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Lebeis, Sandra; Lebeis, Roger F. – Bureau Memorandum, 1975
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Manual Communication
Peer reviewedVanBiervliet, Alan – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1977
A study involving six institutionalized retarded males was designed to determine if sign-object and sign-word training would lead to acquisition of word-object associations. (Author)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Language Instruction, Manual Communication
Peer reviewedZweiban, Sue Topper – Mental Retardation, 1977
Predictors of success in learning manual expressive communication were examined for 15 nonverbal profoundly retarded males (14-30 years old). (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Manual Communication, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedKopchick, George A., Jr. – Mental Retardation, 1975
Eleven deaf retarded institutionalized adults demonstrated significant language improvement at the conclusion of a 6 month total communication program in which child care aids were trained to use sign language and to reward Ss' communication attempts. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Deafness, Exceptional Child Education, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedSchepis, Maureen M.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1982
A program was implemented to increase the manual signing of five profoundly retarded (mean age, 19 years) and four autistic (mean age, 9 years) youth within their daily environment. (Author)
Descriptors: Attendants, Autism, Children, Communication Skills
