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The Path to Symbolism. Practice Perspectives--Highlighting Information on Deaf-Blindness. Number 3
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Malloy, Peggy – National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness, 2008
Language involves the use of symbols in the form of words or signs that allow people to communicate their thoughts, ideas, and needs. Even without formal language, many children who are deaf-blind learn to communicate with gestures and object or picture symbols. Symbolic expression makes it possible to express thoughts and feelings about the…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Deafness, Language Acquisition, Deaf Blind
Concrete Symbol Systems: Symbolic Skills for Children with Multiple Disabilities.
Rowland, Charity – 1985
The paper examines the use of concrete symbol systems to make the transition from presymbolic to formal symbolic communication for deaf blind students. Comments focus on expressive use of concrete symbols and address two issues requiring further research: (1) the critical features of referent objects, concrete symbols, and concrete symbol arrays…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Deaf Blind, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition