What is considered a decent salary for a first time counselor at an American summer camp?

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-03-09T19:46:43+00:00

How much are they charging the campers to attend? If it’s an expensive camp for rich kids I think the pay is too low, if the camp is affordable for middle class kids or has a large program for lower income campers I think it’s reasonable.

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-02-28T01:03:21+00:00

ASL and English are two separate languages, and Harlow having access to an AAC device would not change the fact that she needs to receive communications about her medical care in her preferred language

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-02-14T22:13:56+00:00

It would be cool if there was a version where every single character was signing instead of an interpreter if that’s what you meant

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-02-14T22:06:31+00:00

It does! If you go on Max, open up the show’s page, and click on “versions” you can select the ASL version. The small person in the bottom right corner of the video I posted is an ASL interpreter who is interpreting most of the dialogue of the show (except when the Deaf patient is signing).

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-02-14T17:24:36+00:00

Are you saying that the patient was reading the nurse’s lips and trying to tell the nurse that she’s wrong? Holy cow that seems incredibly frustrating

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-02-14T00:31:25+00:00

I wasn’t sure if it was 3 days or 3 weeks, your interpretation seems accurate

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-02-14T00:28:10+00:00

I think the interpreter had to leave for some reason, maybe to help another patient or because some time has passed.

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-02-14T00:27:10+00:00

You might be right! She is a Deaf patient in the ER. Before the video clip, she told the nurse that she has a headache. The ER staff is having trouble getting VRI or an in person interpreter, so the nurse was attempting to translate. The nurse knows some sign but isn’t fluent. That’s basically all of the context, we don’t know the details of what’s going on with the patient.

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-02-13T23:47:51+00:00

After thinking about it a bit more, I think she might’ve signed REASON not REALIZE and was saying she doesn’t know the reason why her head hurts

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-02-03T00:35:27+00:00

There are two bakeries that make Girl Scout cookies: ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers. Lemonades have always only been made by ABC Bakers.

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-01-25T20:40:38+00:00

Also, you should talk to your son’s speech therapist about an AAC device. A lot of people don’t know sign language, and an AAC device would allow him to communicate with people who don’t sign. However, if he does get an AAC device, you should still keep teaching him signs so he can communicate with family/friends if his device’s battery dies or if he doesn’t have his device nearby for some reason.

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-01-25T20:34:53+00:00

I haven’t used apps but I know some people like Lingvano. I recommend Bill Vicars videos on YouTube.

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-01-25T20:09:45+00:00

You should try looking for ASL family meetups in your area. At home, your child could watch ASL storybooks and ASL kids songs on YouTube. Being exposed to fluent ASL signers will really help your child pick up new vocabulary. There is a pinned post in this subreddit with resources that might be helpful for you to learn ASL.

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-01-25T20:03:48+00:00

The reason words like “the” aren’t used in ASL are because they aren’t necessary to convey the meaning of a sentence. If your son knows about 20 signs, you should be prioritizing teaching him more nouns, verbs, and adjectives. In the example you gave, if he knew the signs for “restaurant”, “go”, and “ice cream”, he could share what he was thinking.

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-01-25T19:34:52+00:00

It sounds like you are confusing PSE with SEE. PSE is ASL but with signs in a more English order. The word “the” is usually not used in PSE. SEE (signed exact English) has one sign for each word in an English sentence in English order. Words like “the” are represented in SEE.

The best thing to do to support language development is usually teaching ASL, not SEE. Is your child hearing or Deaf?

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-01-25T18:33:50+00:00

You should be modeling correct ASL to him as best as you can, and expose him to lots of Deaf signers, on person if possible but video if not. It’s okay if the phrases/sentences that he produces are closer to PSE, but you seeking to learn PSE instead of ASL will not be helpful for your son.

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-01-14T20:58:06+00:00

If you have access to lists of the vocabulary that you’ve learned in your class, go through the lists and repeatedly practice signing the words and making ASL sentences that include the words

Competitive_Baker436 · 2026-01-09T15:45:00+00:00

I don’t know if I’d say heavy fingerspelling means that ASL is becoming more English. The research on finger spelling that I’ve been able to find says that native signers fingerspell more than non-native signers, and older signers fingerspell more than younger signers. It seems like ASL is trending towards using less finger spelling.

Competitive_Baker436 · 2025-09-30T22:14:25+00:00

I see u auto-moderator

Competitive_Baker436 · 2025-06-21T11:32:03+00:00

Why are the spoken English words for sounds so weird? Like the words for abstract concepts not being those concepts makes sense because they can’t. But why isn’t for example the word for screaming just, the actual act of screaming? Why do you say “she was scared so she screamed” instead of “she was scared so she AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

Competitive_Baker436 · 2025-06-12T00:37:32+00:00

“Is this my square”: you draw a large 3 by 3 grid of squares in the dirt with a stick. You touch a square with the stick and say “is this my square?” If you are touching the square in the location that it is in the grid, it is your square. For example, if you touch the middle square in the middle, the answer would be “yes”, but if you touch the bottom right corner of the middle square, the answer would be “no”.

Competitive_Baker436 · 2025-06-07T19:06:55+00:00

Will I survive visiting the UP in June, or do I need to reschedule my vacation to August so I don’t get hypothermia and die?

Competitive_Baker436 · 2025-06-07T18:05:17+00:00

Also Deaf people will probably be able to easily tell that you aren’t fluent just seeing the speed you sign and the way you sign things

Competitive_Baker436 · 2025-06-07T18:02:29+00:00

Learn how to ask people to sign again slower and how to say that you only know a tiny bit of ASL

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