Individual GC & E Reflection Paper

ECEP 232

Sheila Sullivan

JUNNIFER VILLANUEVA

November 19, 2012

The agency that our group visited is Bob Rumball for the

Deaf at 2395 Bayview Avenue, Toronto. This agency had a

great impact on me because this is the only agency that

offers child support programs for children who are deaf

and hard of hearing. The family resource centre helps the

children and parents to socialized and also learn American

Sign Language. The staffs offer emotional support and

social connections to the families. Bob Rumball offers

different services to all deaf and hard of hearing person.

Bob Rumball for the Deaf also offers workshops on

understanding what hearing loss and educates the child or

families about the hearing aid technology. Bob Rumball

work simultaneously with the other organizations such as

Infant Hearing Program, Toronto District School Board,

Toronto Catholic School Board, Silent Voice, Provincial

School Branch, and Hands & Voices.com. The staffs will

help the families to connect to the different outreach

programs and avail the services offered.

Based on the presentation I have learned that many

families are also facing some issues regarding community

services. Some agencies have no access to health/dental

insurance. There is a long waiting list to access affordable

housing and childcare subsidies. Applicants are screen

according to their income, education like fluency in

English. There is also some problems on the location of the

agency, some have only one location and not very

convenient to the affected families. Evaluating the

advantages and disadvantages the agency offers, I think

they have more advantages that make these agencies very

helpful to the community. The presence of these different

agencies had a great impact on the lives of the people

especially those who have a particular problem like teen

parents, divorced, abused children, deaf and hard of

hearing, newcomers and etc. These agencies offer

emotional, physical, financial, educational supports to the

families. Most are non-profit organizations funded by

private sectors and donations.

We as a global citizen and future Early Childhood

Educators, we have the responsibility to support families

during their transitions to work towards a better place to

live and have a healthy families. We will help them to live a

normal life. As future ECE’s we will be the teachers of the

children, to guide them to become good citizens.

This assignment gave us a lot of information on the

different agencies that are available in the community to

support the families.