The Language Lab was a pilot project which sought to develop communicative competence in deaf students with additional disabilities, through the use of the bilingual-bicultural approach and the whole language approach. This paper discusses goals of the Language Lab, classroom strategies, administration, and student evaluation. (Author/JDD)

This paper describes the need for and the structure of a socialization program designed to provide a social environment for five deaf adults with developmental disabilities residing in two different group homes. The program was developed to address the isolation experienced by such adults living in a community with others who do not use sign…