Recently added articles from American Annals of the Deaf:
EXAMINING EDUCATORS OF THE DEAF AS "HIGHLY QUALIFIED" TEACHERS: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER IDEA AND NCLB
Dec 01, 2008; ... EDUCATORS OF THE DEAF were long considered "highly qualified" if they obtained state licensure from approved deaf education programs. But the No Child Left Behind Act (2001) redefined qualifications based on core academic content areas, without recognizing disability-specific expertise. NCLB's ...
SIGN ICONICITY AND RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY TESTING
Dec 01, 2008; ... DEVELOPMENT OF valid receptive sign vocabulary tests and the influence of sign iconicity on test performance were investigated. Forty items were taken from the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (Lloyd M. Dunn & Leota M. Dunn, 1982). For each target item, three alternative distractor ...
Half of What We Taught You Is Wrong: The Problem Is We Don't Know Which Half
Dec 01, 2008; ... The above, probably apocryphal, statement has been attributed to a dean at a medical school commencement. Although it may not apply directly to us, there may be an element of truth in it. Or perhaps the dean had more self awareness than we do. For those of us who have the responsibility of ...
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SIGN LANGUAGE ABILITIES IN DEAF CHILDREN
Dec 01, 2008; ... THE STUDY attempted to identify characteristics of individual differences sign language abilities among deaf children. Connections between sign language skills and rapid serial naming, hand motor skills, and early fluency were investigated. The sample consisted of 85 Finnish deaf children. Their ...
Improving Academic Achievement: Can a Response-to-Intervention (RTI) Model Help?
Oct 01, 2008; ... In the seemingly neverending conflict between equity and excellence in American education it is clear that the emphasis has shifted to excellence in the first years of the 21st century. More than half of our states now require some form of high-stakes testing for promotion and/or graduation. The ...
MEETING THE NEEDS OF DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING STUDENTS WITH ADDITIONAL DISABILITIES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
Oct 01, 2008; ... ACCORDING To even the most conservative estimates, at least a quarter of deaf children have additional disabilities. Most teacher preparation programs do not sufficiently prepare teacher candidates for the challenges posed by these children. This article describes a professional develcpment ...
HIV/AIDS KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH-RELATED ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS AMONG DEAF AND HEARING ADOLESCENTS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL
Oct 01, 2008; ... HIV/AIDS KNOWLEDGE and health-related attitudes and behaviors among deaf and hearing adolescents in southern Brazil are described. Forty-two deaf students attending a special nonresidential public school for the deaf and 50 hearing students attending a regular public school, ages 15-21 years, ...
GENETICS AND DEAFNESS: IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION AND LIFE CARE OF DEAF STUDENTS
Oct 01, 2008; ... THE SEVERITY of deafness can obscure the presence of other disabilities that may accompany genetic anomalies, such as occur in Alport and Usher syndromes. Recent advances in genetics have heightened attention to various disabilities and dysfunctions that may coexist with deafness. Failure to ...
CHILD ABUSE AND DEAFNESS: AN OVERVIEW
Oct 01, 2008; ... THE PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE contains research and anecdotal information on various maltreatments affecting children and youth with and without disabilities. Unfortunately, little information exists on abused children with hearing loss. Reasons relate to a lack of quantity and quality in research ...
LEADERSHIP STYLE IN THE DEAF COMMUNITY: AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY OF A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
Oct 01, 2008; ... A QUALITATIVE MINI-CASE STUDY of I. King Jordan and his leadership style explores the influence of a transformational leader on Gallaudet University and the Deaf community. The study features a template-style semistructured interview with Jordan regarding his perceptions of leadership and his ...
APARTHEID IN DEAF EDUCATION: EXAMINING WORKFORCE DIVERSITY
Oct 01, 2008; ... A SURVEY OF of 3,227 professionals in 313 deaf education programs found that 22.0% of teachers and 14.5% of administrators were deaf - a less than 10% increase in deaf professionals since 1993. Additionally, 21.7% of teachers and 6.1% of administrators were professionals of color. Of these ...
HOW EFFECTIVELY ARE WE PREPARING TEACHER EDUCATORS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION? THE CASE OF DEAF EDUCATION
Oct 01, 2008; ... THE STUDY assessed how well the field of teacher education in special education is preparing the next generation of teacher educators to be stewards of the discipline by exploring the particular case of deaf education. Assuming that preparing doctoral graduates who are able to conduct valuable ...
THE ROLE OF PHONOLOGY AND PHONOLOGICALLY RELATED SKILLS IN READING INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING
Oct 01, 2008; ... THE ARTICLE challenges educators to rethink reading instruction practices for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. The authors begin with a discussion of the role of phonology in reading, then summarize the evidence of phonological coding among skilled deaf readers and investigate ...