Research / Resources cont.

Title Website Address Description
Principles for Reading to Deaf Children
(Gallaudet University, Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center)
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/literacy/srp/15princ.html A thorough examination of the principles of reading to deaf children, with references.
PRINTS Family Literacy Network www.nald.ca/prints/Research/1.htm An independent voluntary organization dedicated to promoting literacy development. Research project on the nature and effectiveness of a family literacy program; parents’ roles interacting with teacher support.
Reading to Deaf Children, Learning From Deaf Adults
(Gallaudet University, Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center)
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Literacy/srp/r2dc.html Provides basic information about the Reading to Deaf Children, Learning From Deaf Adults workshops based on 15 principles for reading with deaf and hard-of-hearing children.
ReadWriteThink www.readwritethink.org Reading/language teaching resources. Partnership between IRA and National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and Marco Polo Education Foundation.
Shared Reading, Shared Success
(Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center)
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Literacy/srp/shared.html Introduction to the Shared Reading Program, “designed to teach parents and other caregivers how to read to their deaf children using American Sign Language and how to use strategies to make book sharing most effective.”
Up2us.com www.up2us.ca Activities provide computer-based strategies for enhancing computer, literacy and play activities of adults and their children.