Deaf Adults in New England; An Exploratory Service Program.

Autor/inn/en	Lawrence, Clifford A.; Vescovi, Geno M.
Institution	Morgan Memorial, Inc., Boston, MA.
Titel	Deaf Adults in New England; An Exploratory Service Program.
Quelle	(1967), (105 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Ancillary Services; Career Counseling; Communication Skills; Exceptional Child Research; Hearing Impairments; Individual Characteristics; Language Skills; Occupational Tests; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Psychological Evaluation; Social Services; Staff Role; Testing; Vocational Rehabilitation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Kommunikationsstil; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Berufseignungsprüfung; Programmplanung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Psychosoziale Beurteilung; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Testdurchführung; Testen; Berufliche Rehabilitation
Abstract	To provide deaf adults with services they had not previously received and to demonstrate the efficacy of providing these services in a setting with hearing clients, the Deaf Adult Project was developed. During 1965, 10 clients were served; staff members were recruited and added during the next two years; and over a 3-year period 194 clients were referred and 126 were served. The core service was rehabilitation counseling; other services included psychological and psychiatric evaluation and testing, social work services, and ancillary services. The majority of the 126 clients were young; 51.6% were between 15 and 24 years of age; males outnumbered females 87 to 39; 73.81% were prelingually deafened; and illiteracy represented the most frequent vocational handicap with 46.8% of the 126 clients unable to read at the fourth grade level. Seventy-seven clients were either employed or in academic or vocational programs after leaving the project. Conclusions were as follows: there is a continuing need for services for deaf adults; there was a direct relationship between availability of staff and the ability to develop a caseload and provide services; lack of staff hampered stimulation of referrals; there was a major failing of educational methods with the clients, many of whom were normal or above in intelligence; and more services were needed. Implications for the future and recommendations are reported. (RJ)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01