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

[K Duarte]

More on the US:

My high school offered three years of ASL for foreign language credit (and
still does 13 years later). This as part of a large-scale mainstreaming
program within the school district, where the Deaf ASL teacher also serves
as teacher/mentor to the d/Deaf students in the school.

Patty Ivankovic (pattyivankovic at burbankusd.org) is the general contact for
the program.

Kyle
kyle at kduarte.com


On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 06:29, 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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