You and Your Hearing-impaired Child: A Self-instructional Guide for Parents

Front Cover
Clerc Books, 1988 - Education - 142 pages
The sections on behavior management are particularly important for the child with impaired hearing. -- Hearing Rehabilitation Quarterly

It will be invaluable to the parents of children with newly diagnosed hearing loss. -- Ear and Hearing

You and Your Hearing-Impaired Child is a guide for parents Of deaf or hard of hearing children that explores how parents and their children interact. It examines the special impact of having a deaf child in the family.

Eleven chapter focus on such topics as feelings about hearing loss, differences in language and effective behavior management. Many contain practice activities and questions to help parents retain skill taught and check their grasp of the material. The final chapter provides references and general resources.

This friendly book is a valuable guide for parents. Once they have worked through the book You and Your Hearing Impaired Child can be referred to for specific information and advice as different situations arise.

From inside the book

 

Contents

Acknowledgements
1
Reactions to Hearing Impairment
16
Setting Limits
40
Copyright

5 other sections not shown

Common terms and phrases

A-B-C pattern Activities for Practice Alexander Graham Bell antecedents appropriate behavior aware Becky's behav behavior management behavior occurs body language Broken Ears chapter Checking Your Progress child's behavior child's hearing loss consequences consistent coping Deaf deaf culture decide diagnosis disability emotions example experience facial expressions four-year-old Gallaudet University Press Gesell gestures Graham Bell Association hearing aid hearing children hearing impairment hearing-impaired child hearing-impaired children hearing-impaired condition Heimgartner House Ear Institute impaired child impaired children important inappropriate interactions listed manual communication measure the behavior messages misbehaves misbehavior Monday Tuesday Wednesday mother Nine-year-olds nonverbal behaviors nonverbal communication nonverbal cues Ogden & Lipsett parents of hearing-impaired play problem behavior reinforce Remember reward Saturday Total Dates set limits Silver Spring situation Six-year-olds skills specific Sunday Monday Tuesday tantrum Ten-year-olds Throughout Day toys Tuesday Wednesday Thursday understand verbal Voice/TDD wants Washington Week

Bibliographic information

TitleYou and Your Hearing-impaired Child: A Self-instructional Guide for Parents
Clerc books
AuthorJohn W. Adams
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherClerc Books, 1988
Original fromthe University of Virginia
DigitizedOct 20, 2009
ISBN0930323408, 9780930323400
Length142 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Education / Special Education / Physical Disabilities
Family & Relationships / Children with Special Needs
Family & Relationships / Parenting / Child Rearing
  
Export CitationBiBTeX EndNote RefMan