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Orit Fuks – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2024
This longitudinal multiple-case study research focused on the scaffolding strategies that two Israeli deaf mothers use to boost their young hearing children's engagement in reading interactions. Despite being significant to language learning, few studies have examined the dialogic reading practices of deaf-signing mothers. The study shows that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Sign Language, Total Communication
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Gibbs, Elizabeth D.; Carswell, Lynn E. – Early Education and Development, 1991
Total communication is the simultaneous use of speech and manual signs. This article presents a literature review regarding language disabilities of children with Down's syndrome and a case study concerning the effectiveness of the use of total communication with an infant with Down's syndrome. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Downs Syndrome, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention