Results of a telephone survey of administrators at all 53 public residential high schools serving hearing impaired students indicated that the size of the graduating clases for 1983 through 1985 will be substantially larger than recent classes and that approximately 30 percent of the graduates in each year's class are expected to enter academic…

The development of a program in which hearing impaired students of a residential-turned-day school lived with volunteer families close to the school is described. Advantages for students and families are cited. (CL)

The intelligence test performance of 24 acoustically handicapped students (6 to 15 years old) applying for enrollment in a state school for the deaf during a 7-month period was analyzed. Data confirmed the need for such schools to maintain strong academic programs to meet the total needs of the bright, deaf child. (Author/CL)

This listing provides directory information on U.S. schools and programs for preschool, elementary, and secondary children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Under each state is an alphabetical listing by city of schools (residential, day, center schools), local programs, and other types of facilities. (Author/CR)

After each page of reading a short story, 10 elementary students attending a residential school for the deaf were asked to think aloud (or think visibly). Participants constructed meaning, monitored comprehension, and activated strategies to improve comprehension, and evaluated, but did not demonstrate, each reading strategy within these…

The employment status and social adjustment of hearing-impaired young adults (N=38) of whom 10 had graduated from residential schools for the deaf in New Zealand and 28 from special classes in regular schools was reviewed. There was some evidence that residential school graduates experienced more difficulty in coping following graduation. (DB)

Studied was the effectiveness of two Ohio State residential schools, one for the blind and one for the deaf, to determine whether the state should continue to operate the residential schools. The study involved a literature review, interviews with special educators, visits to the two residential schools, visits to selected Ohio day programs,…

Participant observation of 118 teachers and interviews with 21 teachers examined teacher pupil control ideology in a residential school for the hearing impaired. Among three hypotheses supported was that deaf teachers held and were perceived by colleagues as holding more custodial views than their hearing colleagues. (Author/DB)

The article begins with a brief overview of P.L. 94-142, (The Education For All Handicapped Children Act), legal principles used by courts and hearing examinors in decisions about day versus residential placement, reviews the use of the factual record in determination of appropriate placements, and presents conclusions from case law. (CL)

Described are efforts of 15 schools for the deaf to continue for their 2000 students (after federal project funding termination) the computer assisted instruction program transmitted through telephone lines between 1971 and 1973 from the Institute for Mathematical Studies in Social Sciences, Stanford University. (Author/MC)