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Marques, Lauralice Raposo; da Silva, Maria Arleide; Payão, Luzia Miscow; da Silva, José Roberto; Alves, João Guilherme – American Annals of the Deaf, 2022
Few studies have assessed frequency of maltreatment and other factors associated with maltreatment of deaf and hard of hearing children. The present study's objective was to verify the frequency of physical and psychological maltreatment and associated factors experienced by DHH children. DHH children from low-income families in Maceió, Brazil,…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Child Abuse, Socioeconomic Status
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Villas Boas, Denise Cintra; Ferreira, Léslie Piccolotto; de Moura, Maria Cecília; Maia, Shirley Rodrigues; Amaral, Isabel – American Annals of the Deaf, 2016
Children with deafblindness need support to be able to understand the world and to have access to information. The authors analyzed a dyad consisting of a child with congenital deafblindness and a specialized teacher. The study included participant observations and audiovisual recordings. It was found that the child showed attention to the teacher…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Children, Deaf Blind
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Pereira, Patricia Cristina Andrade; Fortes, Paulo Antonio de Carvalho – American Annals of the Deaf, 2010
In Brazil, recent regulations require changes in private and public health systems to make special services available to deaf patients. In the present article, the researchers analyze the perceptions of 25 sign language-using patients regarding this assistance. The researchers found communication difficulties between these patients and health…
Descriptors: Health Services, Patients, Foreign Countries, Researchers
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Kelman, Celeste Azulay; Branco, Angela Uchoa – American Annals of the Deaf, 2009
How can an inclusive classroom for deaf students be successful? The use of metacommunication strategies by teachers and hearing peers seems promising. Schools that promote this approach tend to improve deaf students' psychosocial development and academic achievement. However, this is not a general rule. The present study identifies the elements of…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Observation, Sign Language, Deafness
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Bisol, Claudia Alquati; Sperb, Tania Mara; Brewer, Toye H.; Kato, Sergio Kakuta; Shor-Posner, Gail – American Annals of the Deaf, 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, answered a computer-assisted questionnaire. (There was…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Public Schools, Student Attitudes, Health Behavior
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Kelman, Celeste Azulay; Branco, Angela Uchoa – American Annals of the Deaf, 2004
Inclusion of deaf children in regular classrooms is often described as unsuccessful. The present article shows how communicative and metacommunicative strategies used in teacher(s)-deaf students(s) interactions may facilitate inclusion. A fourth-grade classroom was investigated where a coteaching approach--a master teacher working with a teacher…
Descriptors: Deafness, Classroom Environment, Inclusive Schools, Communication Strategies