Learn sign language, educationist tells parents
A cleric, Mr. Joel Awele, has enjoined parents and guardians to learn the sign language used by deaf pupils, saying that it will enable them to gain the confidence of their children.
Awele said this on Wednesday at the end of the year programme of the Hope Fountain Schools for the Deaf, Ijaiye-Ojokoro, Lagos.
According to him, pupils feel more relaxed and safe when adults who can communicate with them with sign language are around.
“Parents need to learn the language of these pupils. It will enable them to be friendlier with their children. Parents also need to learn their challenges, especially during puberty. Children, in turn, will not feel like an outcast in the family. What you need to have is the interest,’’ he said.
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