User:Ecbon/Deaf Education

Residential schools provide more opportunities for socialization and identification with the Deaf community and better access to school curriculum. General education settings provide students with the opportunity to socialize with their hearing peers and learn skills to adapt to environments dominated by hearing people. Deaf students often report learning more difficult material in general education settings than in residential schools for the Deaf. However, in general education settings, Deaf students tend to perform worse than their hearing peers academically due to miscommunications that occur through Sign Language interpreting. Identification with the Deaf community and the ability to communicate with both hearing peers and Deaf peers positively predict self-esteem outcomes in Deaf students.