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Manual Signing: A Communication Tool for Language Delayed Preschool Hearing Children: An Exploratory Study.
Read, Mary Ann – 1980
To explore the effects of the use of sign language as an intervention technique to facilitate the development of expressive and receptive communication skills, manual sign language (Signing Exact English) was employed with 12 multihandicapped, language delayed and/or nonverbal Ss (18 to 36 months old). Sign language was studied both as a…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition, Manual Communication, Multiple Disabilities
Blissymbols and Manual Signs: A Multimodal Approach to Intervention in a Case of Multiple Disability.
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Hooper, Janice; And Others – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 1987
A multimodal intervention program designed for a nine-year-old with severe communication problems (secondary to cerebral palsy, receptive dysphasia, and auditory agnosia) combined manual signs and graphic symbols to help her communicate. The intensive, highly structured program had significant positive results. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cerebral Palsy, Children, Communication Problems
Evaluation of a Manual Approach to Programming for Deaf Retarded
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Hall, Sylvia M.; Talkington, Larry W. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1970
Descriptors: Evaluation, Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition
A Review of Communication Systems Used by Deaf-Blind People--Part I.
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Jensema, Corinne Klein – American Annals of the Deaf, 1979
A description of 14 communication systems used by the deaf blind is provided. (PHR)
Descriptors: Braille, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deaf Blind, Finger Spelling
Task Analysis for Teaching 8 Practical Signs to Deaf-Blind Individuals
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Gold, Marc W.; Rittenhouse, Robert K. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1978
The article presents eight lessons for teaching practical signs to deaf-blind individuals. (CL)
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Elementary Secondary Education, Lesson Plans, Manual Communication
Teaching Sign Language to Hearing Impaired-Mentally Retarded Students.
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Stanovich, Paula J.; Stanovich, Keith E. – 1984
Students with the dual handicaps of hearing impairment and mental retardation display special problems in language acquisition. These problems do not appear to have been addressed by curricula that have been designed for either of the single handicap groups. Since specially designed curricula for this population are virtually nonexistent, a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition
Acquisition and Cross Modal Generalization of Receptive and Expressive Signing Skills in a Retarded Deaf Girl
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Smeets, P. M.; Striefel, S. – Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 1976
A transfer of stimulus control procedure was used to teach a 14-year-old retarded deaf girl manual signing skills. (CL)
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language, Language Instruction
Further Development and Test of an Artificial Hand for Communication with Deaf-Blind People. Final Report.
Laenger, Charles J., Sr.; Peel, H. Herbert – 1978
The report details the development and design of a mechanical hand for communicating with deaf blind persons. It is explained that the device, which looks and functions like the human hand, forms the symbols of the one-hand manual alphabet upon command from a standard electric typewriter keyboard. The report addresses the following topics (sample…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Educational Media, Electromechanical Aids, Finger Spelling