Personalized ASL lessons for deaf and hard of hearing learners and the hearing families who love them.
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Asia Whitaker teaches American Sign Language to two kinds of students. Some are deaf or hard of hearing and want ASL for self-acceptance and confidence. Others are hearing people with a deaf or hard of hearing family member who want to communicate with them better.
For Asia, helping a family finally talk with each other is a real life change for them, and that is the heart of the work.
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Every lesson is one on one, with a lesson plan and activities built for that student. Asia has taught students from 5 to 75 years old.
Between lessons, students keep practicing with an ASL app, website, or book. Asia often recommends Embark, a church-developed app that runs from the alphabet to everyday skills, with a video for each word and practice sentences in correct ASL grammar.
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Asia worked at BYU before turning to ASL instruction, and taught community classes in Kentucky, where Asia still has a strong deaf network. The lessons run part time today, with the goal of making them full time.
Most students find Asia through Facebook group posts and a friendly follow-up conversation. When Messenger started flagging those messages as spam, Asia began building a website to send people to instead.
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Asia returns to school this fall for about a year and a half, for a master's degree in deaf education. After that, the plan is to keep improving the curriculum, become a certified interpreter, and offer deaf mentoring: visiting hearing families with a deaf child to teach the whole family ASL at home.
Asia prefers to keep it a one-person business.
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Personalized lesson plans and activities for any age, taught online or in person.
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Rates depend on group size, length, and location, so ask Asia for a quote.
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