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Success Within
the Mainstream
Alisa
Burroughs , Co-chair
Kathy
Obenhaus, Co-chair
SWIM (Success Within the Mainstream) is
currently working to respond to the needs of those who belong
to this SIG. Our first goal was to identify the needs of
those who do or could, benefit from membership in SWIM.
At the time we are the largest CAID SIG and growing. We
are an outreach group to all teachers working with students
who are deaf in settings across the nation. We are comprised
of teachers in rural settings with as few as one deaf student
and larger public school settings with greater numbers of
students who are deaf.
SWIM ON-LINE
In an effort to meet the need to exchange information, a
list-serve has been established. This is a well-established
listserv with over 100 members. At this time anyone with
a vested interest in the education of deaf students is invited
to join, with the hope that these educators will see the
value of being connected with other professionals in the
field of Deaf Education and join CAID as full members. This
list-serve has a board of consultants from many established
programs for educating deaf students, such as NTID, Gallaudet,
and ISU. Current topics under discussion are: co-enrollment,
how co-enrollment classes are established/training the teams
for success, ways/tools to evaluate children's use of interpreters,
readiness to enter mainstream classes, educating students
from other countries, educating children with cochlear implants
and many more. A file of educational materials is also kept
to share with members of this SIG.
If you would like to be a member of this
on-line group, mark BH (Success within the Mainstream) on
your next CAID membership application and you will automatically
be added to the list. If you would like to become part of
the SWIM list-serve on a trial basis for 6 months please
contact
Alisa Burroughss or Kathy
Obenhaus .
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