| For parents of deaf children it can be a very trying | | | | nurturing environment. The school has elementary, |
| and confusing situation when it is time to decide what | | | | middle, and high school programs where the children |
| is best when it comes to ensuring that their child has | | | | are still held accountable for the same state regulated |
| the best possible education. One of the first concerns | | | | course of study and testing as public and private |
| is where the child will attend classes. Most parents, due | | | | schools. There are athletics programs included but not |
| to the location is which they life, place their children in | | | | limited to football, volleyball, and basketball. |
| regular schools where they end up in an inclusive | | | | For children who have additional challenges non-graded |
| classroom setting. This is where the children with | | | | individual instruction is provided as well to ensure that |
| physical, mental, and emotional disabilities are taught in | | | | they reach their fullest educational potential. Also at the |
| the same area. This can sometimes be a good thing | | | | school for the deaf, programs are available for |
| but it can also hamper the learning process as well | | | | academically gifted students where they are |
| since all children learn differently, especially children with | | | | encouraged to take classes at local high schools as |
| different family, support, and educational backgrounds, | | | | well as local community colleges for credits that can |
| learning styles, and disabilities are all in one classroom | | | | be applied to college. |
| setting. | | | | Parents are also impressed by the fact that their |
| Some parents opt to place their children in what is | | | | children will be learning in an environment that provides |
| called a school for the deaf. The school for the deaf is | | | | audiology and occupational therapy services, school |
| a special school where the children are either deaf or | | | | counseling programs, speech and language, |
| hard of hearing. Most of these schools are accredited | | | | transportation, vocational, transitional, education |
| by the Conference of Educational Administrators | | | | evaluation, and advocacy / social services, as well as |
| Serving the Deaf (CEASD) which is an organization of | | | | mental health service should their child require them. |
| executive heads of educational programs for students | | | | Since at the school for the deaf all of these services |
| who are hard of hearing or deaf in the united States. | | | | are under one roof parents of deaf children do not |
| This is also an accredited program in Canada as well. | | | | have to travel to different areas all over their state to |
| The thing that comforts parents most about placing | | | | get the care, help, or advocacy that their child may |
| their child in the school for the deaf is the fact that their | | | | need depending on their individual circumstances. |
| children will be treated like normal individuals in a | | | | |