Investigating good practice in supporting deaf pupils in mainstream schools

This paper describes a study of reported good practice in deaf education an d discusses some of its main findings. A postal questionnaire was used to a sk a wide number of parents, teachers and others for their views on the con stituents of good practice in deaf education and to recommend schools. A se lection was made from the nominations and a number of case studies undertak en across a range of educational approaches and placements. The findings di scussed here concern the support of deaf pupils in mainstream schools.