Educating Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Total Communication

Autor/a: HAWKINS, L.; BRAWNER, J.
Año: 1997
Editorial: ERIC Digests, nº 559 (1997)
Tipo de código: Copyright
Soporte: Digital

Temas

Medios de comunicación y acceso a la información » Sistemas alternativos de comunicación

Detalles

Total communication (TC), a term coined by Roy Holcomb in 1967, is the title of a philosophy of communication, not a method (Scouten, 1984). Total communication may involve one or several modes of communication (manual, oral, auditory, and written), depending on the particular needs of the child. The original expectation of TC was for teachers to use the communication method(s) most appropriate for a particular child at a particular stage of development. Therefore, there would be situations when spoken communication might be appropriate, other situations where signing might be appropriate, others that would call for written communication, and still others where simultaneous communication might work best (Solit, Taylor & Bednarczyk, 1992).