Deaf Parent and Teacher communication

This week I wanted to discuss what it would be like as teacher with deaf parents of a hearing child. Earlier this week in class we had discussion about what the teacher should know when conducting a confrence with a parent who has a disability. What would the teacher do to conduct a successful confrence? How would the teacher communicate with the parent? Would the teacher have an interpeter from the school, or have the child intepret everything for the parents? Would the teacher trust the child to interpet the right information or not? This conversation was interesting because as teachers we often worry about the children in our classroom who have disabilites. We never really think about the parents having a disiablity. This is something that needs to be introduced to teachers. How to effectively communicate with parents who are non hearing. Some of my classmates stated that they would not trust the child to interpet the confrence. Others suggested what if the school did not have an interpeter? What if the school didn't have enough money to hire one. We went back and forth on this topic and came to a conclusion. A teacher must either have an school intepeter, or just right everything down for parents who can't hear. A good idea would be to prepare a script of everything the teacher is going to say or have outline of what is being discussed in the confrence. I would make sure the parent could read lips as well. I would like to know what everyone elses thinks about Deaf Parent Teacher confrence and how you would conduct the meeting.