Speech-Language Pathologists or Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing: Who Is More Qualified To Serve?

Autor/inn/en	Powers, Gerald W.; Schwilk, Christopher L.
Titel	Speech-Language Pathologists or Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing: Who Is More Qualified To Serve?
Quelle	(1997), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Deafness; Elementary Secondary Education; Hearing Impairments; Higher Education; Knowledge Level; Preservice Teacher Education; Special Education Teachers; Speech Language Pathology; Surveys; Teacher Certification; Teacher Competencies; Teacher Qualifications; Therapists; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Wissensbasis; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Lehrkunst; Lehrqualifikation; Therapist; Therapeut
Abstract	A survey of 34 teachers of students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing and 27 speech-language pathologists licensed by the Pennsylvania Board of Examiners in Speech and Hearing investigated who was more qualified to serve this population. The survey consisted of three parts: demographic information, questions about graduate preparation, and a test of knowledge and competency in the field of deaf and hard-of-hearing habilitation/rehabilitation. Results indicate almost all subjects believed the teachers were better prepared overall to work with this population. Eighty-eight percent of the teachers felt they were prepared in teaching language and reading to persons with hearing loss as opposed to only 41 percent of the speech language pathologists. Teachers also averaged 77.14 percent on the test of knowledge and competency (questions were extracted from two documents, a position paper from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Council for Exceptional Children's Council on Education of the Deaf's Joint Knowledge and Skills Document), whereas speech pathologists averaged 58.52 on the same set of questions. The different qualifications of teachers of the deaf and hard-of-hearing and speech-language pathologists are reviewed along with certification requirements. The licensing requirements of Pennsylvania are also discussed. (CR)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC