TEDI 2 Week 4 - The Parent-Teacher Partnership: A Parent's Perspective

Birdsey, Bianca

TEDI 2 Week 4 - The Parent-Teacher Partnership: A Parent's Perspective

MOOC

2019-06-01

Abstract

Bianca Birdsey, a medical doctor, founder of a parent support group for parents with deaf children in South Africa and proud mum of three deaf daughters, gives her perspective on working with parents for the well-being of deaf and hard-of-hearing kids. She discusses the superfluity of emotions that parents feel and the many unanswered questions they ask when they have a deaf child. She acknowledges the arduous task teachers have in supporting and educating deaf children and supporting their parents who are just coming to terms with the fact that their child is deaf. However, she offers an abundance of strategies that teachers can use to navigate through these tasks. This is video lecture 4/8 of week 4 of the course: Educating Deaf Children: Becoming an Empowered Teacher.