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Download full textGolos, Debbie; Moses, Annie; Gale, Elaine; Berke, Michele – LEARNing Landscapes, 2021
Societal views of Deaf people typically stem from a medical or deficit perspective, which then informs educational practices. In contrast, educational settings that embrace a cultural perspective provide visual language and strategies that can benefit all students. This article will address three common myths about American Sign Language (ASL) and…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Deafness, American Sign Language, Teaching Methods
Perrodin, Brenda – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2017
Brenda Perrodin is a teacher in the Parent-Infant Program at the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center's Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES), on the campus of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. With a bachelor's degree in early childhood education and a master's degree in family-centered early education from Gallaudet…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Special Schools, American Sign Language
Peer reviewedWatkins, Susan; Pittman, Paula; Walden, Beth – American Annals of the Deaf, 1998
Describes the Deaf Mentor Experimental Project, which provided deaf-mentor services to young deaf children, ages 0 to 5, and their families. Deaf adults (mentors) shared their language (American Sign Language), culture, and personal knowledge of deafness while serving as role models for the children. Program children made greater language gains…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Development, Cultural Background, Culturally Relevant Education
Peer reviewedMathos, Kimberly K.; Broussard, Elsie R. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005
Nationwide, there are some 1,055,000 young people under the age of 18 who have hearing loss according to statistics from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (http://www.nidcd.nih.gov). Reported rates of psychiatric disorders for children who have hearing loss range from 15.4% to 54% (Hindley, 1997). Selected…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Communication Disorders, American Sign Language, Hearing Impairments
Johnson, Robert E.; And Others – 1989
The paper documents the "failure" of deaf education and proposes a model program for the education of deaf children. Reasons given for this failure include lack of linguistic access to curricular content and the cycle of low expectations. Early acquisition of American Sign Language (ASL) is encouraged both to develop cognitive skills and improve…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), American Sign Language, Child Development, Cognitive Development
