Sign Language and the Severely Handicapped.

Bryen, Diane Nelson; Joyce, Dennis G.

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ERIC Number: EJ342642

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Sign Language and the Severely Handicapped.

Bryen, Diane Nelson; Joyce, Dennis G.

Journal of Special Education, v20 n2 p183-94 Sum 1986

The use of sign language with severely handicapped students is analyzed in light of commonly held rationales. Cognitive, motor, and sociocommunicative factors affecting the learning of sign language are discussed, as well as environmental considerations (including attitudes toward sign language and competence of teachers and other caregivers in using it). (Author/JW)

Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Learning Processes, Manual Communication, Severe Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation, Sign Language, Social Cognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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