Jean Andrews|Beth Hamilton|Kim Misener Dunn|M. Diane Clark
Early Reading for Young Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: Alternative Frameworks
Lamar University|Lamar University|Gallaudet University|Clemson University|Lamar University
deaf children develop reading skills using visual language bridge meaning english print without use english auditory phonologyto end five deafcentric frameworks described take account use visual language visual learning well use deaf cultural role models teaching readingmoving away deficit model frameworks focus deaf 1 students act reading order document actual behaviors using bilingual american sign languageenglish philosophythese five models suggest involved reading simply bottomup codebased strategies based spoken languagemultiple pathways recommended based work treisman idea fault tolerant approaches permit encourage multiple pathways deaf readers