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IVResearch Programs and Services A.Research Projects: Schools and Classes B.Doctoral Dissertations Research and/or Demonstration Projects in Schools and Classes for the Deaf Listed in this section are current (1984-85) research and/or demonstration projects reported by schools and classes for the deaf in the United States and Canada. To provide a clearer focus, the ECIA: Chapter I projects are presented separately, followed by other projects conducted at the reporting sources. ECIA: Chapter I Projects funded through the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) — Chapter I, State Agency Program: Handicapped — are listed below. This act supplanted the legislation stemming from Part B, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 (P.L. 89-10), as amended by P.L. 89-313, authorizing aid to state agencies operating or supporting schools for handicapped children. Since 1965, various amendments to the act have resulted in the following series of laws: P.L. 90-247, P.L. 91-230, P.L. 93-380 and P.L. 95-561. In addition to the identified "projects" 59 schools or classes indicated that they used ECIA: Chapter I funding for providing supplemental services, supplies, or equipment to hearing-impaired students, although they did not specify project title or components. Alabama Media and Library Services and Language Development Programs; D. Patterson Alabama Institute f/t Deaf and Blind, Talladega Arizona Special and Supportive Instructional Service (preschool; library/media support; instructional aides; hearing aid maintenance); K. Rislov Arizona State School f/t Deaf and Blind, Tucson Arkansas Speech and Language Program for the Hearing Impaired; Parent/Infant Program; Pupil Support Services (psychological and audiological evaluation); J. Finch Arkansas School f/t Deaf, Little Rock California Bilingual Program (Total Communication; math lab; communication lab) Marlton School f/t Deaf, Los Angeles Developmentally Based Individualized Learning Programs in the Areas of Reading, Language, and Math; P. Small California School f/t Deaf, Riverside Bilingual Education; S. Blanco Joe Nightingale School, Santa Maria Colorado Support Services (work-skill development; IEP implementation for the multihandicapped; tutor interpreting ) Colorado School f/t Deaf, Colorado Springs Connecticut Parent Education and Early Intervention, Communication Skills Training; E.F. Peltier American School f/t Deaf, West Hartford Delaware Psycho-Social-Educational Motor Development of Hearing Impaired Students; Statewide Educational Program for Deaf-Blind (district programs for hearing impaired; occupational therapy; graphic arts/woodworking; deafblind program); F. E. Thomure Margaret S. Sterck School f/t Deaf, Newark District of Columbia City-Wide Schools Supplemental Services Project (classroom support; speech therapy; psychological services); D.V. Burket D. C. Public Schools, Special Education Division Florida Curriculum Speech Training and Computer Literacy; D. Wasserman School Board of Broward Co., Fort Lauderdale Support Services (Teacher Aides; language resource/ media services; programmed instruction; hands-on art education; snack bar operation; school-home liaison; staff and curriculum development); K.D. Randall Florida School f/t Deaf and Blind, St. Augustine Curriculum Development and Computer Applications; E. Brown Pinellas Co. Public Schools, St. Petersburg 184 Research/Demonstration Projects A.A.D. /April 1985 Georgia Reading/Language Component; Personal and Behavioral Skills Training Component (self-care skills; grooming skills; interaction of hearing impaired with hearing peers); E. Ziegler; B. Tidwell Georgia School f/t Deaf, Cave Spring Supplementary Instruction in Academics (instructional media activities; instructional aide program); M.K. McCubbin Atlanta Area School f/t Deaf, Clarkston Hawaii Computer Literacy Program for the Hearing Impaired; S. Agcaoili Hawaii School f/t Deaf and Blind, Honolulu Illinois Arts-Based Education for Special Education Pupils (curriculum -based, multi-modal training in dance); G. Steele Alexander Graham Bell School, Chicago Parent Infant Education Program Mark T. Skinner School, Chicago Support Services (vocational training; life skills training; rec/leisure skill development); L. Cummings Illinois Deaf Blind Service Ctr. and School, Glen Ellyn Sign Language Classes for Normal Hearing Children Lake Co. Special Education District, Gurnee Reading Supplements (developmental, remedial, functional , and leisure time reading); W. Scott Illinois School f/t Deaf, Jacksonville Motor Skills and Daily Living Skills; H.M. Jacoby Illinois School f/t Visually Impaired, Jacksonville Iowa A Special Program to Benefit Deaf Children/Parents (physical therapy; summer travel team program; speech services; art instruction; LIFE—Living Independently Fundamental Education...

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