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Reviews Star Trails Homework and Carryover Packet for the G) Sound Using Duplicating Masters, 70 pp., price not given, Communication Skill Builders, Inc., 815 E. Broadway, Box 42050, Tucson, Ariz. 85733, 1978. This material is part of an instructional series designed to provide supplementary stimulation for articulation programs. The primary objective is to provide motivating methods for the student to use independently outside of the therapy room. The authors present a systematic instructional articulation sequence for initial presentation and reinforcement exercises. The availability of short-term objectives, duplicating masters, and competency testing procedures within one program should answer some insitructor 's prayers! This material was designed for remediation work in the area of articulation. Instructors may need to modify a great deal of the language and reading material that is presented in order to meet the needs of students who are deaf. Kenneth D. Randall, MS, MA Principal, Department for the Deaf Florida School for the Deaf & Blind St. Augustine, FIa. 32084 The Bilingual Child, Research and Analysis of Existing Educational Themes, Antonio Simoes, Jr. (ed.), 272 pp., $16.50, Academic Press, Inc., Ill Fifth Avenue , New York, N. Y. 10003, 1976. Simoes has edited a useful collection of 14 readings for the educator and researcher interested in bilingual-bicultural education for young children. The book is divided into four sections: (1) cognitive and effective studies, (2) educational programs, (3) teacher-related issues , and (4) general concerns. It is essential reading as educators consider the relationships between varieties of sign language and varieties of English and the roles of these languages and their corresponding cultures in the classroom. Several themes are evident throughout this book which are of particular interest to those concerned with education of deaf children. One is the relationship between the child's identity and the language of family and friends. Another is the apparent detrimental effect of imposing adult linguistic forms on the young language learner. A third theme is the importance of the linguistic socialization that comes by way of the child's peer group. Fourthly, the relationship between the school and its context is emphasized. The educational program must be studied and planned in relation to the community it serves. Finally, the reader is reminded that non-English native languages and cultures are things of beauty and national treasures to be maintained forever. Carol Erting, M.A. Research Specialist Kendall Demonstration Elementary School Gallaudet College Washington, DC. 20002 Shout In Silence, Visual Arts and the Deaf, organized by Rawley A. Silver, Ed.D., 41 pp., $2.00, College of New Rochelle Campus Bookstore, Edith Schultz, Mgr., New Rochelle, N.Y. 10800. This booklet was organized and printed to accompany an exhibition shown in the 81st Street Gallery of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, August 31 through October 3, 1976. The exhibition was presented by the Department of Community Programs. This booklet and the exhibit demonstrated that art can be especially helpful in the education of children who have communication disorders . It can provide opportunities for abstract thinking, imaginary play, and expression of thoughts and feelings that cannot be verbalized . These are the words by Rawley Silver which I feel are extremely worthwhile to look into for all people involved professionally in the education of the deaf. Betty Miller, D. Ed. Art Department Gallaudet College Washington, D.C. 20002 The Exceptional Child: A Primer, Lita Linzer Schwartz, 204 pp., no price given, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc., Belmont, Calif. Because a primer by nature is a brief introduction to a subject, there is a special responsibility to be accurate in tone as well as in content . In the case of the chapter, "Hearing Impaired Children," there are some shortcomings in these areas. It is recommended that hearing-impaired children be taught rules of games so they may become spectators. Why not participants? Unqualified statements are common. For example, it is stated that hearing-impaired children "tend to be less emotionally stable than those with normal hearing ..." In another case: "Lack of mutual understanding leads to A.A.D. I December 1980 1037 ...

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