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Abstract
In 1970 Gallaudet College initiated undergraduate social work education. The purpose was to increase professional opportunities for deaf students and to provide deaf people with the social services they do not ordinarily receive. The needs of both student and client groups are discussed, with emphasis on teaching techniques and skills required to serve the deaf population. Hearing students can acquire the necessary skills with provision made for adequate communication, and with the introduction of courses on deafness in social work programs.
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Dorothy P. Polakoff
DOROTHY P. POLAKOFF is the director of the social work program at Gallaudet College, Washington, D. C. This paper originally was presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting in Boston, March 5, 1979.