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Maiorana-Bases, Michella – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2018
Since its beginning, the education of deaf and hard of hearing individuals has been steeped in a debate around language, as professionals have clashed in a debate on whether signed or spoken language should be used as the primary language of instruction and communication with deaf and hard of hearing individuals. This has created a condition in…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, American Sign Language
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Hopkins, Karen – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2017
On Mackworth Island, not far from Portland, the Mackworth Island Preschool Program at the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Governor Baxter School for the Deaf (MECDHH/GBSD) helps deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing children flourish. At MECDHH/GBSD, instructors immerse students, 3-5 years old, in American Sign Language…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Immersion Programs
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Nussbaum, Debra Berlin; Scott, Susanne; Simms, Laurene E. – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2012
During the past few years, the teachers and staff at Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES) have reviewed research to identify factors that positively impact language development for deaf and hard of hearing children, and established language and communication practices to reflect what they have learned. Based on the research, which…
Descriptors: Speech, Oral Language, Partial Hearing, Deafness