The article offers an ecological view of deafness through identification of the hierarchically arranged, bio-psych-social levels which influence development and the sequences of interaction within and between levels. The organization of ecological fields is described by a cybernetic model from family therapy. A detailed case example is presented.…

The entire journal issue contains the proceedings of the Conference of the Professional Rehabilitation Workers with the Adult Deaf (Rochester, New York, October 11-14, 1970). (CD)

The study compared the Leiter International Performance Scale (LIPS) and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence measures with 18 hearing impaired preschool children. Results suggested that the LIPS, with some reservations, is a valid instrument for use with deaf preschoolers. (DB)

The article looks at aspects of cultural identity and mental health for the following groups: (1) the culturally deaf, culturally hearing, and bicultural deaf people; and (2) culturally marginal hearing-impaired people. (DB)

The paper explores the evaluation of values in the deaf population noting more similarities than differences between deaf and hearing persons, presenting data on the usefulness of an adapted values questionnaire with deaf subjects, and suggesting that differences are a result of a differential environment rather than of pathology. (DB)

Critiqued is the code of ethics developed by the Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf. (DB)

One hundred nine individuals attending a convention of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf responded to a questionnaire designed to determine the most important skills in interpreting. (DB)

Analyzed were the performance and personality of 20 interpreters for the deaf who completed a battery of psychological tests and interpreted two tape recorded selections (one judged easy and the other judged difficult). (DB)

A 6-week post-secondary institute was held which provided 21 of 26 participants with minimum entry level skills to interpret for the deaf. (DB)

Fifty new technical signs for use in the teaching of psychology to deaf college students have been developed. (DB)

The study examined perceptions and attitudes of 27 teachers of deaf high school students in a mainstreaming setting and 18 teachers of deaf students in self-contained classes. Questionnaire responses showed general support for mainstreaming but needs for better communication between special and regular educators and more administrative support.…

The article presents data relating to the perceptions of quality of life for deaf and hard-of-hearing rehabilitation clients 3.5 years after closure. Discussion highlights objective and subjective criteria to describe long-term adjustment. (DB)

Discussed by a man with cerebral palsy complicated by deafness is his personal perspective on the multiple disability, the education of deaf and cerebral palsied children, and independent living skills in the deaf cerebral palsied adolescent and adult. (DB)

Evaluation of the attribution of cause and solution for personal problems of 319 deaf college students found that (1) attribution tended to vary as a function of the type of problem; and (2) that subjects were more disposed to internality than externality for both cause and solution. (DB)

The study examined the correlations between academic achievement and scores on the Hiskey-Nebraska Test of Learning Aptitude, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) Performance Scale, with 35 deaf high school students. Results validated the use of the WAIS-R as a predictor of academic achievement for this population. (DB)