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Peer reviewedKnapp, Ruth Ann – Music Educators Journal, 1980
The Total Communication Choir of the Saginaw, Michigan, public schools integrates deaf and hearing elementary and junior high students in music performance. All students both sign and sing. Methods used to instruct the choir are described. (SJL)
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Education, Mainstreaming, Music Education
Rogers, Deborah – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1989
Nine primary-age children at a residential school for the deaf were read bedtime stories using a Total Communication approach. Every child subsequently demonstrated growth on each of several language assessments, including language comprehension and expressive language. (JDD)
Descriptors: Deafness, Language Acquisition, Parent Participation, Primary Education
Peer reviewedMarino, Gloria; Gerber, Beverly Levett – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
A total communication program was introduced to enhance the communication skills of 8 students, age 11-14, with severe and moderate retardation. The method gradually developed into a successful introductory reading program, with instruction focused on sight vocabulary and comprehension skills. (JDD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Communication Skills, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Download full textStewart, David A. – 1988
This paper argues that current practices in total communication classrooms have basically assigned the responsibility of communication to hearing-impaired students who must adapt to the variation in communication behaviors displayed by each of their teachers. The paper advocates use of a model communication and language policy designed to…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedStewart, David A. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1990
A school district established a Total Communication Project to improve consistency in teachers' role modeling of English with deaf students, which was the primary language of the classroom, and American Sign Language (ASL), which was used as an intervention tool. This paper describes the program, its theoretical framework, and procedures for…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Demonstration Programs, English, Hearing Impairments
Reese, E. Rosalie – 1983
Hearing impaired children from birth to age 5 in rural areas throughout the state of Utah are served by a home-based program which trains parents to communicate effectively with their hearing impaired child. The program is based on the following premises: (1) the preschool years are critical for developing communication skills; (2) the home is the…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Delivery Systems, Hearing Impairments
Quinones, Wm. A.; And Others – 1997
This curriculum guide provides information on how a Texas high school for adolescents and adults (ages 15-21) with severe disabilities was able to coordinate the Life Centered Career Education (LCCE) curriculum with Dallas Public Schools district curricula and other best practices. Part 1 discusses why the LCCE curriculum has been adopted and the…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Career Planning, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design
