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A Choir for Total Communication.
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Knapp, Ruth Ann – Music Educators Journal, 1980
The Total Communication Choir of the Saginaw, Michigan, public schools integrates deaf and hearing elementary and junior high students in music performance. All students both sign and sing. Methods used to instruct the choir are described. (SJL)
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Education, Mainstreaming, Music Education
Developing Word-Identification Skills within a Total Communication Program.
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Geoffrion, Leo D. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1981
The word identification directives developed by the Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI) were modified for use in a Total Communication integrated classroom with seven hearing impaired third graders. Pilot tests showed that the hearing impaired students substantially increased their reading and spelling vocabularies. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments, Reading Instruction
Discovering How to Sign for Success.
Silliman, Deborah – Learning, 1985
An elementary school class that learned sign language also benefited from several positive side effects. As the students developed a new means of communication, they also become more aware of deaf individuals and their needs. (DF)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Finger Spelling, Hearing Impairments, Learning Activities
Cognitively Based Strategies for Use with Hearing-Impaired Students with Comprehension Deficits.
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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
Bernie: Parts I [and] II. A Four-Year Psychoeducational Intervention in a Therapeutic Preschool and a Public School Class for Autistic Children.
Wallick, Mollie Marcus; Boudreaux, Mary Verlander – 1979
Two teachers recount the 2 years they each spent teaching an autistic 9-year-old boy named Bernie. The first teacher reviews Bernie's life history, reporting the facts of his birth and followup examinations which revealed no medical abnormality. The teacher then describes her work with Bernie at the Therapeutic Nursery School. After an initial…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Autism, Behavior Change, Case Studies
A Preliminary Study of Deaf Educational Policy.
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Gutierrez, Priscilla – Bilingual Research Journal, 1994
Investigates the administration and interpretation of deaf educational policy at a regular education campus. There was a breakdown in translation of policy and a lack of articulation between the County and the District, as well as confusion regarding language use in the classroom and a lack of knowledge concerning the bilingual education of the…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Detailed Overview of the Methods Used in a Specific Autistic Class and Longitudinal Case Study of One Autistic-Like Child.
Hodgson, Jan G. – 1979
The paper presents an overview of the methods used in a class for autistic children (ages 4-11 years) and reports on a longitudinal case study of an autistic 11 year-old girl. Autistic characteristics, such as poor eye contact and insensitivity to pain, are outlined. The author explains that the program emphasized teaching basic communication…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Communication Skills