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Developing Communication Skills in Deaf Primary School Pupils: Introducing and Evaluating the SmiLE Approach
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Alton, Sherryn; Herman, Rosalind; Pring, Tim – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2011
Many profoundly deaf signers have difficulty communicating with hearing people. This article describes a therapy called "Strategies and Measurable Interaction in Live English" (smiLE; Schamroth and Threadgill, 2007a), an approach used to teach deaf children skills to become successful communicators in real-life situations. This study…
Descriptors: Deafness, Communication Skills, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods