Minimum order ten copies at $24.95 each ($249.50) -- includes one free copy for the instructor. Order online

Free 60-day trial program available -- contact us to inquire.

1. Interactive lessons to develop culturally appropriate behavior with deaf individuals;
2. 18 potentially awkward situations are presented with three possible solutions for each scenario;
3. Reading materials on the history of deaf community events;
4. Worksheets to compare deaf culture with American mainstream "hearing" culture;
5. Reaction sheets to help your students process their feelings about attending deaf community events;
6. Exercises to encourage your students to develop the right attitude about deaf culture;
7. Tips on how to locate appropriate deaf community events to attend, how to meet deaf people, and how to initiate and develop friendships with deaf individuals;
8. Opportunities to increase awareness of the following features of ASL: listing, fingerspelling, repetition, and backchannelling

Thomas K. Holcomb is available to provide workshops on Deaf Culture. He has travelled extensively and provided many workshops on teaching Deaf Culture effectively.
Teaching modules include, but are not limited to:

   
• Integrating See What I Mean and A Sign of Respect DVDs into ASL/Deaf Culture curriculum
   
• Differences between Deaf and hearing cultures
   
• Rationale for Deaf Culture
   
• Enculturation Process
   
• Cultural Identities
   
• Politeness in Deaf Culture
   
• Explicit vs. Implicit Rules of Social Behavior
   
• Attendance and Participation in Deaf Events by ASL students
   
• Straight Talk: A Deaf Culture Value
   
• Redefining Deaf culture to reflect changing experiences of Deaf people 

         
• Reading Between the Signs: Intercultural Communication for Sign Language interpreters
   
• Unpacking Your Cultural Baggage
   
• Cultural Adjustments while Interpreting
   
• Your Polite is Different from My Polite
   
• How Politeness Differences between Deaf and Hearing Cultures Affect Interpreting Situations
   
• Video Relay Interpreting - Conflicts between "Telephone  Culture" and Deaf Culture

Please click to inquire about Tom and Anna's schedules.