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It's All a Matter of Timing: Sign Visibility and Sign Reference in Deaf and Hearing Mothers of 18-Month-Old Children.
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Harris, Margaret – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2001
The signed and spoken language produced by 14 mothers (7 deaf and 7 hearing) to their 18-month-old deaf children was analyzed. Deaf mothers were more successful in presenting signed utterances with a salient context visible to their children. For both groups, visible and salient signed utterances were positively correlated with mothers' success in…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Deafness, Interpersonal Communication, Mothers
Deaf and Hearing Parents' Interactions with Eldest Hearing Children.
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Jones, Elaine G.; Dumas, Robert E. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1996
This study compared interactions in 18 families headed by either deaf or hearing parents with an eldest hearing child (aged 7 to 11). Transcripts of parent/child dyadic interactions during a vacation planning activity were analyzed. There were no significant differences between children in the two groups, though deaf parents demonstrated less…
Descriptors: Deafness, Family Environment, Family Relationship, Interaction Process Analysis
Kitchen Notes, "the Grapevine," and Other Writing in Childhood.
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Albertini, John; Shannon, Nora – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 1996
Semistructured interviews with 10 deaf and 10 hearing young adults found that instrumental writing occurred as frequently between deaf children and hearing parents as between deaf children and deaf parents. Deaf respondents did less personal or expressive writing than hearing peers. Implications for literacy instruction and further research are…
Descriptors: Children, Deafness, Expressive Language, Family Environment
Reciprocity, Responsiveness, and Timing in Interactions between Mothers and Deaf and Hearing Children.
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Waxman, Robyn P.; Spencer, Patricia E.; Poisson, Susan S. – Journal of Early Intervention, 1996
The Greenspan-Lieberman Observational System Revised was used to evaluate characteristics of dyadic interactions between 10 hearing mothers and hearing toddlers (HH), 10 deaf mothers and deaf toddlers (DD), and 10 hearing mothers and deaf toddlers (HD). Findings suggest that assessment instruments require some modifications and results must be…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Caregiver Speech, Deafness, Interaction Process Analysis