Julia Phillips Dr.

Guenzel ENC 1102 February 25, 2014

Research Dossier: Deaf Children with autism

Dossier Introduction
Researching different types of education strategies and methods has helped me find new evidence for how to teach communicating skills to a child who is both deaf and autistic. As people know a child can be deaf or autistic but have never have put the two together as one. About 1 out of 59 children will be deaf and autistic according to a study done in 2010 from the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities by Christen Szymanski. As there is an increase in the number of children who are deaf and have autism our teaching methods and our technology has to improve. By comparing the education system and various teaching methods on children who are hearing, deaf or autistic can help improve the communication with children who are both deaf and autistic. The education system brings up a lot of debate on what methods and skills should a teacher use to teach a child. The most common methods used in teaching are informal instruction (based on students interest), Direct instruction (lecturing), Inquiry-based learning (using problem solving and critical thinking to get an answer), Cooperative learning (small groups), and information processing strategies (memorizing). But a child with autism or who is deaf need certain accommodations in the classroom in order to understand the lesson. Such as, visual aids, examples from their lives, praise, body language and most of all motivation. If the student is motivated to learn you can teach them anything. Many parents believe that school is where kids learn and not at home. Which may be true on some account but not really. Parents have to take responsibility for their childs communication skills and education especially when there special needs. Many parents of special need children feel quite lost in the subject of communicating. How should I go about doing it? What steps should I take? How can I help them learn? Will music help them focus? How should I act around my child? Each question can be a battle of its own. A woman told me that she would take her child to a grocery store and pick up every item in the produce department. She would sound out the name of the item and allow the child to hold the item and try. This child did not speak till the age of 4 but this mother was very persistent in her teachings. Until parents, teachers and communitys get on board with helping deaf and autistic children to communicate with new methods and ideas then these children will be lost in the world of confusion.

Questions: How can deaf children with autism help advance the communication skills in hearing children with autism? What are the different methods used on deaf children rather than hearing children with autism? How do you know if your child is autistic and deaf, what are the signs? What steps do parents take to help with their childs education?

Keywords: 1. Deaf children, autism, hearing children ,help, advance 2. Different, autism, hearing, deaf, methods 3. Child, deaf, autism Types of research: Library: Siegel, Bryna. Helping Children with Autism Learn: A Guide to Treatment Approaches for Parents and Professionals. New York: Oxford University Press.2007.print Marschark, Mark. Raising and Educating a Deaf Child. New York: Oxford University Press. 2009. Print

Internet: Google Wikipedia Eric institute of education

Articles: Malandraki, Georgia A., and Okalidou, Areti. The Application of PECS in a Deaf Child with Autism: A Case Study. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, volume 22, number 1, pages 23-32, Spring 2007. "Hearing-impaired autistic children," in Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, December 1991. "Early Intervention in Deafness and Autism: One Familys Experiences, Reflections, and Recommendations," by Katharine Beals, PhD, published in Infants and Young Children, Volume 17, No. 4, pp. 284290

Field: Interviews: o Cork elementary o Parent of deaf/autistic child o Teachers

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Annotated Bibliography Cork Education Support Centre. "Teaching Approaches Appropriate for Students with ASDs." Home Page. Special Education Support Service, n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2014. The author informs the reader about the appropriate teaching approaches to students with Autism. Each approach should be based on the child individually and it gives examples on different approaches to use. The website is the official website for the Special Education Support Service (SESS) which helps students with a live helping tool for education. The website caters to all different disabilitys not just autism.

Cox/LPC, Deb. "Teaching Strategies for Hearing Impaired Students: Disabilities Services: University College." Teaching Strategies for Hearing Impaired Students: Disabilities Services: University College. Big Rapids, Michigan USA, n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. The author, from Ferris State University Disabilities Services, uses information to help a teacher who has a hearing impaired student in their class. The article gives the teacher insight on what to do and say on the first day of class. Also how to engage the student in lessons throughout the rest of the year. The website is the official website for Ferris State University Disabilities service. The site is from the college to show and help cater to the students with disabilitys.

Elias, Maurice. "Use Music to Develop Kids' Skills and Character." Edutopia. 2014 The George Lucas Educational Foundation, n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. This author gives us an overall picture on how music can an already has affected our lives. In education, music is very important as it stimulates our brain in three different places and it allows us remember things clearly. The author is Maurice Ellais who works as professor at Rutgers University Psychology Department. The websight is called Edutopia which mission is to improve the educational program through new teaching stratagies. It is run by George Lucas.

