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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED303932 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Toward Equality: Education of the Deaf. A Report to
the President and the Congress of the United States.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1988
NOTE: 171 p.
AVAILABILITY: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 (Stock No. 052-003
01102-6; $12.00).
ABSTRACT: The report concludes that education of persons who
are deaf in the United States is characterized by
inappropriate priorities and inadequate resources. Among
deficiencies identified are the failure to implement
available preventive and early identification procedures,
monitor educational programs, and use tools of advancing
technology. Specific recommendations are made for the
following areas of need: (1) prevention and early
identification; (2) elementary and secondary education
including language acquisition, appropriate education, least
restrictive environment, parents' rights, evaluation and
assessment, program standards, quality education, American
Sign Language, Gallaudet University's pre-college programs;
(3) federal postsecondary education systems including
regional programs, adult and continuing education,
comprehensive service centers, evaluation and oversight,
admission policies, affirmative action, governing bodies;
(4) research, evaluation, and outreach including the
National Center on Deafness Research, and development of
research plans; (5) professional standards and training
including early childhood, state councils, preservice and
inservice training, elementary and secondary teacher
training, competency requirements, training for teachers in
regular education settings, federal support for teacher
preparation, educational interpreters, rehabilitation
interpreters, traineeships; (6) technology including
mandatory captioning, distribution of federal funds, built
in decoders, accessibility of the federal government,
funding for technology, accessible equipment, assistive
devices centers, national symposia, media services and
captioned film program; and (7) clearinghouses and the
Committee on Deaf/Blindness. (DB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: American-Sign-Language; Deaf-Interpreting;
Educational-Technology; Elementary-Secondary-Education;
Handicap-Identification; Higher-Education; Language
Acquisition; Parent-Participation; Postsecondary-Education;
Prevention-; Rehabilitation-; Research-Needs; Special
Schools; Standards-; Student-Evaluation; Teacher-Education
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Deafness-; *Educational-Needs; *Government
Role
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