the only difference is that all of the students in a deaf school have the one singularity in common. Interaction with others that have the same problem can help student's better cope with their loss or inability while learning how to communicate and function in a silent world. Students in these deaf schools also have access to regular adult deaf role models, so that they can see that it is totally possible for an individual to live and excel in a world where hearing is not a luxury that they have. These role models can help inspire children that are otherwise depressed about the state of their condition, giving them hope to learn more about how they can function in the world.
