Aiii Identify three ways of finding out the communication and language needs of an individual. For each method‚ describe how effective it is at establishing the needs of the individual. 1st i would ask the individual themselves‚ allowing me to establish their usual language and if they are visually or hearing impaired. 2nd i would check their care plan‚ for the individuals communication needs. 3rd if all else fails
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Clerc was in London to share his methods of communication with the deaf. This method is now known as FSL (French Sign Language). The way in which the French educated the deaf amazed Gallaudet. Sicard‚ who appreciated Gallaudet’s enthusiasm‚ offered to teach him his methods at no charge. Gallaudet happily agreed. The free public institution of learning where teachers and students use sign‚ rather than oral speech‚ would be the model of learning and teaching that he would bring back from Europe to share
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meant for someone else? I became enchanted with American Sign Language in high school‚ when I befriended a Deaf group of students. I now realize I was fascinated by the language because‚ unbeknownst to me at that time‚ I am a visual and kinesthetic learner. Any time I saw Deaf people or Sign Language Interpreters in the community‚ I couldn’t help myself but to watch them. By the time I was a mother of two I knew I wanted to be fluent in the language‚ although finding the time seemed out of the question
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Deaf Culture | Mid-Term Paper | | Melissa Thompson | 3/7/2011 | Abstract This paper is a straight and direct look into the deaf culture. I have included a brief a factual observation on the deaf culture its self. Included are some general Cultural Norms. There is a simple and concise part of how the Deaf communicate. There is a medical perspective versus the cultural views on how people in general perceive the Deaf culture. In the conclusion I have added my own opinion on the facts and
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.. Air is too thin‚ land is too hard. It’s a liquid world.” Born hearing to deaf‚ signing parents‚ Mark gradually lost his hearing. Despite the fact that his deaf parents preferred sign communication‚ Mark was raised and educated without the use of sign language. His parents and grandparents were concerned that sign might interfere with speech and restrict his educational achievement. Although Mark became increasingly hard-of-hearing‚ he worked hard to "pass" as a hearing person. This ambition‚
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culture until he is in his twenties. Mark starts his story by talking about his mother’s natural birth. He was born in Pennsylvania to his deaf parents Don and Sherry Drolsbaugh. Mark was born able to hear and learned to talk and know a little how to sign because of his parents. This all changed when he was in first grade. Mark began to experience significant hearing loss. His grandparents were informed and Mark was taken to different doctors‚ audiologists‚ and speech pathologists to try to fix his
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Lee‚ whose damaging family experience has caused her to become so angry that even though she is an intelligent‚ sassy‚ independent woman‚ she prefers to mop floors in her old school. Jim Leeds‚ portrayed by William Hurt‚ begins teaching speech and language at a residential facility for deaf children. Jim’s teaching methods are effective‚ but unorthodox. I have to admire any teacher who allows an older teen student to call him disgusting names to his face‚ as long as the words are pronounced correctly
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signed and spoke English simultaneously for us who are just beginning to learn sign. Our tour guide wasn’t deaf but her daughter had meningitis at the age of two which caused her to become deaf. Immediately she started to take classes and learned sign language. Her daughter attended PSD at a young age; from then on she began working there herself. All the staff must be able to sign even if it is introductory sign language. I was already falling in love with the school and didn’t even begin my tour
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b. Cultural differences: you need to know what the service users first language is and if they understand the English language. Example in the Ghanaian culture a child is not to talk back to an adult when an adult is talking or use some gestures. Also the tone of voice can mean different in other cultures so you need to understand the culture of the person you are dealing with. c. Medium: example through sign language‚ written or email. d. Physical health: Taking into account the service users
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Meet the Fockers is a movie about two families who meet to prepare for a wedding‚ but some funny and surprising things get in the way when secrets are revealed. Ben Stiller plays the groom‚ Greg Focker‚ and Teri Polo plays Pam Byrnes‚ the bride. The two of them decide to finally bring their families together to settle out wedding plans. As the their families get to know each other things do not go well. Greg knows that his family is not a typical family so he tries to impress Pam’s family by downplaying
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