Thank you so much for making this vlog. I learned a lot and I understand your frustrations. I can’t remmy if you live in rural area or city, but here in Maine it is the same idea. Boy, I dunno- no easy answers! I hope you get a good feedback from your project and I’d love to see it if you decide to share. Keep up your great work!- Debbie

and this is what the SYSTEMS and specialists are REALLY worried about

peace

patti

thankfully in a different ruling custody was granted back to the mother after the child had been implanted

its a complicated case but the things that jumped out at me were the mothers wishes not to have the child be implanted OVER RULED based on the custody decision and how the testimony of the SPECIALIST influenced the original unjust decision re: custody. ive put an excerpt from the “specialist” and the link to the full case below.

re: the child being late to school – it was noted that the relatives that originally won custody also delivered the child late to school too. Im just flabbergasted by how the “specialist” framed it and it is used and abused to actually diminish parental rights. dont even get me started on how so many of the folks who are “oral successes” still wish their family members signed but the SPECIALISTS told the family NOT to. u will still see that directive in the AG Bell components of auditory oral education – which Indiana Hear Say has a check list out about

thank u again DE

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Farish testified that she had been C.J.’s teacher for nearly two years. She testified that C.J. was doing very well in school. She expressed concern that C.J. did not receive cochlear implants at a young age. Farish testified that children should wear the highest-level technology in hearing aids possible, which was cochlear implants. She stated that: “The amplification should be put on in the morning, worn all day, and other than taking a bath and going to sleep, then the amplification should be worn, and that’s critical to letting the child develop the language and the speech skills 24 hours a day….” She went on to testify that “the rule of thumb with deaf education is that you get the best amplification as soon as possible, that the better the amplification, the better progress the child is going to make.” Also, it is best to make use of the amplification “as soon as possible because you want to take maximum advantage of those earlier learning years.” Regarding the excessive tardies, Farish testified that for the 2005-06 school year, C.J. was tardy thirty-five times. Farish testified that:
All children need to be in school the maximum amount of time, but for a hearing-impaired child … it makes a difference in their outcome for life because you are not just teaching academics in a book. You are trying to equip the child with the social skills to speak and communicate…. [I]t is critical that he have as much time in the class as possible….