Deaf Education

3. whether a student attends mainstream or residential schooling, it is important they have the ability to communicate, in some cases this is speech from baby years on, and in some cases this is signing – either way gives a Deaf child access to _____________ (hint: it starts with an L)
7. is one way a Deaf child may get their education, also known as ‘School for the Deaf’ they are an alternative to placements in local schools. Parents who are Deaf themselves often choose these over local schools because of the opportunity for their child(ren) to participate in the life of the Deaf community and culture.
9. an acronym for our local (state) residential school
10. a French teacher called "The Apostle of the Deaf in America" and was regarded as the most renowned deaf person in American Deaf History

1. founded 1817, in Hartford, Connecticut, by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Mason Cogswell, and Laurent Clerc and became a state-supported school later that year.
2. if a student was profoundly deaf, they would likely have this with them if they were in public schools – you may have seen one before, even Duval provides them!
4. a private federally chartered university in Washington, D.C., for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. It was founded in 1864 as a grammar school for both deaf and blind children.
5. is one way a Deaf child may get their education, classes are all spoken and students are blended in with their classes, often a public school versus a residential deaf school.
6. the little girl who was the inspiration to Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet for the creation of the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut.
8. Along with Laurent Clerc and Mason Cogswell, he co-founded the first permanent institution for the education of the deaf in North America, and he became its first principal