Residential Schools: Pros and Cons


Residential schools can provide the deaf student with a fantastic learning environment and immerse them in Deaf culture.  There are however, two sides to everything.

 

Pros:

 

Cons:

 

 

Resources:

Zapien, Cheryl (1998, July 15).  Options in Deaf Education - History, Methodologies, and Strategies for Surviving the System.  Retrieved July 1, 2009, from Listen Up Web.  Web site:  http://www.listen-up.org/edu/options1.htm

 

Kristen Mounts Thompson

July 1, 2009