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Using Assistive Technology to Foster Speech and Language Skills at Home and in Preschool
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Skau, Lauren; Cascella, Paul W. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2006
Many young children have speech or language disorders or delays that require the coordinated services of a preschool intervention team. Young children with delayed talking skills benefit when their parents and their preschool teachers collaborate to include assistive technology in home and preschool routines. Assistive technology for communication…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Language Impairments, Young Children, Educational Technology
Beginning Again: The Oral Deaf Student in a Total Communication Classroom.
Brown, Patrica Wynn; Orvets, Marcia – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1987
Teachers can help deaf elementary students adjust to the total communication classroom setting by: evaluating signing skills; conducting a class orientation; submerging students in the sign language environment; using sign language vocabulary cards; offering sign language classes; encouraging peer tutoring; scheduling individual conferences; and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Deafness, Elementary Education
Deaf Students in Science Class.
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Gillespie, Sara – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1997
Discusses how teachers can teach science to elementary students with deafness. Urges the need to provide scientific knowledge in an accessible language and to encourage "hands on" experiences with a variety of materials. Addresses how science can increase competency in reading and writing English. (CR)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment