Identification and Placement for Deaf Students With Multiple Disabilities: Choosing the Path Less Followed

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Abstract

Students with a hearing loss often have an additional disability. Although the number of deaf students with multiple disabilities is growing, research on this population has significantly decreased over the past quarter-century. The article reviews the literature on identification and placement of deaf students with multiple disabilities, specifically deaf students with one of the following disabilities: autism, emotional/behavior disorders, attention deficit disorders, or mental retardation. Degree of incidence is also reported, and is compared with statistics from the annual report of the Gallaudet Research Institute (2005). Included in the review are suggestions for future research and implications for professionals in the field of deafness.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)55-64
Number of pages10
JournalAmerican Annals of the Deaf
Volume153
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008

Keywords

  • Deaf students
  • multiple disabilities
  • Autism
  • emotional/behavior disorders
  • attention deficit disorders
  • mental retardation
  • educational servicies
  • special needs students
  • identification and placement

Disciplines

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Psychology

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