Interveners with DeafBlind students: Training and other resources
One U.S. program improved training for interveners with DeafBlind students. A teacher and intervener work together in the classroom.
Best practices for educating deaf students
Learn the best practices for teaching literacy skills, or math and science, to deaf and hard of hearing students.
Deaf communities and signed languages in five continents
Twenty-four researchers studied Deaf communities and signed languages in five continents. They explain the history of the signed languages.
Stress among teachers of deaf students
What can cause stress among teachers of deaf students? Researchers answer this question and discuss how to support teachers.
Teaching deaf students with additional disabilities
What are the experiences of educators teaching deaf students with additional disabilities? How should training for teachers improve?
Guidance for new teachers of young deaf students
You are starting your career, and you need guidance for new teachers of young deaf students. This guide is a start.
Online education to train new teachers in deaf education
Some universities use online education to train new teachers in deaf education. The article shares the experience of one such program in United States.
Teacher attitudes toward deaf students in Mississippi, USA
The author researches teacher attitudes toward deaf students in the United States, with a literature review and a teacher survey.
Touch as a teaching strategy with DeafBlind children
Teachers use touch as a teaching strategy for deafblind children with additional disabilities. Which strategies work best?
Teachers can make simple changes
Deaf students face many challenges in a classroom with hearing peers. But teachers can make simple changes to resolve them.
Learning signs early helps deaf children read
Comparing literacy skills among four groups of children in four countries helps conclude that learning signs early helps deaf children read.
California supports right to language access
In its position statement, the Department of Education of California supports right to language access for deaf and hard of hearing children.
How pediatricians can advise parents of deaf babies
When a child is born deaf, decisions can be overwhelming. The authors give guidance on how pediatricians can advise parents of deaf babies.
Language Policy in Deaf Education
What language should schools use when teaching deaf students? The authors summarize the research about language policy in deaf education.
Guides on Classroom Interpreting for Deaf Students
Six guides on classroom interpreting for deaf students can guide interpreters, administrators, and others in helping them access language.
All Children Benefit from Sign Language, Deaf or Hearing
According to research, all children benefit from sign language. Babies who are deaf or hard of hearing benefit. And so do hearing babies.
Health professionals should advise parents to use sign language
Read the evidence: Why health professionals should advise parents to use sign language with their deaf children–even with cochlear implants.
Time to rethink old advice?
In high-income countries, where they can diagnose deafness and give cochlear implants during infancy, is it time to rethink old advice?
Communication access and an education
First, their parents fought for their communication access and an education. A generation later, a Deaf man and his wife have the same fight.
Family-centered education: Two families, two stories
Family-centered education helped two families in New Mexico, USA, support the education of their Deaf children.