Gina A Oliva: 2 books
Alone in the Mainstream
A Deaf Woman Remembers Public School
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
When Gina Oliva first went to school in 1955, she didn’t know that she was “different.” If the kindergarten teacher played a tune on the piano to signal the next exercise, Oliva didn’t react because she couldn’t hear the music. So began her journey as a “solitary,” her term for being...
Turning the Tide
Making Life Better for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Schoolchildren
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Both Gina A. Oliva and Linda Risser Lytle know what it is like to be the only deaf student in a mainstream school. Though they became successful educators, they recognize the need to research the same isolation experienced by other deaf and hard of hearing persons. In this way, they hope to improve...