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A friend of mine has a deaf daughter who attends regular
school. Everything was fine until middle school this year.
One interpreter is also the hearing impaired teacher and
special ed case manager. The relationship between student
and teacher/interpreter has been strained and is getting
worse. The student finally requested a meeting with the
principal to talk about her problems with the teacher--and
that teacher was also the interpreter for that meeting.
There are issues re: the tty--the school only has one and
it is in the hearing impaired teacher's classroom. She
leaves (and locks the door) while the student is still at
school some days. (So apparently no tty in nurse's office,
counselor's office, main office).

My question is about having one person carry out three
different roles--or even two since special ed teachers are
usually the case managers. How does this affect neutrality
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dog has bad ears /blockquote>

Wait.... are you saying that one person has two roles:
interpreter and teacher of the deaf? Is that person
certified to do both jobs? That wouldn't happen in my
district. When student is working with teacher, the teacher
can sign for self. But when student is in general ed
classroom, an interpreter shoul...See More
Nov 24, 2007
mom /blockquote>

Thanks for the response. I will pass this on to the student's
mom. I'm sure the district is trying to do things on the
cheap, and I'm also sure the school was oblivious to the
obvious problem of having this person interpret the meeting
between the student and the principal, plus the principal is
another ...See More
Nov 24, 2007
sue /blockquote>

I subbed in an ASl class and they had five deaf students. No
interpreter. It was a little scarry. But, I got through the day
without one. I can sign a little bit but, don't know enough that
I can sign everything. Don't know why there was no interpreter.

On 11/24/07, mom wrote:
> Thanks for the r...See More
Nov 30, 2007
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On 11/14/07, mom wrote:
> A friend of mine has a deaf daughter who attends regular
> school. Everything was fine until middle school this year.
> One interpreter is also the hearing impaired teacher and
> special ed case manager. The relationship between student
> and teacher/interpreter h...See More
Jan 18, 2008
emily /blockquote>

Roles of interpreters and teachers are different. You can check
out the RID website for information about interpreters. In my
state, PA, any special education can teach deaf/HH students in
public school regardless of training in ASL. Which is
amazing...Has your friend looked into attending a deaf school.
The...See More
Mar 20, 2008


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