Reflections of a Group of Deaf Adults on Their Experiences in Mainstream and Residential School Programs in the United States.

Foster, Susan

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Publication Date: 1989

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Reflections of a Group of Deaf Adults on Their Experiences in Mainstream and Residential School Programs in the United States.

Foster, Susan

Disability, Handicap and Society, v4 n1 p37-56 1989

Interviews with 25 graduates from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf indicated respondents felt both mainstream and residential schools offer specific advantages and disadvantages and selection may involve trading academic for social opportunity. Both school experiences are important in the socialization of deaf people and development of deaf community. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Surveys, Mainstreaming, Residential Schools, Social Development, Student Attitudes

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Language: English

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