The majority of students who are deaf or hard of hearing currently receive educational services in general education settings. Trends that have led to this shift in placement as well as potential benefits and barriers are presented. A unique partnership between the Washington State Center for Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss (formerly the…

This case study focuses on a deaf education program for elementary students. Four deaf classes categorized as Kindergarten, Primary I (paralleling first grade), Primary II (second and third grades), and Elementary (fourth, fifth, and sixth grades) are described, and one student from each of the classes is focused upon to illustrate the program's…

Two teachers, one of normal fifth graders and one of hearing impaired children, describe a combined project in which six hearing impaired students successfully participated in the regular class social studies lessons. (CL)

Describes Sign in Education, a pilot program in the United Kingdom that integrated Deaf children and hearing children in a hearing classroom with a culturally Deaf teacher who taught the national curriculum in British Sign Language one afternoon a week. Explores the advantage to the Deaf community, as well as the majority culture of adopting such…

Described is an integrated summer program for 3- to 8-year-old physically handicapped, nonhandicapped, and deaf children. (CL)

The Home Visiting and Parent Education Program at De Paul Institute in Pittsburgh takes the teacher into the home situation in an attempt to involve the entire family in integrating the deaf preschool child into his natural world. (Author)

A creative approach to mainstreaming deaf and hard of hearing children. (Editor)

The authors focus on the trends of providing postsecondary education for deaf students on regular college campuses, as mandated by federal regulations and court cases. (CL)

A final report details 10 objectives in a study of mainstreaming secondary level deaf students in occupational education programs. Sections present instrumentation and procedures used in gathering data for each of the following 10 objectives: (1) philosophical views of the programs; (2) profile of the student population; (3) evaluation practices;…

The book describes an integrated model of postsecondary education for deaf students developed at California State University, Northridge. The model uses the facilities and services of a regular university, offering special support services only where absolutely needed to insure the success of deaf students. Lectures are translated into sign…

Described is a regional program in post secondary vocational training for deaf students established at the St. Paul Vocational Technical Institute (TVI) to demonstrate that deaf students can be successfully trained in an environment normally serving the hearing. Included is background information on the problem of providing post secondary…

In a case-managed university support system for students who are deaf or hearing impaired, a rehabilitation counselor with interpreting skills helps individual faculty, students, and staff manage the system of 10 integrated support services. The counselors' primary functions are assessment, planning, linking, monitoring, and advocacy. (MSE)

Reviewed in the third of seven related documents are resources and research on physical education, recreation, and sports for hearing impaired persons. An annotated list of resources is supplied for each of the following topics: integration of the hearing impaired into regular physical education and recreation programs, physical education and…

In the summer of 1986, the New Jersey Institute of Technology sponsored a program to provide disabled junior high school students with exposure to technical career options and the skills needed for success in technological fields. Characteristics of the program and the students are discussed. (Author/BJV)