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Peer reviewedJitendra, Asha; DaCosta, Janice; Policare, Eve; Wetherhold, Barbara – Preventing School Failure, 1997
Describes planning, implementation, and evaluation of an instructional unit that uses a direct instruction approach to teach the basics of American Sign Language to elementary-age students with serious emotional or behavior disorders. Figures list lesson topics and instructional objectives, provide a sample lesson plan and a story suitable for…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Behavior Disorders, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Download full textJitendra, Asha; And Others – 1996
This paper describes the planning and implementation of an instructional unit to teach the basics of American Sign Language to a class of nine elementary-aged male students with serious emotional disturbances (including one with a severe hearing impairment) in a laboratory school. The systematic instructional approach, direct instruction, was…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Behavior Disorders, Communication Skills, Educational Principles
