The paper provides data on the numbers and developmental functioning levels of deaf blind children with maternal rubella. Ramifications of their future needs in the vocational rehabilitation process are considered. (Author)

Interviews with parents of deaf children, some with maternal rubella, are described in terms of the parents' concerns for the future.

Scientific inquiry too often focuses on "what's wrong" and not "what's right" with deaf children, including those with maternal rubella. Failure to succeed should not ignore factors other than etiology, including educational and communicative factors. (Author)

Postsecondary services should be planned for three groups of multihandicapped deaf students: those needing independent living skills, those seeking direct occupational preparation, and those seeking and able to profit from an academic program. Seven guidelines are suggested for program planning and delivery. (Author)

The increased numbers and additional handicaps of deaf students born in the 1963-65 rubella epidemic require not more postsecondary programs, but rather strengthened programs and rehabilitation approaches to vocational and independent living skill training. (Author/CL)

Summarizing salient information from the preceding papers (EC 132 316-326), the author cites nine major issues and recommendations, including the fact that considerable underutilized legislation should be brought to bear on the needs of children and adults with rubella. (Author)

Analysis of questionnaires completed by 195 teachers of deaf blind children indicated that speech, signs, gestures, and writing were the primary communication methods most frequently employed. Possible reasons for the teachers' disproportionate use of speech are considered. (CL)

Two hundred forty deaf education professionals completed an inventory on burnout, career motivation, and job satisfaction. Teachers of deaf students were more likely to experience burnout than teachers of nonhandicapped children and teachers aged 27 through 30 expressed the highest degree of emotional exhaustion. (CL)

The language acquisition process in the hearing infant is reviewed and its potential as a model for an initial language program for the deaf child is considered. (Author)

The survey investigated psychological services available in 95 schools and programs for hearing impaired children in New York State and New England states. The results indicated that most institutions provide psychological services and that the providers of such services perform similar roles. (Author)

The case of a deaf preschool child whose parents and teacher cooperated in a Total Communication and Signed English approach is cited. A record of the child's utterances is presented to illustrate growth in language to a level near that of a hearing child. (CL)

The word identification directives developed by the Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI) were modified for use in a Total Communication integrated classroom with seven hearing impaired third graders. Pilot tests showed that the hearing impaired students substantially increased their reading and spelling vocabularies. (Author)

The study examined the adequacy of replacing generics with more gender neutral terms (e.g., someone or people) for 141 eight to eighteen year old hearing impaired students. Results showed that generally the neutral terms enabled students to limit masculine bias. (Author)

One year after the first evaluation, teachers rated 18 hearing impaired children on their frequency of use of the Signed English markers. On the average, the group showed a slight improvement in their use of the marker system. Additionally, frequency of use of each of the 14 markers was also rated by the teachers. (Author)

An analysis of 4,887 U.S. teachers of the deaf indicated that the teachers tended to be young, female, married, White, and well educated. Data were compared with results of a similar study of public school teachers. Teachers of the hearing impaired differed from public school teachers in several respects, including age, sex, marital status,…