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Fobi, Daniel; Oppong, Alexander M. – Deafness & Education International, 2019
This paper discusses historical and contemporary issues regarding communication approaches for educating Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children in Ghana. Discussion of the communication approaches took into account a brief historical background to the development of formal education for DHH children in the country, academic achievement of DHH…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Interpersonal Communication
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Waters, Chelsea L. – Young Exceptional Children, 2020
Communication is an innate behavior people engage in to convey one's thoughts, needs, and interests to others (Knapp, Hall, & Horgan, 2014). Recommended Practices from the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children (DEC, 2014) encourage teachers to partner with families to implement strategies that support…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Speech Communication, Sign Language, Young Children
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Mitchiner, Julie; Batamula, Christi; Kite, Bobbie Jo – American Annals of the Deaf, 2018
The study investigated the "hundred languages of Deaf children" (Malaguzzi, 1993) in two schools using the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education, which originated in Italy. One principle of this approach, "the hundred languages of children," supports young children in expressing their ideas and thoughts in…
Descriptors: Reggio Emilia Approach, Deafness, Early Childhood Education, Communication Strategies
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Loots, Gerrit; Devise, Isabel; Jacquet, Wolfgang – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2005
This article presents a study that examined the impact of visual communication on the quality of the early interaction between deaf and hearing mothers and fathers and their deaf children aged between 18 and 24 months. Three communication mode groups of parent?deaf child dyads that differed by the use of signing and visual?tactile communication…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Parent Child Relationship, Deafness, Total Communication