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Peer reviewedMiller, Kevin J.; Rosenthal, Lore Lyon – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1995
Describes a classroom-based project that examines whether three deaf adults enrolled in an adult literacy program could use American Sign Language to access English and improve their literacy skills. The project focused on their first attempt at reading and discussing a novel. Describes a three-step process that guided the learners toward…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, American Sign Language, Deafness
Wallick, Mollie Marcus – 1980
The paper describes a program of teaching simultaneous communication (total communication) to behaviorally disordered preschool children, and presents the cases of two autistic and two autisticlike children. Simultaneous communication involves tactile, visual, oral, and auditory modalities and combines spoken language with Signed English. Before…
Descriptors: Autism, Case Studies, Communication Skills, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedPage, Leslie – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1996
Students with hearing impairments designed a survey to investigate the hopes and concerns of other students with similar disabilities. Results of the 2,566 responses are discussed, some of which include the desire for more awareness of people with deafness, acceptance of American Sign Language, greater family involvement, and access to…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), American Sign Language, Cultural Awareness, Extracurricular Activities
Peer reviewedAndrews, Jean F.; Zmijewski, Glenda – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Describes a model home literacy program at the Indiana School for the Deaf. Reviews six case studies of young deaf children in order to explore and describe sign language behaviors which help deaf children grasp reading skills. Claims that sign language and finger spelling can be closely related to early reading and writing at home. (MOK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Deafness, Educational Environment, Family Involvement
Download full textOsguthorpe, Russell T.; And Others – 1986
This final report presents eight papers resulting from research conducted during the third and final year of the "Handicapped Children as Tutors" project, which investigated effects of involving handicapped students as tutors of disabled and non-disabled elementary and secondary school students. Results of all the research showed…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
McElroy, Linda Jeanne Rupp – 1979
In view of the lack of information on special programs for the hearing impaired in Arizona community colleges, a survey, based on the exemplary special programs at the University of Arizona and at Pima Community College, was sent to the 15 community colleges in the state. The survey investigated the following areas: the program supervisor, the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counseling Services, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness
Gold, Ruby; Strong, Michael – 1990
The monograph reports on a year-long ethnographic study of a program for deaf students, DeafCAN (College Access Network) at Laney College, a community college in Oakland, California. During the 1988-89 year of observation, the program offered six specially designed courses, a daily lab hour, tutoring services, and a women's support/rap group. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, College Students, Community Colleges, Deafness
