Sons behavior, need sugestions Posted: 07-09-08 21:43pm
I have a 10 year old son which is deaf. He
was born with CMV complications. As a
result he is deaf, has staring sezures,
and slite CP.
For the most part he is well behaved and
we have no issue. But as with all children
there is misbehavior. This where I need
help. We he has done something wrong and
we tell hime time out he will just shut
down and absolutly comply with anything
you say. Even takeing away privlages will
not get him to do anything. All he will do
is sit there and say no.
There is a comunication barrier since his
first language is ASL and mine is English.
Sometimes We cant understand him or get
him to understand us. Yes I know, Take
classes. Well takes money and where I live
there realy isnt many resouces for this.
In the entire school system only 2 are
deaf.
Let me know what you think
thanks
-Del
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mamaTT
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Posted: 07-10-08 09:31am
I know this isn't what you want to hear,
but you really need to take some classes.
You have to be able to understand and
communicate with your son. Is there a
special school just for deaf children that
he could attend. I live in a very small
town with small towns all around, but
there are a lot of resources for
handicapped children. Maybe go to your
local health or child services department,
they may be able to help you. Sorry I
couldn't be more help. Good luck to you.
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Mr_Del
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Posted: 07-10-08 16:44pm
He already goes to a school just for the
deaf. It is 80 miles away. Although they
do offer classes at a low rate, the gas
prices would kill us. I need to find
something more local. I think there may be
a person that teaches at his school not to
far away. I will check into that and if so
see if they will teach me.
This still does not adress the behavior
problem though. I need sugestions on
that.
Thanks
-Del
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mamaTT
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Posted: 07-11-08 07:43am
Maybe once you are able to get past the
communication barrier, his behavior will
improve. Communication is key to healthy
relationship between people, whether it be
husband and wife, parent and child,
supervisor and employee, etc. I've never
had any experience around deaf children,
so I really can't offer any other advice.
Sorry. Good luck to you though, I hope
you are able to figure something out.
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Bridget
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Posted: 07-11-08 09:23am
i agree, his behavior is probably related
to the frustration of the communication
barrier.
you say you don't have any resources
available, yet you're on the internet. i
know there are many many sites that could
teach you ASL, there are probably even
plenty of video tutorials. have your son
help you learn.
