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Banbury, Mary M.; Hebert, Constance R. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1992
This article is intended to help teachers understand nonverbal signals used by students and explains proxemics, a person's use and perception of space, and kinesics, a person's facial and body cures. Teachers are encouraged to evaluate their own nonverbal communication styles. Principles are illustrated with scenarios of students with…
Descriptors: Body Language, Communication Skills, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Siegel-Causey, Ellin, Ed.; Guess, Doug, Ed. – 1988
The purpose of this manual, the culmination of a graduate project begun at the University of Kansas, is to assist individuals with severe, multiple disabilities and their service providers in learning to utilize nonsymbolic behaviors in an expanded, facilitative manner that leads to more consistent and predictable communication functioning. The…
Descriptors: Body Language, Communication Skills, Eye Contact, Facial Expressions
Bradley, Banks; And Others – 1979
Nonverbal teacher behavior is recognized as an important factor in establishing a positive social climate in the classroom. A feedback and analysis instrument is presented focusing on specific nonverbal teacher behaviors. These behaviors--facial expressions, gestures, body movements, and idiosyncratic characteristics--are categorized as either…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Body Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment