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What are the best interventions for supporting language acquisition and literacy for children who are deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH)? This comprehensive textbook-and-DVD set brings the answers to life for tomorrow's speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and educators. Part of the respected Communication and Language Intervention (CLI) series, this important volume enlisted more than a dozen experts to present evidence-based intervention approaches, spanning the critical early years of language development through the complex reading and writing challenges of the school years.
Chapters cover a continuum of available communication approaches; from auditory-focused to visually-focused to simultaneous use of speech and sign; while encouraging the use of individualised interventions to meet each child's needs. To prepare professionals for decades of effective, evidence-based practice, the included video clips demonstrate how to implement assessments and interventions and work successfully with children and families.
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Series Preface
Editorial Advisory Board
About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the Ancillary Materials
Acknowledgments
I. Foundations of Intervention
2. Audiological Interventions for Infants and Preschoolers - Leisha R. Eiten and Jeffrey Simmons
3. Supporting Families - Alys Young and Jane Russell
II. Early Childhood Interventions
4. Family-Centered Early Intervention: Principles, Practices, and Supporting Research - Mary Pat Moeller and Kristy Mixan
5. Family-Centered Early Intervention: Supporting Spoken Language Development in Infants and Young Children - Mary Pat Moeller and Elizabeth B. Cole
6. Sign Language, Sign Systems, and Other Visual Modalities - Paula Pittman, Marilyn Sass-Lehrer, and Stacy R. Abrams
7. Auditory-Verbal Therapy: A Conversational Competence Approach - Amy McConkey Robbins
8. Phonological Development and Intervention Approaches for Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing - David J. Ertmer and Carol Stoel-Gammon
9. Supportive Early Childhood Practices and Learning Environments - Catherine Cronin Carotta
10. Internet Therapy: Providing Listening and Spoken Language Intervention to Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing - Cheryl L. Broekelmann and David J. Ertmer
III. Language and Literacy in the School Years
11. Reading the World: Supporting Theory of Mind Development in Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Students - Carol Westby and Deborah Wilson-Taber
12. Models for Facilitating Literacy Development - John L. Luckner
13. Teaching Writing: Principles into Practice - Connie Mayer
14. Educational Advocacy Across the Curriculum - Cheryl DeConde Johnson
Afterword - Mary Pat Moeller, David J. Ertmer, and Carol Stoel-Gammon
Key words and Definitions
Index
"A thorough, unbiased exploration covering key aspects of the many disciplines involved development of language and literacy competence in children with hearing loss."
- Sylvia Rotfleisch, certified Auditory-Verbal therapist and licensed audiologist with Hear to Talk
"Provides much-needed state of the art information and strategies for facilitating spoken language and listening in young children."
- Marilyn Sass-Lehrer, Professor, Gallaudet University, Washington D.C.
"Deeply informative on the development of both sign and spoken language, as well as the practical implications of intervention. A must read for any professional caring for these children!"
- Dana Suskind, University of Chicago. Co-Author THIRTY MILLION WORDS, Building Your Child's Brain
"A wonderful resource full of scientifically sound information with practical implications! It should become the bible for anyone who wants to improve speech, language, and literacy abilities for children who are deaf or hard of hearing."
- Nickola Nelson, Professor and Director, Ph.D. program in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
