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Predicting the Academic Achievement of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students From Individual, Household, Communication, and Educational Factors
Content type: Journal Article
Research suggests that the academic achievement of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students is the result of a complex interplay of many factors. These factors include characteristics of the students (e.g., hearing thresholds, language fluencies, mode of...
Teaching Vocabulary to Preschool Children With Hearing Loss
Content type: Journal Article
Despite poor vocabulary outcomes for children with hearing loss, few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of specific vocabulary teaching methods on vocabulary learning for this group. The authors compared three vocabulary instruction conditions with...
Elementary Students’ Use of Dialect and Reading Achievement: Examining Students With Disabilities
Content type: Journal Article
Nonmainstream American English, or dialect , among children may have important implications for reading research and practice. However, much of the research involving relations between dialect and literacy has analyzed dialect use in only one context and...
Language Abilities, Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills, and Subjective Fatigue in School-Age Children With Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss
Content type: Journal Article
Although reading outcomes for children with hearing loss are improving, too many of these children continue to display persistent reading difficulties. Because of these difficulties, there is an ongoing need to understand the nature of the relationships...
Early Literacy Support for Students With Physical Disabilities and Complex Communication Needs
Content type: Journal Article
Literacy skills for students with physical disabilities and complex communication needs (PDCCN) who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) are critical. However, without systematic instruction and appropriate adaptations, these individuals...
Practice-Based Coaching to Support Paraeducator Implementation of Shared Book-Reading Strategies in Preschool
Content type: Journal Article
The practice based coaching (PBC) framework offers early childhood special educators (e.g., teachers and paraprofessionals) the opportunity to collaborate in order to best support the needs of the children in their classroom. Evidence-based strategies (i.e...
Shared Reading and Guided Play for Vocabulary Instruction With Young Children
Content type: Journal Article
Delays in oral language development in early childhood can be an indicator for later reading disabilities and affect students’ overall school success through high school. Fortunately, there are research-based approaches to help young students at risk for...