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Rittenhouse, Robert K.; Myers, James J. – 1978
The document reports on a seminar sponsored by the West Central Region for Low-Incident Handicapped Children, on the acquisition, construction, and use of American Sign Language with severely handicapped children. Topics addressed include the cognitive preconditions to language, sign formational rules, the structure of sign, and American Sign…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Manual Communication
Peer reviewedGold, 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
Rittenhouse, Robert K.; And Others – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1988
The study with 23 severely hearing impaired adolescents found that subjects using cued speech performed highest on Piagetian conservation problems, the oral-aural group performed better on linguistically-sensitive metaphor problems. Differences were not, however, statistically significant. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept)
