Seeking the Seeds of Success Dr. Roz Rosen, Director CSUN
National Center on Deafness CALED Conference March 8, 2013
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What are the seeds of success? Where are they? How to nurture
them? Protect them? How to share them? What are our roles, rights
and responsibilities? What are some of the tools for advocacy and
alliances? How do we use them to transform challenges into
opportunities? Seeking the Seeds of Success: An Overview
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What are the seeds for success? Why do we seek them? Where are
they?
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Lets open our eyes and hearts What do we all want to
accomplish?
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First Things First!
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Deaf people are biologically people of the light. Visual.
Language/Bilingualism (ASL & English) is a human right. &
English) is a human right. Perception of Language is evolving from
Problem to Right to Resource Alliances & Networks Community and
culture Access, accountability and limited time Embrace Literacy,
Bilingualism, & Multiculturalism
The Need: Access to Language D/HH struggle to achieve
academically, not because they can't hear. There are Deaf children
who do succeed. Children who have access to visual language (ASL)
with families do acquire language at the same rate as hearing
children and they enter school with age-appropriate language
skills. California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack
OConnell, in his 2007 State of Education Address, Closing the
Achievement Gap for the Deaf stated -
http://www.cde.ca.gov/eo/in/se/agdeaf.asphttp://www.cde.ca.gov/eo/in/se/agdeaf.asp
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Numbers & Educational Inequity Approx 13,000 DHH K-12
students in California What is their success rate? (CDE, 2007 CA
Standards Test: Only 8% proficient on English and 10% proficient in
math) LAUSD to revise how English learners are taught 10/11/11 LA
Times http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-
1012-lausd-feds-20111011,0,4458591.story
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-
1012-lausd-feds-20111011,0,4458591.storyhttp://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-
1012-lausd-feds-20111011,0,4458591.story 29% in ELP -- mostly
Latinos; plus 10% African American California neglects education of
English learners, lawsuit claims 5/31/12 LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-schools-
lawsuit-20120531,0,6752589.story
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-schools-
lawsuit-20120531,0,6752589.storyhttp://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-schools-
lawsuit-20120531,0,6752589.storyhttp://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-schools-
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Diverse seeds, diverse learning styles. Diverse seeds, same
growing needs.
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See the Seeds
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Nuture the Seeds.
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Aim High.
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Soar with the best.
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Smile! You rock!
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Maureen Klusza of Moeart.com, 2007 What are the Goals?
ASL/English/+ for all. Success for All ASL and English -- a human
right for all babies. Language professionals, not audiologists as
the first contact. Involvement of Deaf professionals, families with
Deaf signers, community centers and other professionals in deaf
education. Education, not Health Department, should be the lead
agency -- being Deaf is an educational challenge, not a medical
issue! Accountability of the State of California is a must for
successful programs for families and Deaf babies. Incorporate
language benchmarks at 6 month intervals for assessments. Must
involve Deaf representatives nothing about us without us!!
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Change the room.
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Challenge: Update and Enact Deaf Childs Bill of Rights 1994
Communication Access/Quality Education 1999 AB 1836 Bill of Rights
Code 56000.5, Sec. b (4)
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Advocacy & Alliances
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United Nations: International Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) (2006) Purpose: to promote,
protect and ensure full access and equal human rights on local,
national and international levels. Full access including Sign
Language, professional interpreters and technology, in homes,
schools and communities. Linguistic identity, Deaf culture and Sign
Language are human rights. Nothing about us without us.
http://www.un.org/disabilities/ UNECO Universal Declaration of
Linguistic Rights National Minority People Have These Rights To use
and to learn in their own language, to be taught by proficient
language teachers; to be involved in planning curriculum and
programs; & to be involved in the development, implementation
and monitoring of these programs. International Congress on
Education of the Deaf 2010: The New Era Accord Purpose: to
apologize for the repression of Sign Language and Deaf People since
1880 and to support full access to language and communications
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Reach out. Network. COPs. Sympos.
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Embracing Being Deaf Language Benchmarks Bill of Rights
Outcomes & Accountability Alliances Regional Programs Some
Seeds of Success
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References and Resources California State University: Dept of
Deaf Studies Dept of Special Education/Deaf Education National
Center on Deafness www.csun.edu Hands on Signs
http://www.handsonsigns.org/ CRPD Human Rights United Nations:
International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(2006) http://www.un.org/disabilities/
http://www.un.org/disabilities/ Deaf Education and Families Project
www.csun.edu/deafproject/ California Department of Education/Deaf
and Hard of hearing www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ss/dh/ PEPNet 2
www.pepnet.org American Society for Deaf Children
www.deafchildren.org/ California Assoc of the Deaf (CAD),
California Educators of the Deaf (CAL-ED), California Stakeholders
ASL/English (CAL- SAE ) www.cad1906.org http://cal-ed.org/
www.YestoASL.org/blog www.throughyourchildseyes.com
www.throughyourchildseyes.com
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Together with you, our seeds can and will go right through the
ceiling!! Best wishes!! Dr. Roz Rosen [email protected]
