Sign languages taught in primary/elementary & secondary/high schools?

[Odd-Inge Schröder]

Information may be found in

SIGN LANGUAGE LEGISLATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION by Mark Wheatley and 
Annika Pabsch, European Union of the Deaf, Brussels 2010 - 
ISBN:9789081633901

Regards,

Odd-Inge Schröder
Associate Professor
Department of Special Needs Education,
University of Oslo,
Norway


On 01.04.2011 12:01, Nedelina Ivanova wrote:
> Icelandic Sign Language (ÍTM) is taught in some primary and some secondary
> schools. For more information and details, please contact  Arny Gudmundsdottir
> (arny at shh.is) at the Communication Centre for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing.
> 
> Best regards,
> Nedelina Ivanova
> 
> 
> On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 15:49:32 +1100
>  "Adam Schembri" <A.Schembri at LATROBE.EDU.AU> wrote:
>> Thanks Dan - I've forwarded your message on to my colleague, Amanda Lyons.
>> -- 
>> Associate Professor Adam Schembri
>> Director, National Institute for Deaf Studies and Sign Language
>> La Trobe University | Melbourne (Bundoora) | Victoria |  3086 |  Australia
>> Tel: +61 3 9479 2887 | Fax: +61 3 9479 3074 | www.latrobe.edu.au/nids
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/04/11 3:29 PM, "Dan Parvaz" <dparvaz at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>>> Adam,
>>>
>>> In the US, it's a mixed bag -- foreign languages aren't always
>>> well-supported within the K-12 system -- but there are instances of ASL
>>> courses taught within the primary and secondary schools. The organization
>>> pushing for instructional standards within the US (and Canada?) is the
>>> American Sign Language Teachers' Association...
>>>
>>> http://www.aslta.org/
>>>
>>> ... and I think the Wilcoxen still maintain some material on standards and
>>> justification ("Learning to See", etc.).
>>>
>>> Two steps forward, one step back...
>>>
>>> -Dan.
>>>
> 
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Odd-Inge Schrøder