Collaboration

Last week I discussed Deaf Parent Teacher Conferences, which is one element of collaboration. Collaboration is the key aspect of communication and success for families. Families and school personnel should work together not only to benefit the child, but to benefit the whole entire family. School personnel, teachers, and other advocates for children and special education can provide families with resources beneficial to both parties. Deaf parents might have a child with a disability other than besides deafness and would need further assistance. The school must find a way to communicate with parent. They would need to have an interpreter or refer them to resources that offer interpreters for the family. Collaboration benefits both parties because both parties are working as a team to help each other understand or obtain a common goal. Children of Deaf parents might suffer emotional stress of not being able to talk to their parents. This could be reflected in their school work and behavior. The Deaf parent might not be aware of this stress until they are referred to a family counselor or school counselor. Collaboration between families and school could eliminate some stressors within the family. I decided to research the emotional stress of having A Deaf Parent and being a Hearing child. I found this article . It discusses the stressors of having a Deaf parent. http://deafness.about.com/cs/parentingarticles/a/deafparents.htm