Harris, Bronwyn."What Are Some Different Teaching Methods?" WiseGEEK. 2003 - 2014 Conjecture Corporation, n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2014. The author informs teachers on what they should do to have each student learn and grow to their full potential. The article is broken up in to different methods a teacher could use in the class room. The most common methods that are given are Inquiry-based learning, Cooperative learning, and information processing strategies. The author Bronwyn Harris is a Director of education Harbor House Ministries, Education teacher California State University and an editor, content manger, and writer for the website WiseGeek. She helps students through tutoring and writes information for teachers to better kids learning.

Lemire, Kris. "VCDHH." Deaf-Autism Program. 2013 Vermont Center for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing, n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2014. The author gives a a overall view on autism and a deaf child. What a parent can do and how to deal with the situation. How a person can get involved in to a community. Also different types of experiences of real people who talk about their experiences with a deaf and autistic child. The author Jamie Berke is a deaf woman who wants to tell the world of her personal experiences and issues that are happening in the deaf community around her. The cite about.com Deafness allows people to experience deafness in their own way. According to Berke deafness is not something you see, but something you experience. .

Marschark, Marc, Harry G. Lang, and John A. Albertini. "Educating Deaf Students: From Research to Practice." By Marc Marschark, Harry G. Lang, John A. Albertini, 2002. Oxfoed University Press, n.d. Print. 19 Feb. 2014. The authors, Researchers at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, use data from personal experiences and research they have done within the institute to focus on the needs and strengths of deaf children. They also focus on methods that have been successful and ones that have not been successful for both deaf and hearing children. By coming to terms with what we do and dont know allows the authors to give parents, teachers, administrators new thoughts about educating deaf students. The authors Marc Marschark is a director for research, teaching, and learning at the national Technical Institute for the deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He has written three different books on the subject of deaf children. Harry G. Lang also work at the insitue with Marschark. He is deaf and works as professor. He has written books on the deaf culture and technology.

aradi , alerie. Elijah's Cup: A Family's Journey into the Community and Culture of High-functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome. New York: Free, 2002. Print. The author, Executive Director of the Autistic Global Initiative of the Autism Research Institute and the director of Valerie Paradiz LLC, uses her personal experiences as a mother of an autistic child and the social hardship of the community to develop the book. It give insight to the world of not just an autistic child but also the family. The process she took and the rough times she faced with her son from feeling out casted to having a sense of community again are all explained in this book. The author wrote this book based on her two year old son who has autism. She gives personal experiences. She has written more books on children and suffering teens.

Quill, Kathleen Ann. "Teaching Children with Autism: Strategies to Enhance Communication and Socialization (Health & Life Science) [Paperback]." Teaching Children with Autism: Strategies to Enhance

Communication and Socialization (Health & Life Science): Kathleen Ann Quill: Cengage Learning; 1 Edition (June 8, 1995), n.d. Print. 19 Feb. 2014. The author, from the Autism Institute, writes the book to create solutions that can take research and practice to have a quality education for autistic students. The individual strengths and learning styles of a student is what the book focuses. It gives teaching strategies and instructions to enhance communication and socialization in autistic children. Just like in Marsharks book "Educating Deaf Students: From Research to Practice, the book by Quill can help educate parents, teachers, and administration about children with autism. The author is an advocate for quality education for students with autism. She has wrote others book on children with autism. The website is the Autism Institute run by Quill and it has many resources for people who have relationships with an autistic person.

Szymanski, Christen A., Patrick J. Brice, Kay H. Lam, and Sue A. Hotto. "Deaf Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 42.10 (2012): 2027-037. Print. The authors, Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, Gallaudet University, use research from 20092010 Annual Survey of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Youth to hypothesize that many children who are autistic also have hearing loss. The results indicate that 1 in 59 children who have autism also have comorbid hearing loss. The children who were 8 years old had it the most. By this occurrence in the journal it states that more things need to be researched in a community of people that receives little attention. The author Christen Szymanski is an active investigator for symptoms in children who are deaf and autistic. Patrick John Price He works at Gallaudet University and has studied deaf children and their communication skills. Thy both have written other things relating to children who are deaf and autistic.

The Center for Teaching and Learning. "150 Teaching Methods." News. 2014 UNC Charlotte, n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014. This article is a list of 120 teaching methods that teachers can use to help their students learn the most effectually. It give no opinion on to what method actually would work the best that is for the reader to decided. The website is the University of North Carolina in Charlotte official website. The information was posted under the Center for Teaching and Learning by the Division of Academy Affairs. The college is giving the public insight to what they offer in there school and the types of learning resources they offer.