The purpose of this project was to determine whether a competencybased instructional program can be effectively evaluated by using a discrepancy approach in assessing course content as it relates to competency development.

Included herein is a multi-faceted plan for the social adjustment of deaf emotionally/behaviorally disturbed adolescents. The estimates of hearing-impaired emotionally disturbed children and families needing these services range between 165 to 1,275 i . . .

The objective of this study is to learn some of the effects of one integrated college program on its hearing-impaired student participants in terms of: (1) academic achievement, (2) social growth and (3) personal growth; given a college setting which . . .

The Key for providing better learning experiences for our deaf children is through supervisors and leadership. This manual has been designed to meet the needs of the supervisor in helping provide useful ideas and techniques for "key" problems arising . . .

Project P.L.A.Y. (Preferred Leisure time Activities of Deaf-Blind Youth) was undertaken as a Master's Thesis for completion of the National Leadership Training Program in the Area of the Deaf-Blind from California State University, Northridge. It has . . .

The purpose of this study was the development of suitable guidelines for establishing pre-vocational programs in an educational setting. The research information utilized for this study was elicited from parents, teachers, para-professionals, and voca . . .

By means of mailed questionnaires, educators training teachers of the hearing impaired in the United States were surveyed. Three types of information were gathered: 1) a professional description of teacher educators of the hearing impaired; 2) a descr . . .

The purpose of this study is two-fold. The first is to fill the need for information to ascertain the numbers, distribution, and characteristics of the black deaf adults in the Los Angeles County area. This is needed in planning comprehensive programs . . .

This study dealt with how Rehabilitation Counselors with the Deaf (RCDs) in California ranked in order of priority the subcomponents of their daily activity. The study also investigated the possibility of variance between hearing and hearing-impaired . . .

This report is a preliminary study to find information on the forms of housing arrangements presently existing in the Omaha area. The method of approach decided upon was one based upon the basic concept of needs assessments and priority of the needs a . . .