Helping Children Who Are Deaf : Family and Community Support for Children Who Do Not Hear Well

by Niemann, Sandy; Greenstein, Devorah; David, Darlena

• ISBN13: 9780942364446
• ISBN10: 0942364449
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: Hesperian Foundation

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Hearing difficulties and communication	1	(12)
Why communication is important	2	(8)
Language makes learning and community possible	10	(1)
Coming together for deaf rights	11	(1)
All children can learn to communicate	12	(1)
Chapter 2: Children who cannot hear well need help early	13	(8)
How children develop new skills	14	(1)
Learning language	15	(2)
How language helps the mind develop	17	(1)
Deaf children need help early	18	(1)
How to know if your child needs help	18	(3)
Chapter 3: Guidelines for teaching language	21	(12)
Communicate as much as you can	21	(1)
Fitting activities into your family's daily life	22	(2)
Many people can help	24	(2)
Suggestions for helping your child learn	26	(5)
Change activities to suit your child	31	(2)
Chapter 4: Basic communication skills	33	(14)
How children learn to communicate	34	(3)
Preparing a child to use signs and to speak	37	(3)
Communicate with home signs	40	(2)
Examples of signs	42	(2)
Encourage your child to make sounds	44	(3)
Chapter 5: What can your child hear?	47	(12)
Understanding sound (loudness and pitch)	48	(2)
What sounds can your child hear?	50	(1)
How to check your child's hearing	51	(8)
Chapter 6: Listening skills	59	(8)
Tips for parents to become aware of sounds	61	(1)
Activities to help your child notice more about sounds	62	(5)
Chapter 7: Choosing and learning a language	67	(18)
How children learn language	68	(1)
Language and thinking develop together	69	(3)
Sign language and spoken language	72	(1)
Using sign language	73	(2)
Using spoken language	75	(10)
Chapter 8: Learning to use a sign language	85	(20)
Help your child learn different kinds of signs	87	(2)
Learning to sign	89	(5)
Understanding groups of signs	94	(3)
Using groups of signs	97	(2)
Use questions to encourage your child to think	99	(4)
Teaching sign language to parents of deaf children	103	(2)
Chapter 9: Learning to use a spoken language	105	(16)
Help your child learn speech sounds	106	(1)
Help your child learn his first words	107	(4)
Encourage your child to answer simple questions	111	(1)
Pay attention to how words are said	112	(2)
Help your child learn more words	114	(2)
Understanding groups of words	116	(2)
Learning to use groups of words	118	(3)
Chapter 10: Social skills	121	(18)
How children learn social skills	122	(2)
Deafness makes it harder to learn social skills	124	(1)
How to manage your child's behavior	125	(7)
How to encourage a child's social development	132	(7)
Chapter 11: Working together to help children who are deaf	139	(12)
What is your community?	139	(3)
Making the community a better place for children who are deaf	142	(4)
Forming support groups	146	(1)
Bring deaf children together with other deaf people	147	(2)
Everyone benefits from efforts to support deaf children	149	(2)
Chapter 12: Education	151	(16)
Schools and language	154	(1)
Deaf children in classes with hearing children	155	(2)
Deaf children in their own group	157	(3)
Good schools meet deaf children's needs	160	(4)
Good schools prepare a child to make a living	164	(3)
Chapter 13: Preventing child sexual abuse	167	(12)
Some facts about child sexual abuse	168	(1)
Why are deaf children at risk?	169	(2)
Preventing sexual abuse	171	(5)
How can I know if my child has been abused?	176	(1)
If your child has been abused	177	(2)
Chapter 14: Support for parents and caregivers	179	(12)
When you first learn your child cannot hear well	180	(1)
Understanding your emotions	181	(1)
Managing the stress of caregiving	182	(2)
Parents' groups	184	(3)
Planning for action	187	(4)
Chapter 15: Why children lose their hearing and what we can do	191	(28)
Ear infection	193	(5)
Something blocks sound in the ear	198	(3)
Childhood illnesses	201	(5)
Medicines that damage hearing	206	(1)
Women's health can damage or protect children's hearing	207	(6)
Loud noises and injury	213	(2)
Hearing loss passed down in families	215	(4)
Appendix A: Hearing aids	219	(8)
Appendix B: Cochlear implants and hearing	227	(4)
Appendix C: Child development charts	231	(8)
Where to get more information	239