Journal of Communication Disorders, Deaf Studies & Hearing Aids
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Special and Differentiated Education – Deaf Education, School of Education, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

Biography

Author affiliation was Department of Deaf Education, School of Education, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico. Author main research interest was on the topic related to the deaf education and hearing 

Publications

• Research Article   
  Art as a scaffold Designed for Communication of Hispanic Deaf People after Natural Disasters: A Mean to Communicate Feelings
  Author(s): Gabriela S. EstevesQuiñones* and Juanita Rodríguez
  
  This research started in Puerto Rico in December 2017, two months after Hurricane Maria in which art, like painting and drawing, was used as an expression strategy for Deaf students to share how they felt after this catastrophic event. Two years have passed since hurricane María, and still, there are Deaf students who demonstrate repressed feelings towards this event. It was necessary to continue exploring the drawing technique with Deaf students because this population did not receive assistance (emotional assistance) to express their feelings like hearing students received as part of the intervention protocols after disasters, such as hurricane María. Agencies and organizations like Red Cross, and the American Child and Adolescents Psychiatric Association identified the emotional needs of children and adolescents in the Island and provided psychological support to hand.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2375-4427.20.8.195

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