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Weller, Emy Lu; Mahoney, Gerald J. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1983
The relative effectiveness of total communication and oral communication training in a parent-assisted, home-based language intervention program was studied with 15 Down's syndrome children, 18-36 months old. (Author/SEW)
Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Early Childhood Education, Intervention, Language Acquisition
Stewart, David A.; Lee, Barbara B. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1987
Principles of using Cued Speech with deaf children are discussed. Review of the literature suggests that Cued Speech has been unjustly criticized. Cued speech should be seen not as a method of communication, but rather as an intervention tool with application for both aural-oral and Total Communication programs. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Cued Speech, Deafness, Educational Methods
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Greenberg, Mark T.; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1984
The existing outcome literature on the use of oral-only and total communication approaches for young deaf children is reviewed and methodological and practical difficulties of outcome research explored. The authors propose a developmental/transactional, clinically based process model for evaluating the effectiveness of early intervention.…
Descriptors: Deafness, Early Childhood Education, Family Relationship, Intervention
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Goppold, Laura – American Annals of the Deaf, 1988
A review of 12 investigations concerning longterm academic effects of early intervention for preschool hearing-impaired children suggests that children with severe/profound hearing losses before age two who receive total communication in a cognitive-oriented parent-infant language program will be more successful academically than similar children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Hearing Impairments