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Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
The Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing is a statewide special library dedicated to meeting the information and accessibility needs of the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind communities, as well as meeting the information needs about hearing loss to all Tennesseans.
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"This book is tender, funny, surprising, and disruptive. You'll be a fly on the wall in a Deaf classroom in a public school, watching a Deaf teacher struggle with staff, administration, and aides who sabotage the teachers at every turn. You'll also see the children struggle with a principal who removes their textbooks, a vindictive, power-hungry speech therapist, and a system that leaves them defenseless against it. You'll also meet a language-hungry...
3) Dormitory
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Filmed on location at the California School for the Deaf and produced by CSD-TV, Dormitory is a short Deaf-cast movie in which a teacher challenges her students to ponder a thought-provoking question, "what if?" This query sets into motion a course of events for high school student Dominic, as he wonders what would have happened if he lived in the dormitory with the rest of the students and fell in love with the most popular girl in school.
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This series has been designed to teach introductory counseling skills to students and professionals interested in working with deaf people. They demonstrate techniques and special issues that will arise when working with this population. Each program presents a dramatization of couseling session performed by deaf actors. First the session is shown in its entirety. This is followed by the same session with the addition of narration and inserts....
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Features a panel of five professors from various postsecondary institutions who share their experiences and insights with other faculty members regarding principles, strategies, and thoughts on effective pedagogy to integrate students who are deaf or hard of hearing into mainstream classrooms. Issues discussed include, encouraging classroom participiation, making in-class accomodations, and teaching though a sign language interpreter.
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This interactive video is made to spark discussion about peer pressure and conflict resolution among deaf and hard-of-hearing middle and high school students. The goals are to teachs tudents that there are many ways to resolve conflicts, to show that conflicts can be resolved in a positive manner, and to help students learn problem-solving skills that lead to the best choices.
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This program provides deaf and hard of hearing students with opportunities to develop critical transition skills of planning and decision making. Suitable for middle to post-high school students. It can be used in the classroom, in small group settings, or in an individual basis. Included in the kit are a facilitator handbook and DVD, lesson plans, handouts, and student journals. Unit topics include: learning about yourself, generating choices,...
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Making Noise in Silence explores the richness and complexities of Deaf culture from the perspective of two Korean high school students who attend the California School for the Deaf, Fremont. Born and raised in South Korea, Jeongin Mun and Min Wook Cho have strong ties to their Korean heritage and learned Korean as their first language. However, what separates Jeongin and Min Wook from most children of immigrant families is that they are also deaf....
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Sign it and say it! Excellent for every American Sign Language (ASL) student as well as teachers, parents and professionals learning ASL to be able to communicate clearly, naturally and start signing with the deaf community and people with hearing loss. Students will learn basic to advanced communication skills, vocabulary, finger spelling, the alphabet the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations, proper ASL...
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"Oftentimes a child's deafness can be as disconcerting to the uniformed adult as it is debilitating to the deaf child. Yet parents, students, and teachers who try to inform themselvs find doing so difficult: the issues are emotional ath too often have been the subject of clashes among professional and lay people. In this comprehensive study, Meadow provides a rational, informed, and balanced approach. Individual chapters survey the central work done...
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The video presents a day in the life of Carla Shird, a mainstreamed deaf college student at Howard University in the Washington, DC area. Carla discusses her attending and graduating from the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, her desire to attend a university for African Americans and a 'hearing' university. She tells about the registraion/enrollment process, getting started in classes and meeting her instructors, and her perserverance in accessing...
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Sign it and say it! Excellent for every American Sign Language (ASL) student as well as teachers, parents and professionals learning ASL to be able to communicate clearly, naturally and start signing with the deaf community and people with hearing loss. Students will learn basic to advanced communication skills, vocabulary, finger spelling, the alphabet the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations, proper ASL...
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Sign it and say it! Excellent for every American Sign Language (ASL) student as well as teachers, parents and professionals learning ASL to be able to communicate clearly, naturally and start signing with the deaf community and people with hearing loss. Students will learn basic to advanced communication skills, vocabulary, finger spelling, the alphabet the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations, proper ASL...
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Sign it and say it! Excellent for every American Sign Language (ASL) student as well as teachers, parents and professionals learning ASL to be able to communicate clearly, naturally and start signing with the deaf community and people with hearing loss. Students will learn basic to advanced communication skills, vocabulary, finger spelling, the alphabet the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations, proper ASL...
18) Sign with Robert
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This educational sign language and Deaf culture series taught by professional Deaf actor/educator Robert DeMayo is for teachers, sign language students, parents and anyone who wants to learn more about Deaf culture and American Sign Language.
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Sign it and say it! Excellent for every American Sign Language (ASL) student as well as teachers, parents and professionals learning ASL to be able to communicate clearly, naturally and start signing with the deaf community and people with hearing loss. Students will learn basic to advanced communication skills, vocabulary, finger spelling, the alphabet the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations, proper ASL...
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