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ERIC Number: EJ1143226
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1544-6751
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Early Contact, Language Access, and Honoring Every Culture: A Framework for Student Success
Gallegos, Rosemary
Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, v18 p12-16 2017
Rosemary Gallegos is superintendent of the New Mexico School for the Deaf (NMSD). Her 30+ years of service to NMSD include teaching, instructional supervision, special education compliance, and cultivating NMSD's statewide Birth-3 and outreach programs. Gallegos's goal is to ensure all deaf and hard of hearing children in New Mexico have access to specialized resources, quality education, and the opportunity to engage in a community of deaf and hard of hearing peers and outreach programs. Gallegos's goal is to ensure all deaf and hard of hearing children in New Mexico have access to specialized resources, quality education, and the opportunity to engage in a community of deaf and hard of hearing peers and adults. This article shares the stories of two families in New Mexico, and describes the success their children experienced when offered a family-centered culturally sensitive approach to education is embraced.
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center. Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue NE, KS 3600, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-526-9105; Tel: 202-651-5340; Fax: 202-651-5708; e-mail: odyssey@gallaudet.edu; Web site: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Mexico
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