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News from Sheila Jacobs @ Double Pride Spring 2013
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Greetings!
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Happy Spring!
A highlight recently for me has been the opportunity to be on the set of "Switched at Birth" to see history in the making. It is so wonderful that these talented actors are continuing to bring deaf and hearing sibling stories to a wider audience all across America. I was especially excited about the episode in ASL which aired on March 4. Read Jace Lacob's article about this episode and how it relates to the Deaf President Now protest at Gallaudet!
Congratulations to "Switched at Birth" for winning a Peabody Award!
More exciting news below. We look forward to collaborating with you in various ways for the success of our new generation of Deaf/Hard of Hearing students AND THEIR HEARING FAMILIES!
Warmest regards,
Sheila Jacobs, MFT
Deaf/Hearing Family Day
July 20, 2013
There's no stopping the Deaf and Hearing Siblings group that has come together for a weekend the past two summers. We've decided to broaden our reach and this summer we will be hosting a Family Day - bring every member of your family to our Retreat! Register Now!
Presenters:
Double Pride is proud to co-sponsor this Retreat with:
-NorCal Services for Deaf/Hard of Hearing
-Mission Springs Community Church
-CUPE'D: Cultivating Unity, Pride and Empowerment of the Deaf
We would love for you to help sponsor the Retreat. See your options here: Sponsor Package
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"I See You in Me"
Deaf & Hearing Sibs Retreat 2012
 Thanks to Brenda Lyons and CUPE'D for producing these 2 videos -
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Lisa Jacobs, Sheila Jacobs and Helen Young at the CEASD Banquet
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Congratulations to the
Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf (CEASD)
for a wonderful annual conference held in Tuscon, Arizona.
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Findings that Identify Five Major Barriers Impacting Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Across the Nation
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Holiday Party at Burbank Elementary Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program in Oakland California with Sheila Jacobs and Double Pride Volunteer Tura Franzen
 
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We'd love to highlight your program
in our next newsletter!
Share your success stories of working with hearing parents and siblings! What are the best approaches that work for your school?
Please send us a video or written article summarizing your success story to sheila@doublepride.com
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"As a coda when I left home to go to college, I never dreamed that I was leaving my mother tongue. It never dawned on me that there wouldn't be deaf people where I was going and that ASL would be nowhere in sight. Never were my eyes so lonely..."
 _____________________________________ Brandon Arthur: Sign Language Interpreters: Embody the Change You Want to See
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Buddy and Bernice Singleton at the NAD Town Hall Meeting Apache ASL Trails Deaf Senior Housing, Tempe, Arizona 
Apache ASL Trails facility in Tempe is facing discrimination charges. The U.S. Department of Housing (HUD) says that is too many hard of hearing residents and they need to have more minority groups living there. "It's so funny they think we are discriminating," said resident and complex manager Linda Russell. "We are the ones who know what it's like to be discriminated against."
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New Orleans, LA
July 25-28, 2013
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Thanks CSD, Fremont, for bringing families together in March! Family Fun Weekend was full of families and full of fun!
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Hearing Parent and Double Pride Volunteer
Tura Franzen Speaks Out
In the last newsletter I talked about what it was like for me raising my Deaf son. And how I saw 'the lights go on' as he went from being a quiet, shy kid at a mainstreamed school into an athlete, thespian, student life counselor, and a good student to boot at CSD,Fremont. He is now 44 years old, a successful architect and happily married with two fantastic children!
It's still painful to realize that we both lost a lot regarding "communication" by not learning ASL earlier. My son has many years of "memories with no words" that we are now going over and discussing and this is really good.
But language deprivation is something that can be avoided and it takes years to overcome and sometimes has permanent damage. I am hoping to help families not lose precious time - parents who are in the position I was when my son was first diagnosed who need help thinking about their Deaf child's language and educational choices.
If I could do things over again, I would have taken ASL more seriously in the beginning. These days it's so much more accessible with the internet. If parents learn to sign along with their child, the child sees that they are very important and it's such a great way to teach English or Spanish. It's fun and visual and gives everyone a boost!
A few months ago I volunteered at the Family Fun Weekend organized by the Outreach Department of California School for the Deaf. I met many new families who were exploring this new venue for their Deaf child. It gave me such hope for the future. Parents helping parents with many avenues to choose from. YAY!
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The Time Has Come!
KODAWest has announced the launch of a new mentorship program! Congrats!
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The Annual Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference was held in Glendale, Arizona in April. A highlight was the panel of Gallaudet students who had grown up with cochlear implants, moderated by the wonderful Dr. Beth Benefict, Professor of Communications and Researcher at the Visual Language and Visual Learning Center at Gallaudet. Dr. Benedict has been building bridges and providing Early Childhood Education leadership for ten years.  Another highlight was keynote speaker Dr. Laura-Ann Petitto Scientific Director of the Brain and Language Laboratory at Gallaudet. Her talk was entitled "How the Human Child Discovers Language: New Insights from the Neural Foundations of Language, The Bilingual Brain, and the Visual Phonological Mind". We need more Deaf presenters to bring your expertise to the 2014 Conference. This Conference brings together various groups who work with Deaf children - medical providers, Early Childhood Education educators and the Deaf Community. We want to partner and collaborate in new ways and build bridges. |
Double Pride was proud to be a part of the production team working with Marlee Matlin to produce the "My Deaf Family" pilot below.
Stay tuned! We have been inspired to write new TV and film scripts that we are currently developing!
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My Deaf Family "Pilot"
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Sacramento, California
"Meet-Up" for Deaf and Hearing Families with Deaf and Hearing Children
What a great way to develop a signing community at the grassroots level, to gather all our various families together to meet at a local park and have fun together!
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Deaf Plus Adult Community (DPAC) is an adult day program in Newark, CA serving Regional Center Deaf consumers in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Congratulations to DPAC for meeting the needs of this underserved community. Sheila Jacobs is honored to be facilitating communication groups at the Deaf Plus Adult Community since January 2013.
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Great Resource for Parents:
