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Mental Health of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Adolescents: What the Students Say
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Brown, P. Margaret; Cornes, Andrew – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2015
This study investigated the mental health problems of 89 deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) adolescents in New South Wales, Tasmania, and Western Australia. Participants completed the written (for oral students) or signed version for competent Australian Sign Language (Auslan) users version of the Youth Self Report (YSR). Students were educated in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Adolescents
Language Ability and Verbal and Nonverbal Executive Functioning in Deaf Students Communicating in Spoken English
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Remine, Maria D.; Care, Esther; Brown, P. Margaret – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2008
The internal use of language during problem solving is considered to play a key role in executive functioning. This role provides a means for self-reflection and self-questioning during the formation of rules and plans and a capacity to control and monitor behavior during problem-solving activity. Given that increasingly sophisticated language is…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Deafness, Familiarity, Standardized Tests
Assessment of Language Skills in Young Children with Profound Hearing Loss under Two Years of Age.
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Nott, Pauline; Cowan, Robert; Brown, P. Margaret; Cowan, Robert – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2003
The validity of the Diary of Early Language (Di-EL), a parent report technique, was evaluated with nine children with profound hearing loss using cochlear implants or hearing aids. Lexical data, reported by parents using the Di-EL, agreed with results of the Mac Arthur Communicative Development Inventories and the Rossetti Infant Toddler Language…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cochlear Implants, Deafness, Early Childhood Education
Inclusion of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Government Schools in New South Wales, Australia: Development and Implementation of a Policy.
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Byrnes, Linda J.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Rickards, Field W.; Brown, P. Margaret – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2002
This article focuses on how the policy and continuum of services in New South Wales, Australia, for serving students who are deaf or hard of hearing have developed and the attitudes of stakeholders toward both policy and practice. It concludes by attempting to assess the potential effects on students. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Deafness, Delivery Systems, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Structures Underpinning Pretend Play and Word Production in Young Hearing Children and Children with Hearing Loss.
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Brown, P. Margaret; Rickards, Field W.; Bortoli, Anna – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2001
Relationships between pretend play and word production were investigated in 10 hearing toddlers and 10 toddlers with hearing loss who attended an auditory/oral early intervention program. Results showed significantly higher levels of pretend play for the hearing children and an association between level of pretend play and word production for the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Expressive Language, Hearing Impairments