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Download full textClark, Thomas C.; Watkins, Susan – 1985
The manual describes the SKI*HI Model, a comprehensive approach to identification and home intervention treatment of hearing impaired children and their families. The model features home programing in four basic areas: the home hearing aid program (nine lessons which facilitate the proper fit and acceptance of amplification by the child), home…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Communication Skills, Curriculum, Handicap Identification
Peer reviewedWatkins, Susan; Clark, Thomas C. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1988
Project RITCH (Research In Total Communication in the Home) developed a model videotape program to teach total communication to families of young hearing-impaired children in their homes. Discussed are the process of designing the videotape prototype, field testing, characteristics of a model home program, and videotape distribution through local…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Hearing Impairments, Home Instruction, Home Programs
Strong, Carol J.; Clark, Thomas C. – 1990
This program evaluation report presents information on Project SKI*HI, a home-based program for infants and young children with hearing impairments and their families. The program's major goals are early identification of hearing-impaired infants and a home program to facilitate child development. A parent advisor makes weekly home visits to each…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Early Intervention, Handicap Identification
Peer reviewedClark, Thomas C. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
The Sensory Impaired Home Intervention (SKI*HI) Model provides services for rural, hearing impaired children at an average annual cost of $1,400 per child. Weekly home visits are provided by nearby or local part time parent advisors, thus minimizing travel costs and eliminating employment problems associated with long travel hours. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Delivery Systems, Family Involvement, Hearing Impairments
Clark, Thomas C.; Watkins, Susan – 1978
The SKI HI program, a home intervention model for hearing impaired infants and their families, is described. An overview of the program is provided, followed by separate sections on administrative, direct service, and support service topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): child identification and processing (statewide hearing screening model,…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Auditory Training, Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum
Strong, Carol J.; Clark, Thomas C. – 1992
The effects of home-based programming for infants and young children with hearing impairments and their families were studied, with a focus on the SKI*HI program, which includes identification/screening, home visits, support services, parent advisors, and a program management system. The study analyzed data on 5,178 children (ages birth to 5) with…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Disability Identification, Early Intervention, Family Involvement
