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Peer reviewedCrowe, Teresa V. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2003
A study involving 152 college students with deafness found students who had at least one parent with deafness and signed scored significantly higher on self-esteem measures than those with hearing parents who could or who could not sign. Overall, self-esteem scores for all respondents were high. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Family Characteristics, Family Influence
Peer reviewedAnderson, Diane; Reilly, Judy – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2002
This article discusses the development of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory for American Sign Language (ASL-CDI), a parent report that measures early sign production. Normative data from 69 children (8-36 months) with deafness and their parents with deafness found the development of the ASL-CDI has been successful. (Contains…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Evaluation Methods, Infants
Download full textMuro, Andres – 1997
This paper describes the activities and outcomes of a program in literacy education for the deaf funded by the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. The "L.E.A.D." program began in El Paso, Texas, on September 1, 1995, and ceased operations on July 31, 1997. The program was designed to improve communication in economically disadvantaged…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication Skills, Deafness, Economically Disadvantaged
