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Parente, Rick; Herrmann, Douglas – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
A variety of memory strategies can be used to retrain an individual's ability to process information in working memory. This article provides step-by-step instructions for various memory encoding strategies. These strategies include training in perceptual grouping of number series, organization, mediation, mental imagery, and associative memory.…
Descriptors: Adventitious Impairments, Cognitive Processes, Learning Strategies, Memory

Moeller, Mary Pat; And Others – Topics in Language Disorders, 1986
Six stages of a total communication intervention strategy to improve question comprehension skills in a profoundly hearing impaired subject (age 12) are described: (1) enhancing emergent skills; (2) manipulating wh-question forms; (3) increasing flexibility in wh-question responses; (4) developing questions in conversational context; (5) prompting…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Disorders, Comprehension, Deafness

Haywood, H. Carl; And Others – Topics in Language Disorders, 1988
Twenty-six deaf adolescents received instruction in a structured program of cognitive education called "Instrumental Enrichment." The program addresses, among other processes, comparison, classification, logical progression, spatial orientation, analysis and synthesis, and syllogistic thinking. Following training, the subjects showed…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures