Comments for Illinois Hands & Voices http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com Supporting Families with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:16:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Sign Language – Online Support, ASL Classes and Interpreter Training Programs by Vanessa http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/sign-language-online-support-asl-classes-and-interpreter-training-programs/#comment-16247 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:16:07 +0000 http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-16247 Nicky I have a suggestion if you contact me I will share it with you…My name is Ms. Nessa and I think I have an answer but only if you really are ready. I know an early communication instructor and the group associated with this is teaching babies 3mos to 3 years to sign in asl.

]]> Comment on Sign Classes in Vernon Hills… by Jessica Bianco http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/sign-classes-in-vernon-hills/#comment-16086 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 02:32:37 +0000 http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/?p=2680#comment-16086 Love the sign language classes…..too bad they are so far away from us….

]]> Comment on Sign Language – Online Support, ASL Classes and Interpreter Training Programs by nicky http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/sign-language-online-support-asl-classes-and-interpreter-training-programs/#comment-13788 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:00:23 +0000 http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-13788 I’m trying to find classes for my young nephew (2.5 years old) to learn ASL, he’s in St. Charles. Because of his age, driving 45 min to Naperville, for instance, isn’t doable. I’ve moved out of state and can’t teach him to sign, so we want to take him to class and he can skype with me to practice. I can’t seem to find *anything*. Any suggestions?

]]> Comment on Education by ilhandsandvoices http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/questions-answers/education/#comment-11474 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:40:07 +0000 http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/questions-answers/education/#comment-11474 Hi Joy. Great question and one I think we’ve all had or will have. This is what my family found useful. Your Hearing Itinerant teacher or yourself should be able to go into the class and open discussion about it. Teach the children what it is that your child is doing/using and why. I find that once you take away the unknown the kids don’t see it any longer as anything more than part of your child. My HI actually went as far as in servicing all the classes in that particular grade. My child is now in 3rd and I am not sure how much more we need to do this as all these students have heard it and learned about it 3 times. You can also contact the CI or HI manufacturer, they generally have cute coloring books and you could possibly get one for each child in your child’s class. I did that more for the education of the children’s parents that the children themselves, I’ve found the fear comes from parents more so than from the student. You’ll find with this short brief discussion a lot of the unknown is answered and the kids won’t feel obliged to ask your child or to “climb into their ear” as I used to say to find out what “that” is… Good luck!

Andrea Marwah

]]> Comment on Education by Joy D Lohse http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/questions-answers/education/#comment-11469 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:25:20 +0000 http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/questions-answers/education/#comment-11469 How and what can you tell the hearing students in your child’s classes about hearing aides and cochlear implants so that they can be less afraid of the unknown?

]]> Comment on Karen P by Mary http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/parent-stories/deafhh-stories/karen-p/#comment-11277 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:56:58 +0000 http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/?page_id=57#comment-11277 I didn’t know you could loose hearing by falling.

]]> Comment on Kathy by Mary http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/parent-stories/deafhh-stories/kathy/#comment-11276 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:52:08 +0000 http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/parent-stories/deafhh-stories/kathy/#comment-11276 Thanks for the insight, My daughter is hard of hearing.

]]> Comment on Sign Language – Online Support, ASL Classes and Interpreter Training Programs by Emely Haakinson http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/sign-language-online-support-asl-classes-and-interpreter-training-programs/#comment-11138 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:54:15 +0000 http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-11138 Sorry for that huge review, but I’m really loving this supplement, and hope this, along with the excellent reviews other sorts of individuals have written, will let you analyse if it does not take answer you’re looking for.

]]> Comment on Sign Language – Online Support, ASL Classes and Interpreter Training Programs by ilhandsandvoices http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/sign-language-online-support-asl-classes-and-interpreter-training-programs/#comment-11080 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:43:46 +0000 http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-11080 Hi there. Hands & Voices does not provide sign language classes directly. We do have a section on our website that gives you classes in your area. You can contact the person by using their contact information on that page. Use this link and it will take you to the locations within our state that offer sign language support. http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/sign-language-online-support-asl-classes-and-interpreter-training-programs/ … Good luck! Andrea Marwah, IL Hands & Voices, Chairperson

]]> Comment on Mary Clark by ilhandsandvoices http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/about/board-members/mary-clark/#comment-11041 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:18:23 +0000 http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/board-members/mary-clark/#comment-11041 Hi there. I forwarded your contact information to Mary… She should be in touch soon.

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