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Longitudinal Receptive American Sign Language Skills across a Diverse Deaf Student Body
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Beal-Alvarez, Jennifer S. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2016
This article presents results of a longitudinal study of receptive American Sign Language (ASL) skills for a large portion of the student body at a residential school for the deaf across four consecutive years. Scores were analyzed by age, gender, parental hearing status, years attending the residential school, and presence of a disability (i.e.,…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Special Schools, Residential Schools
State Scan--Residential Placements: Blind/VI and Deaf/HI. Information Research Cadre
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Blythe, Teresa – Regional Resource Center Program, 2013
In this Information Research Cadre, Teresa Blythe responds to the following research question: For those states that have residential schools for the Blind/VI and Deaf/HI students, have they developed policies and procedures for residential placement of these students? To develop this response Blythe conducted web research utilizing numerous…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Blindness, Deafness, Visual Impairments
Deaf Education and Bridging Social Capital: A Theoretical Approach
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Wilkens, Christian P.; Hehir, Thomas – American Annals of the Deaf, 2008
The authors use elements of social capital theory to explore the rapidly changing landscape of deaf education in America. They suggest that the formation of relationships, and networks of relationships, between deaf students and adults has a value that often goes undetected or underappreciated in deaf education. The authors point out that social…
Descriptors: Deafness, Social Capital, Models, Adults
Plan for the Future Direction of DORS' Schools: Illinois Children's School and Rehabilitation Center, Illinois School for the Deaf, and Illinois School for the Visually Impaired.
Illinois State Dept. of Rehabilitation Services, Springfield. – 1983
The report is an outgrowth of a study of three residential schools operated by the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services (DORS). The schools are the Illinois Children's School and Rehabilitation Center (ICSRC), for severely physically handicapped or health-impaired, the Illinois School for the Deaf, and the Illinois School for the…
Descriptors: Blindness, Deafness, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1930-1932. Bulletin, 1933, No. 2. Chapter VI: The Education of Exceptional Children
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Foster, Emery M.; Iedell, Julia E.; Smith, Rose Marie; Martens, Elias H.; McLeod, Beatrice – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
This bulletin provides the sixth chapter of the Biennial Survey of Education, 1930-32, which has been published in separate chapters dealing with specific segments of the educational system. This document explores the impact of the economic depression on the education of exceptional children. Special day schools and classes for exceptional…
Descriptors: Day Schools, Residential Schools, Disabilities, Special Schools
Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1934-1936. Bulletin, 1937, No. 2. Volume II. Chapter VI: Statistics of Special Schools and Classes for Exceptional Children
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Foster, Emery M.; Martens, Elise H. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
For the past decade the Office of Education has periodically compiled statistics dealing with special schools and classes for exceptional children. During that time the importance of adjusting instructional procedures to meet the needs of individual boys and girls has been increasingly stressed in the general philosophy of education. Inherent in…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Teaching Methods, Special Schools, Special Classes