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Author Ogden, Paul W., author.

Title My Life of Language : a Memoir / Paul W. Ogden
Published Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 260 pages) : illustrations pages
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction for Parents -- Part One: Making Sense of a Silent World -- Chapter 1: A New Plan -- Chapter 2: The Language of Life -- Chapter 3: Doing What Works -- Chapter 4: Band of Brothers -- Chapter 5: Keeping the Faith -- Chapter 6: Practical Matters -- Part Two: School Days in St. Louis -- Chapter 1: Leaving Home -- Chapter 2: Turning the Page -- Chapter 3: The Year of Terror -- Chapter 4: Humor and Hurts -- Chapter 5: Expecting the Best
Part Three: The Times They Were A-Changin'Chapter 1: The Ugly Side -- Chapter 2: Communication Choices -- Chapter 3: Lessons on Life and Death -- Chapter 4: The University of Life -- Part Four: Preparing for a Hearing World -- Chapter 1: The Struggle for Independence -- Chapter 2: Language, Language, Language -- Chapter 3: Role Models -- Chapter 4: Adventures in Scouting -- Chapter 5: New Skills and Old Blocks -- Part 5: A New Life at Lincoln -- Chapter 1: Into the Mainstream -- Chapter 2: My Teachers -- Chapter 3: Surviving Schoolwork
Chapter 4: Dance MovesChapter 5: Communication Challenges -- Chapter 6: Teaching the Hearing -- Part Six: On My Way -- Chapter 1: A New Start -- Chapter 2: Making Sense of the Social Life -- Chapter 3: Educating the Ignorant -- Chapter 4: More Communication Challenges -- Chapter 5: Accepting Yourself -- Chapter 6: A Matter of Perspecive -- Chapter 7: The Future Beckons -- Part Seven: Antioch -- Chapter 1: Human Connection -- Chapter 2: Letting Go -- Chapter 3: Taking the Initiative -- Chapter 4: Motivated to Succeed -- Chapter 5: A New Path
Part Eight: Lasting ImpactChapter 1: Joining the Ranks -- Chapter 2: Answers -- Chapter 3: Pushing Through -- Chapter 4: The Naive Professor -- Chapter 5: Becoming Savvy -- Chapter 6: Home
Summary Paul W. Ogden has dedicated his life to educating young deaf and hard of hearing people and raising awareness of what it means to be deaf in a hearing world. He has taught and mentored a generation of teachers, and his classic volume, The Silent Garden, has served as a guide for parents and educators for over thirty years. Now he tells his personal story of challenges faced and lessons learned, revealing that the critical, guiding factors for him have always been language and successful communication
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Ogden, Paul W
SUBJECT Ogden, Paul W. fast
Subject Deaf -- Education -- United States
Teachers of the deaf -- United States -- Biography
Deaf -- United States -- Biography
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
Deaf
Deaf -- Education
Teachers of the deaf
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017039434
ISBN 9781944838157
1944838155