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Read, Mary Ann – 1980
To explore the effects of the use of sign language as an intervention technique to facilitate the development of expressive and receptive communication skills, manual sign language (Signing Exact English) was employed with 12 multihandicapped, language delayed and/or nonverbal Ss (18 to 36 months old). Sign language was studied both as a…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition, Manual Communication, Multiple Disabilities
Peer reviewedHooper, Janice; And Others – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 1987
A multimodal intervention program designed for a nine-year-old with severe communication problems (secondary to cerebral palsy, receptive dysphasia, and auditory agnosia) combined manual signs and graphic symbols to help her communicate. The intensive, highly structured program had significant positive results. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cerebral Palsy, Children, Communication Problems
Crawford, Michael E. – 1980
The literature on symbolic forms of communication was reviewed, and an experimental program was designed to teach a single set of vocabulary to a group of four institutionalized profoundly retarded blind/mute adults through the use of gestures. Literature about deaf/blind persons suggested the use of coactive movement techniques and facilitation…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Blindness
Download full textSchein, Jerome D., Ed. – 1974
Ten author-contributed chapters focus on the education and rehabilitation of multiply handicapped deaf persons. Considered in readings are the following topics: programs for multiply handicapped deaf children in New York State, a definition of the population of multiply handicapped deaf students and a rationale for the provision of services, a…
Descriptors: Audiology, Deaf Blind, Deafness, Exceptional Child Education
