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The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) is located in Sydney, Australia. Australia is a very big country, and many people live in remote areas far away from Sydney. The RIDBC has developed a unique program to help children who cannot travel to the school. They developed a Teleschool. The Teleschool is a service for deaf children and children with vision problems. The students and teachers communicate each through a televison.

This video shows a mother named Laidy and her daughter, Bella. Bella is a student in the Teleschool. The teacher helps Laidy to understand about Bella’s deafness and helps Bella learn to use what she hears with her cochlear implant.

To learn more about the RIDBC Teleschool, please visit: http://www.ridbc.org.au/teleschool

 

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Schools for the Deaf  Around the World

 
Instituto Cearense de Educação de Surdos (ICES)
BRAZIL


 
Instituto Cearense de Educação de Surdos (ICES) is a bilingual school in the country of Brazil. It was founded in March, 1961. It started as an oral school that taught only speech and lipreading for communication. In the 1990's, the school officials began to feel that deaf students should also know how to use sign language. In 2001, they changed the school to be a bilingual school so that students could use both methods to communicate. ICES is a very large school. There are about 500 students enrolled.

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Tsubaki
JAPAN



HELLO!! My name is Tsubaki. My name means "Camellia". I'm a fifteen year old school girl. I want to learn English by using it.

My hobby is music, in general, not only listening, but also singing. I play the flute.

I am learning English and German (since last month).

Please write to me!
 

 

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The Green Mountain Lions Camp is held every summer for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children, hearing siblings of Deaf children, and hearing children of Deaf parents. The camp is a collaboration between the Vermont Lions Club and the Austine School for the Deaf.

The campers have a wonderful experience! They attend baseball games, swim, hike, and make art projects. There are several leadership opportunities for the older students. In the evenings, the campers have bonfires where they perform skits and tell stories.

American Sign Language (ASL) is used by everyone at the camp. There is ASL instruction for the campers who need to improve their skills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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