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Papen, Uta; Tusting, Karin – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
This paper reports on an international collaborative project working with deaf learners of English literacy (19-28 years old) in five locations in India: Indore; Vadadora; Comibatore; Pattambi; and Thrissur. Indian Sign Language (ISL) was the language of instruction. The project drew on a social practices view of literacy. Deaf peer tutors were…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Curriculum Development, Literacy, Grammar
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Gold, Marc W.; Rittenhouse, Robert K. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1978
The article presents eight lessons for teaching practical signs to deaf-blind individuals. (CL)
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Elementary Secondary Education, Lesson Plans, Manual Communication
Marcott-Radke, Anita; Bono, Debra Ann – 1980
Intended for speech and language pathologists, teachers, and others, the book serves as an introduction to the use of total communication with autistic and other severely impaired populations. A brief introduction addresses sign language adaptation, criteria for choosing a core vocabulary, and a hierarchy of receptive and expressive skills.…
Descriptors: Autism, Class Activities, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Babbini, Barbara E. – 1971
The instructor's manual to manual communication, sign language and fingerspelling, (For student's manual, see EC 042 222.) is divided into two main parts. The first part consists of a general section with chapters on basic procedures and techniques of teaching, drills and remediation treatments, use of videotaping equipment, and teaching…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Finger Spelling, Hearing Impairments, Lesson Plans
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Jitendra, 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
Jitendra, 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
Reiman, John – 1997
This curriculum on money management skills for deaf adolescent and young adult students is presented on nine video CD-ROMs as well as in a print version. The curriculum was developed following a survey of the needs of school and rehabilitation programs. It was also piloted and subsequently revised. Each teaching segment is presented in sign…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Banking, Curriculum Development