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Why Over-Parented Students Irritate Teachers
Over-parenting, or the “misguided attempt to improve [a] child’s current and future personal and academic success”, is a risk for all parents, and not just parents of children with extra needs. Here’s a teacher’s view on the issue: Read: Why Parents Need To Let Their Children Fail We all know parents who won’t let go
Book Prize-Draw For World Book Day (March 1st)
To mark World Book Day Ireland (March 1st), Sound Advice will make a draw of the names of everyone who follows our Facebook page by March 5th, 2012. The prize is a copy of the Sound Advice children’s book, “A Birthday For Ben”(2009). Make sure to ‘Like’ our new Facebook page by March 5th to be in, to win!
Technology Bridges The Deaf And Hearing Worlds
The Tech section of Malaysia’s New Straits Times broadsheet newspaper recently ran an interview with a female, deaf IT graduate and blogger, who outlines exactly how technology helps bridge the deaf and hearing worlds. Read: Sound Her Out Employers, tertiary-education providers and IT firms can gain from reading this piece, which notes how regular blogging
NDCS ‘Change Your World’ Survey Results
The first-ever National Deaf Children’s Society ‘Change Your World’ survey, mentioned on IDK in January 2008, had some interesting results. A total of 1,468 responses were received from deaf UK youngsters aged 9 to 18, with 255 responses from parents and 188 from professionals. Key findings: Levels of deafness had a strong impact on the
eBook: Teaching A Deaf Child To Hear And Speak
Edited by Caroline Carswell