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Hanney, Nicole M.; Tiger, Jeffrey H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
We taught 2 children with visual impairments to select a coin from an array using tactile cues after hearing its name and then to select a coin after hearing its value. Following the acquisition of these listener (receptive language) skills, we then observed the emergence of speaker (expressive language) skills without direct instruction.…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Expressive Language, Receptive Language, Cues
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Newman, S. E.; Hall, A. D. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1988
Seventy-two sighted college students who studied the braille or Fishburne alphabet for eight minutes were tested for recall. More Fishburne than braille items were recalled, independent of item arrangement. Results suggest that visually impaired persons might use the Fishburne system for labelling personal objects or when braille learning is too…
Descriptors: Braille, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Retention (Psychology)
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Arnold, Alison – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2004
This article describes the work of a group of professionals in the United Kingdom known as the VIEW Braille Literacy Committee, committed to the development of teaching braille. Members meet each school term and have had the support of the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) in realizing numerous projects aimed at improving access to…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Foreign Countries, Reading Skills
PACER Center, 2004
Speech recognition technology helps people with disabilities interact with computers more easily. People with motor limitations, who cannot use a standard keyboard and mouse, can use their voices to navigate the computer and create documents. The technology is also useful to people with learning disabilities who experience difficulty with spelling…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Learning Disabilities, Access to Computers, Assistive Technology
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Murray-Branch, Jamie; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1991
This article describes the use and development of communication systems for persons with severe intellectual and dual sensory impairments using tactually salient materials to refer to abstract and concrete objects and activities. A transdisciplinary model was used in teaching the use of these systems for requesting and decision-making processes.…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Deaf Blind
Goodrich, Judy A.; Kinney, Patricia G. – 1985
Intended to assist teachers as they assess, plan for, and teach deaf blind students, this manual describes a process for adapting curricula for students who function within the 0-24 month developmental period, also known as the sensorimotor period. The manual's first section provides an overview of project activities including the literature…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Deaf Blind