P715 CJEFAX 715 Mon 4 Apr 18:17/11 READHEAR "MONTGOMERY'S MESSAGE" 1/6 Psychologist Dr George Montgomery is currently jngagjd in research at Gallaudjt Unrvjrsity for the Deaf in the US. Dr Montgomery has worked with and for deaf people in the UK for many years, being particularly involved with Donaldson's College and with the Scottish Workshop for the Deaf. Coming up is the second of his contributions from the US, this week looking at the controvjrsz — mirrored in the US — over how best to educate deaf children. Next Read Hear update: 9 April Next Page Read Hear Religion Next PageP715 CEEFAX 715 Mon 4 Apr 18:17/44 READHEAR "MONTGOMERY'S MESSAGE" 2/6 "'Sacrificing Deaf Children to the Gods of Legislative and Educational Ignorance.' "This is the title of an article in the current journal of the American Society of Deaf Children by Dr Jess King. "The conclusions she reaches about the exploitation of educational administrators and parents bz biased 'experts' in deaf education have a familiar ring." cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 User Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear Religion Next PageP715 CJJFAX 715 Mon 4 Apr 18:13/44 READHEAR "MONTGOMERY'S MESSAGE" 3/6 "Dr King asks, 'Are mainstreaming and self-contained classroooms the only educational options?' "Her answer is, 'Certainly not, but more often than not thjsj are the only options presented. "'(hj sorry record of "integration" or "mainstreaming" of deaf children since the 1970s is now juphjmisjd bz the current politically-correct term "inclusion".'" cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 User Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear Religion Next PageP715 CJEFAX 715 Mon 4 Apr 18:14/18 READHEAR "MONTGOMERY'S MESSAGE" 4/6 "Dr Jess King goes on to criticisj the problems cased by 'integrating' (or 'including') deaf children. "'The usual low social and academic expectations, limited communication and patronisjng attitudes of those teaching "included" deaf children are capable of causing educational, emotional and social scars...and of destroying potential.'" cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 User Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear Religion Next PageP715 CEEFAX 715 Mon 4 Apr 18:24/26 READHEAR "MONTGOMERY'S MESSAGE" 5/6 "Another tradition of sacrificing deaf children is described bz Dr Larry Stewart in an article in Deaf American Monograph. "This is a devastating critique of the cult-like, ASL-only, divisive movement in American education that has edged across the Atlantic like the Colorado beetle. "This group ignores the positive educational advances of the Total Communication approach and — on the slightest of evidence or on none at all — proclaims TC to bj a failure. cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 User Guide 198 Next Page Read Hear Religion Next PageP715 CEEFAX 715 Mon 4 Apr 18:27/44 READHEAR "MONTGOMERY'S MESSAGE" 6/6 "This ASL-only group thus paves the way for the interpreters' dream. "That is, ASL-only education that leads to a monolingual ASL (BSL?) community unable to communicate in English without them. "Dr Stewart, himself deaf, believes the recent great advances of deaf people here would bj impossible without teaching good English bz multi-modal methods rather than the abstract ideas of linguists who have no experience in education or awareness that their deaf subjects need to WORK to support their families." Next Page Read Hear Religion Next Page