The computer assisted speech tool approach is designed to facilitate record keeping and prescriptive teaching for individual deaf students. The program produces a personalized listing of the student's current level of speech skill in profile form and a description of the instructional sequence for six appropriate speech subskills. (Author/CL)

Ninety-six hearing impaired students (seven to 15 years old) completed cloze versions of stories written at the students' respective reading levels. Comparison of the cloze results to both probe and free response measures of comprehension indicated that the cloze procudure produced valid discrimination. (Author/CL)

This paper stresses the importance of developing phonological awareness to foster reading skills in hearing and deaf learners. It reviews the research on stages in acquisition of phonological awareness and phonological awareness and deafness. Suggestions for phonological assessment of deaf students include use of formal and informal phonological…

A precision teaching software approach to individualized sign language instruction for hearing impaired students has been developed that incorporates self control of learning and immediate feedback on error patterns. A simulated interaction is presented to illustrate the approach. (CL)

A diagnostic prescriptive approach using the overhead projector in visual perception and perceptual motor activities is described for 11 deaf multiply handicapped behavior disordered students (9 to 12 years old). (CL)

This document is the approved position paper on recommended assessment procedures for multi-handicapped deaf students, as adopted by the Conference of Educational Administrators Serving the Deaf on April 28, 1988. Recommendations cover initial assessment, follow-up routine assessment, and the in-depth diagnostic/prescriptive program. (Author/PB)

Nine emotionally disturbed deaf children (aged 10 to 16 years) were served by a day class which had as its main objective the successful return of each child to a regular class for deaf children. (Author/DB)

A month by month series of notes by the teacher describes problems and progress of a day class for seven deaf or hard of hearing children (ages 5 to 15 years) which stressed total communication in a prescriptive approach to teaching. (Author/DB)