Gallaudet University for ASL

[Michelle_NC]

Just wanted to give a huge recommendation for Gallaudet University's summer ASL program.  My daughter attended back in July and it was life-changing.

 

http://www.gallaudet.edu/summer-programs.html

 

Gallaudet is a deaf/HOH university and the whole culture revolves around that - almost like doing a study-abroad experience but never leaving the country!  Classes run from 9 - 2:30 every day and each 2-week session is worth 3 college credits.  It's an immersive program and students can only take 2 sessions each summer.  (It's intense!)

 

One perk is that it's in the heart of Washington DC and families can stay in the guest housing - only $50 a night for a 2-bed dorm room.

 

Very cool experience for all of us!

[Crimson Wife]

Did she do the teen one or the adult one? I'm considering the teen program for my oldest in summer '18 assuming she does go ahead with ASL as her foreign language.

[Michelle_NC]

She did the adult one, but there were a few older high schoolers in her class. This was the summer between high school and college for her.

 

She also said that quite a few of the college-aged students had done the camp when they were younger.