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Improving Social Acceptance by Training Handicapped Students to Tutor Their Nonhandicapped Peers.
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Custer, Jeanene D.; Osguthorpe, Russell T. – Exceptional Children, 1983
Fifteen mildly retarded fifth and sixth graders were trained to tutor their nonhandicapped peers in sign language. Parent and peer reaction was positive, and the retarded students learned to become tutors. (CL)
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Mild Mental Retardation, Peer Acceptance, Sign Language
The Development of SHIPS: An Interactive Videodisc Assessment for Youth Who Use Sign Language.
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Loeding, Barbara L.; Crittenden, Jerry B. – Exceptional Children, 1994
Two versions of a criterion-referenced videodisc-based instrument, SHIPS (Self-Help InterPersonal Skills), have been developed for high school students with hearing impairments. Students can choose either American Sign Language or English-based sign versions of assessment items. Field testing found that use of SHIPS enhanced data validity and…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Deafness
Critical Considerations in Total Communication and an Environmental Intervention Model for the Developmentally Delayed.
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Lombardino, Linda J.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1981
The authors address several issues pertinent to designing environmentally based total communication assessment and training programs for language delayed hearing children for whom oral language training alone is inadequate. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Generalization, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps
Sign Programs with Nonverbal Hearing Children.
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Kriegsmann, Elinor; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1982
Included is a framework for determining if a young severely language delayed child is an appropriate candidate for sign programs; a discussion of specific sign objectives; and guidelines for classroom implementation and family intervention. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Early Childhood Education, Intervention, Nonverbal Communication
Research Implications for Communication Deficiencies
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Hollis, John H.; Carrier, Joseph K., Jr. – Exceptional Children, 1975
Reviewed are 40 years of research on the prosthesis of communication deficiencies using chimpanzees, and severely retarded or deaf children. (DB)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments, Intelligence
Receptive Abilities of Deaf Children Across Five Modes of Communication
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Moores, Donald F.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1973
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Exceptional Child Research, Finger Spelling
Characteristics and Practices of Sign Language Interpreters in Inclusive Education Programs.
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Jones, Bernhardt E.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1997
A survey of 222 educational sign language interpreters from K-12 public school systems found a lack of certification and adequate training for the majority of respondents and an underrepresentation of males and interpreters from minority groups. Recommendations for providing educational programs and services for students with hearing impairments…
Descriptors: Certification, Deaf Interpreting, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments
Family Conversational Style: Its Effect on the Deaf Child's Participation.
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Bodner-Johnson, Barbara – Exceptional Children, 1991
The conversations of 10 deaf children (ages 10-12) and their families at dinnertime were examined, and spoken and signed verbal exchanges were documented. Results showed that deaf children responded more loquaciously to questions than they did to statements or expressions of ideas, and the children were unsuccessful in continuing topics of…
Descriptors: Children, Connected Discourse, Deafness, Discourse Analysis
A Model for Effective Practice: Dialogic Inquiry with Students Who Are Deaf.
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Mayer, Connie; Akamatsu, C. Tane; Stewart, David – Exceptional Children, 2002
Data are presented from the first-year of a 4-year research project that aims to design a model for describing exemplary communicative practice using signed classroom discourse in the teaching of students who are deaf. Episodes are presented to illustrate how 10 teachers engage in dialogic knowledge building and exemplary communicative practice.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Deafness
Structure and Videodisc Adaptation of the Transition Competence Battery (TCB) for Deaf Adolescents and Young Adults.
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Bullis, Michael; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1994
The Transition Competence Battery for Deaf Adolescents and Young Adults consists of six subtests related to employment and independent living, and uses booklets and videotapes/videodisks with questions presented in sign language. Comparison of alternative formats indicated that group administration of the multiple-choice format produced acceptable…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Daily Living Skills, Deafness, Educational Technology