History of Deaf Education

By emilyphanco
  • Period: 1500 to

    Early Deaf Education

    Structured Education (Drills and Repetition)

  • Juan Pablo Bonet (Spain) published first book on fingerspelling and deaf education

  • Period: to

    Deaf Education Continues

    Structured Approach (Instructional strategies kept secret)

  • Pereira - First teacher of the deaf in France

    (1715-1780). One of the first to use a natural approach

  • Natural Approach to Deaf Education becomes more popular in 1800s

  • Theory of Ciphers (Sicard)

    Theory of Ciphers

  • Gallaudet and Clerc brought system of French deaf education to USA (Connecticut)

  • The Hartford System (Barnard at ASD)

  • Lexington School becomes the first pure oral school in USA

  • The Storrs Symbols

  • Greenberger (Lexington School for Deaf) and Westervelt (Rochester School for Deaf) spoke out against structured approach

  • The Wing Symbols

  • Milan Conference Promotes Oral Education

  • Barry Five Slates

  • Electrical Hearing Aid Invented

  • Stokoe publishes his findings about sign language as a legitimate language.

  • Country's first nationally broadcast captioned program (The French Chef)

  • The Rehabilitation Act

    Deaf individuals get federal funding for phones and interpreters

  • PL 94-142- guarantees deaf children to receive a free, appropriate public education.

  • Deaf President Now Movement

  • American with Disabilities Act

  • No Child Left Behind Act- Deaf students not excluded from any type of assessment available to hearing children

  • IDEA - Services for DHH children

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