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Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Advance Access published online on June 14, 2007
The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, doi:10.1093/deafed/enm028
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Social Integration of Deaf Children in Inclusive Settings

Loes N. Wauters

Radboud University Nijmegen

Harry Knoors

Viataal


  Abstract

This article examines social integration of deaf children in inclusive settings in The Netherlands. Eighteen Grade 1–5 deaf children and their 344 hearing classmates completed 2 sociometric tasks, peer ratings and peer nomination, to measure peer acceptance, social competence, and friendship relations. Deaf and hearing children were found to be similar in their peer acceptance and friendship relations, but differences occurred in social competence. Deaf children scored lower than hearing children on prosocial behavior and higher on socially withdrawn behavior. Structural equation modeling showed peer acceptance, social competence, and friendship relations to be stable over time, and the structure of interrelations between variables at 2 measurements were found to be the same for deaf and hearing participants.

Correspondence should be sent to Loes N. Wauters, Department of Special Education, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands (e-mail: l.wauters{at}pwo.ru.nl).

Received January 22, 2007; revised April 10, 2007; accepted April 23, 2007


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