Buckhead’s Atlanta Speech School has viral video, hosting gala
The Atlanta Speech School continues to bring the latest research-based education to its students and to impact the education of children far beyond its campus.
The Buckhead school serving students at birth through sixth grade has for 12 years offered free training for teachers of children from birth to age 8. In August, when it launched an online video, titled “Every Opportunity,” through the school’s Rollins Center for Language and Literacy’s virtual Cox Campus, it received 1.3 million views on YouTube and another whopping 33 million views on Facebook.
“We’ve had requests from Egypt, Brazil, Australia, Romania for assistance,” Comer Yates, the school’s executive director, said. “…We describe ourselves as the education equivalent of a teaching hospital. We have a limited number of children we can serve here but then we can leverage the experiences of being able to bring the talents of these teachers to the school. This isn’t our research but it’s our application of the research.”
CERT training for the deaf makes history in Georgia
Community Emergency Response Basic Training (CERT) for the Deaf was recently offered at the Newnan Police Headquarters.
For three days, Georgia Emergency Management Agency-certified instructors were able to present information exclusively in American Sign Language to ensure hearing-impaired citizens are equipped with basic skills needed for emergency readiness.
While CERT training is nothing new, the recent class in Coweta was only the second time in the United States the program was taught – not interpreted – in sign language, according to Aaron Shoemaker.
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