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Using Total Communication with Young Children with Down Syndrome: A Literature Review and Case Study.

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Gibbs, Elizabeth D.; Carswell, Lynn E. – Early Education and Development, 1991

Total communication is the simultaneous use of speech and manual signs. This article presents a literature review regarding language disabilities of children with Down's syndrome and a case study concerning the effectiveness of the use of total communication with an infant with Down's syndrome. (Author/BB)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Downs Syndrome, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention

Visual and "Phonetic" Coding of Movement: Evidence from American Sign Language.

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Poizner, Howard – Science, 1981

Reviews a study on deaf native sign language. Indicates that the modification of natural perceptual categories after language acquisition is not bound to a particular transmission modality, but rather can be a more general consequence of acquiring a formal linguistic system. (Author/SK)

Descriptors: College Science, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Expressive Language