Raising and Educating a Deaf Child

Contents......Page 14
Foreword......Page 18
1. A Deaf Child in the Family......Page 24
A View from Within......Page 27
A Deaf Child in the Family......Page 29
The Importance of Language......Page 32
Hearing Loss as Pathology? Differences versus Deficiencies......Page 34
Family Adjustment to Early Childhood Hearing Loss......Page 36
Summary......Page 39
In the Lands of the Deaf......Page 42
Describing the Deaf Population......Page 43
Causes and Consequences of Early Hearing Loss......Page 46
Early Identification of Hearing Losses......Page 51
Technological Tools for Deaf People......Page 52
Hearing Aids and Related Technology......Page 58
The Cultural Context of Being Deaf......Page 62
Summary......Page 63
3. Communicating with Deaf Children......Page 67
Availability of Language for Deaf Children......Page 68
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sign Language......Page 71
Artificial Speech and Sign Systems Taught to Deaf Children......Page 82
Speech Training and Speech Assessment......Page 88
Summary......Page 90
4. Early Interactions: The Roots of Childhood......Page 93
Origins of Social Relations......Page 94
Accepting Childhood Deafness......Page 97
Attachment: Mother and Child Reunion......Page 100
Looking Beyond the Earliest Relationships......Page 102
Summary......Page 105
5. Language Development......Page 108
Do Deaf Babies Babble?......Page 109
Gestures and Signs......Page 112
First Signs, First Words......Page 114
Does Learning to Sign Affect Learning to Speak?......Page 118
Putting It All Together......Page 120
Summary......Page 126
6. Going to School......Page 130
Educating Deaf Children......Page 131
Legal Issues Confronting the Education of Deaf Children......Page 132
Educational Program Alternatives......Page 134
Academic Support Services......Page 141
Educational Implications of Alternative School Placements......Page 145
Psychological Implications of Alternative School Placements......Page 148
Summary......Page 150
7. Learning to Read and Write......Page 154
What is Reading?......Page 156
What Makes Some Deaf Children (but Not Others) Good Readers?......Page 159
Deaf Children's Writing......Page 166
The Impact of Social and Emotional Factors on Literacy......Page 168
Summary......Page 169
Understanding Intelligence......Page 172
Language and Thought......Page 174
Confounding Factors in Intelligence......Page 176
Striving for Success......Page 179
Creativity and Flexibility......Page 181
Summary......Page 186
9. Deaf Children to Deaf Adults......Page 188
Personality and Emotional Growth during the School Years......Page 189
Living with Parents and Peers......Page 192
Influences of Brothers and Sisters......Page 194
Understanding the Feelings and Values of Others......Page 196
Mental Health in Deaf Children and Deaf Adults......Page 198
Summary......Page 203
10. We Do We Go from Here?......Page 206
Being a Parent of a Deaf Child......Page 208
B......Page 212
H......Page 213
M......Page 214
S......Page 215
T......Page 216
Information Sources and Organizations Serving Deaf Children......Page 218
Suggested Readings......Page 236
Everyday Signs......Page 242
B......Page 252
F......Page 253
L......Page 254
R......Page 255
W......Page 256