ASL

Hey Adam,

In class you talked about your daughter wanting to learn ASL. I don't know of classes at the Lexington Public Library and I looked on their event calendar and found nothing. However, ASL is my minor and there are many websites out there that are very helpful.

http://www.lifeprint.com/ Life print is an amazing website to use. On the website a guy has created lessons that are similar to my ASL 101, 102, and 202 textbooks. You could use the website and teacher her a lesson everyday.

http://www.aslpro.com/ ASL pro is another good website but it is more of a dictionary.

Also every first and third Friday of the month deaf and hard of hearing people from Lexington all come together and meet at the Fayette mall food court to socialize. EKU students are always coming to these event. Next time I go to the mall I can ask someone if they know of any classes that are provided to teach ASL. I can also ask one of my ASL professors for you.

I think the best thing to do is take an ASL class at EKU and then just reteach your daughter when you get home that way you are both learning a new language and teaching her helps you remember the language. ASL is a beautiful language I would encourage everyone to learn it because as a special education teacher you can use it to communicate obviously with Deaf and hard of hearing students but you can also use it to communicate with nonverbal autistic children or any student that can't communicate verbally. Hope this helps you. :)