In 1998 the document ‘Sign bilingualism – a Model’ was published It was developed by Miranda Pickersgill and Susan Gregory, and many schools, services, universities and individuals endorsed the original publication. It has been used as a policy reference document for sign bilingual education since that time. However, sign bilingual education has evolved over the last 10 years as practice has developed and the educational context has changed. There have been a number of significant and diverse changes in deaf education such as developments in sign language teaching and research and a steady increase in the number of profoundly deaf children with cochlear implants. These have prompted a revision of the original document.
This important new document sets out to describe the current status of sign bilingual education. It is a working document looking at sign bilingual education as it is practised. It draws on practice both in the UK and internationally, whereas the previous document was largely aspirational written at a time when sign bilingual education was only beginning. It also looks at relevant UK research.
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