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This book is a scholarly resource that provides guiding principles and strategies for early intervention professionals working with deaf and hard of hearing infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and their families. The book takes a family-centered approach and supplements its broad research base with concrete suggestions and vignettes illustrating the experiences of early interventionists and parents of deaf and hard of hearing young children. It emphasizes viewing young deaf children and their families within community, cultural, and linguistic frameworks in order to evaluate their needs appropriately and to enhance the quality of services provided to them. This book discusses language and literacy, family-centered services, legislation and policy considerations, program development and evaluation, and educational strategies for teaching young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. An appendix includes lists of useful resources and organizations with contact information and web addresses.
"Effective, interesting and comprehensive ... successfully integrates current research and practical applications in a style that is engaging for readers."--Pamela Winton, Ph.D."Senior Scientist and Director of Outreach, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina" (01/01/2003)
| About the Editors | p. xi |
| Contributors | p. xiii |
| Foreword | p. xv |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. xix |
| The Family | |
| The Deaf Child in the Family | p. 3 |
| Support for Parents: Promoting Visual Attention and Literacy in a Changing World | p. 39 |
| Family Rights, Legislation, and Policies: What Professionals Need to Know to Promote Family Involvement and Advocacy | p. 61 |
| Program Foundations | |
| Identification of Permanent Childhood Hearing Loss Through Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Programs | p. 99 |
| Family-Centered Developmental Assessment | p. 127 |
| Programs and Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Their Families | p. 153 |
| Evaluation of Early Intervention Programs | p. 187 |
| Challenges in Early Education | |
| The Hard of Hearing Child: The Importance of Appropriate Programming | p. 223 |
| Inclusion of Young Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing | p. 255 |
| Educating Young Deaf Children with Multiple Disabilities | p. 297 |
| Language and Communication | |
| Parent-Child Interaction: Implications for Intervention and Development | p. 333 |
| Language and Literacy Development in Deaf Children: Implications of a Sociocultural Perspective | p. 373 |
| Technology: Its Impact on Education and the Future | p. 403 |
| Research Models | |
| Redefining Family-Centered Services: Early Interventionist as Ethnographer | p. 429 |
| Investigating Families' Experiences with Early Education: A Team Approach | p. 441 |
| Signs of Literacy: An Ethnographic Study of American Sign Language and English Literacy Acquisition | p. 455 |
| Recommended Resources | p. 469 |
| Index | p. 483 |
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ISBN: 9781557665799
ISBN-10: 1557665796
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 502
Published: January 2003
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.2
x 3.2
Weight (kg): 0.703
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