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Scott, Jessica A.; Henner, Jonathan – Deafness & Education International, 2021
Signing systems that attempted to represent spoken language via manual signs -- some invented, and some borrowed from natural sign languages -- have historically been used in classrooms with deaf children. However, despite decades of research and use of these systems in the classroom, there is little evidence supporting their educational…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, American Sign Language, Teaching Methods
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Waters, Chelsea L. – Young Exceptional Children, 2020
Communication is an innate behavior people engage in to convey one's thoughts, needs, and interests to others (Knapp, Hall, & Horgan, 2014). Recommended Practices from the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children (DEC, 2014) encourage teachers to partner with families to implement strategies that support…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Speech Communication, Sign Language, Young Children
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Neria, Christy M.; Young, Stephanie M.; Colantuono, Delcina M. – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2019
Recently, the authors' district reconfigured the program for deaf and hard of hearing students, combining the Total Communication (TC) and Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) programs for elementary students and relocating students and staff into a single school. This prompted staff to reflect on and discuss the pedagogy unique to each program.…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Total Communication, Listening
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Kristoffersen, Ann-Elise; Simonsen, Eva – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
For young deaf children a co-enrolment setting with hearing children in nursery school is recognised as a useful provision for inclusive education. The aim of the study reported in this article was to gain knowledge about pathways into literacy for young deaf children in a co-enrolment setting. The questions raised in this article are: How are…
Descriptors: Deafness, Preschool Children, Inclusion, Literacy Education
King, J. Freeman – Exceptional Parent, 2010
A majority of parents who have a child who is deaf are hearing and usually have had no experience with deafness. The impact on the parents can unequivocally alter their lives. The professional advice given to the parent regarding their child is often accepted as irrefutable fact, and can lead to the emotional, social, linguistic, and educational…
Descriptors: Siblings, Total Communication, Cued Speech, Residential Programs
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Doherty, Marie – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2012
Due to the fact that the outcomes of education for most school leavers who are deaf in Northern Ireland are weak literacy skills and below average reading ages, a study was undertaken to investigate this situation. The views and experiences of teachers of children who are deaf, and of young people who are deaf in Northern Ireland, where oral and…
Descriptors: Total Communication, Sign Language, Deafness, Outcomes of Education
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Remington, Bob; Clarke, Sue – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1983
Two methods (signs presented with or without accompanying verbal label) of training autistic children to use manual signs were compared. The efficacy of training in both treatment conditions was demonstrated but no clear differences in acquisition speed across conditions were apparent. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Autism, Language Acquisition, Sign Language, Teaching Methods
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Knapp, 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
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Geoffrion, Leo D. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1981
The word identification directives developed by the Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI) were modified for use in a Total Communication integrated classroom with seven hearing impaired third graders. Pilot tests showed that the hearing impaired students substantially increased their reading and spelling vocabularies. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments, Reading Instruction
Silliman, Deborah – Learning, 1985
An elementary school class that learned sign language also benefited from several positive side effects. As the students developed a new means of communication, they also become more aware of deaf individuals and their needs. (DF)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Finger Spelling, Hearing Impairments, Learning Activities
Noble, Suzanne – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1985
Suggestions are offered to help hearing teachers use effective nonverbal techniques in conjunction with signing when communicating information to hearing impaired students. Topics discussed include use of discourse markers, ways of maintaining eye contact, gaining/maintaining student attention, and effective turn-taking. (JW)
Descriptors: Attention, Body Language, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
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Culp, Delva M. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 1989
The case study involves a developmentally apraxic eight-year-old girl using a multimodal communication system. The Partners in Augmentative Communication Training program was implemented. Results after two months suggested some improvement in communication interaction skills. Issues regarding developmental apraxia and the use of augmentative and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills
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Calderon, Rosemary; Bargones, Jill; Sidman, Susan – American Annals of the Deaf, 1998
A study of 28 hearing families and their children with hearing impairments (ages 42 to 87 months) found that average age of entry into early-intervention programs was 21 months. Mothers participated more than fathers, and the majority of graduates were enrolled in specific deaf-education programs emphasizing a total-communication approach. (CR)
Descriptors: Deafness, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Parent Participation
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Lang, Harry G.; Stokoe, William – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2000
This article introduces a reprint of an 1835 article by Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard entitled, "Existing State of the Art of Instructing the Deaf and Dumb". It reviews Barnard's background and achievements (including 25 years as the president of Columbia College), his familial progressive deafness, and his advanced views on communication…
Descriptors: Adventitious Impairments, Biographies, College Presidents, Deafness
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Connor, Carol McDonald; Hieber, Sara; Arts, H. Alexander; Zwolan, Teresa A. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2000
This study examined the relationship between the teaching method, oral or total communication, used at children's schools and children's consonant-production accuracy and vocabulary development over time. The children (N=147) had used cochlear implants for between 6 months and 10 years. Results indicated a complex relationship among children's…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cochlear Implants, Deafness
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