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Download full textNational Inst. on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, Bethesda, MD. – 1991
This report, arising from a 1991 meeting, provides an update to two of the six areas covered in the 1989 long-term plan of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. These include: (1) balance and the vestibular system; and (2) language and language impairments. For each area, the state of the art is reviewed, recent…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes
Stewart, Billie Ackerman, Ed. – 1989
The National Forum on Schools, "Partnerships in Education: Toward a Literate America," held in Washington, D.C., on September 20-21, 1989, was called as an impetus to forming educational partnerships in order to generate creative solutions to educational problems. The proceedings document begins with an introduction by Gilbert R. Herer titled…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
Hayes, Marnell L., Ed. – 1984
Twelve author-contributed papers are presented from a 1983 conference on bilingual special education. The following authors and titles are represented: "The Challenge: Providing Quality Special Education Services to Linguistic Minority Students" (M. Serpa); "Bilingual Special Education: Issues in Student Placement" (S. Santos and R. Santos);…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
DeLawter, Jayne, Ed. – 1976
The 33 articles published in this conference report represent the wide range of topics covered at the conference. Entries are organized under the following six headings: Comprehension: the reason for reading; the role of reading in personal development; language and cultural variables and reading; instructional programs and procedures; reading in…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Bibliotherapy, Bilingual Students, Conference Reports
Johnson, Marilyn J., Ed.; Ramirez, Bruce A., Ed. – 1987
The document contains summaries of papers and ensuing discussions presented at a 1985 symposium on exceptional American Indian children and youth. The opening address (by Beverly Valley, a parent and school board member) stresses the role of parents and the need for less culturally biased testing. Two papers deal with parent and family…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences
Powell, Mava Jo, Ed. – 1995
Fifty-three papers on linguistic theory and language research, including a number of prize-winning essays, address these topics: aspects of discourse analysis; bilingualism; Chinese modal verbs; early bilingual speech; linguistic metatheory; music and accent discrepancy; diphthongs; hiatus; vowel patterns; suprasegmentals; neologisms; aspects of…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Bilingualism, Child Language, Computational Linguistics
Kalliopuska, Mirja, Ed. – 1995
The third Fenno-Hungarian Conference on Developmental Psychology covered four main concepts: the historical roots and development of social competence through three generations, parent-child interaction, parenthood, and the development of socio-cognitive competence through childhood and adolescence. A series of papers was presented addressing the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Careers, Child Development, Children
