The use of dramatization to teach social studies to hearing-impaired children

This paper reviews a study to determine the effectiveness of dramatization in teaching social studies to hearing impaired children.

The influence of siblings on the development of social skills in children who are deaf or hard of hearing

A study observing the influence of siblings or lack thereof, birth order and vocabulary skills on social skills of adolescent cochlear implant recipients using ratings from their parents.

The social difficulties children encounter transitioning from a self-contained deaf education program into a general education program

This study examines the difficulties, particularly social, a child who is deaf/hard of hearing encounters transitioning from a self-contained program into the general education setting. The information gathered was used to create a children's story as a helpful tool.

A comparison of social-emotional patterns of day versus residential students enrolled in an oral educational setting

This paper reviews a study of CID students and their scores on the Meadow-Kendall Social-Emotional Assessment Inventory test (SEAI).

A comparison of social interaction between groups of multiply handicapped and hearing-impaired children

This paper reviews a study to determine the differences between multiply handicapped and deaf children in social interactions.

Social skills training for the deaf child

This paper discusses social training skills for deaf children.

The school and the social-emotional adjustment of hearing-impaired adolescents

This paper reviews the social and emotional issues of hearing impaired adolescents.

Social skills issues of mainstreaming hearing-impaired children

This paper is a literature review covering the social skills challenges inherent in mainstreaming hearing-impaired children with their hearing peers.

Development of a social studies unit on westward expansion in the United States at a beginning 3rd grade level

This paper is a curriculum packet for teaching of the westward expansion in the United States for a third grade level.

Development of a social studies unit on world geography written at a third grade reading level

This paper discusses a curriculum for teaching world geography at a third grade level.

Promoting social skills in hearing impaired children ages 11 - 14

This paper presents a project teaching social skills to hearing-impaired children ages 11 to 14. Three categories of social skills are included - sportsmanship, sharing, and cooperating – and are practiced by means of recreational and leisure activities and through role plays.

Evaluating social skills in long term cochlear implant recipients

A longitudinal study observing cochlear implant recipients' social skills using ratings from their parents and the students themselves over time. The study looked at how adolescents using cochlear implants rate their own social skills compared to an age matched normative group of hearing students, and compared these ratings with social skills ratings obtained from their parents. The study also compared social ratings in adolescence to previous ratings of the same children obtained in elementary school.

Activities for social skills development in deaf children preparing to enter the mainstream

A sample of regular education teachers was surveyed to assess the social skills of recently mainstreamed students from oral deaf programs in their classrooms. In addition, a curriculum of social skills activities was developed to help prepare students from oral deaf schools to enter the mainstream.