Literacy and Your Deaf Child: What Every Parent Should Know

Literacy and Your Deaf Child: What Every Parent Should Know
ISBN-10
1563681366
ISBN-13
9781563681363
Category
Education
Pages
242
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press
Authors
David Alan Stewart, Bryan R. Clarke

Description

Annotation. This incisive book provides parents with the means to ensure that their deaf or hard of hearing child becomes a proficient reader and writer. In nine chapters, parents will learn about the relationship of language to reading and writing, including the associated terminology, the challenges that deaf children face, and the role of schools. They'll also learn activities that they can engage in at home that will strengthen their children's reading and writing capabilities. Literacy and Your Deaf Child outlines how children acquire language and describes the auditory and visual links to literacy. With this information parents can make informed decisions regarding hearing aids, cochlear implants, speechreading, and sign communication to best enhance their child's language development. Parents will discover how to create environments at home and in their community for fostering their child's literacy, especially in school by learning how to work closely with their child's teachers. The book also refersthroughout,to the developmental link between American Sign Language and English literacy for children who use sign communication, making it the best guide available for all deaf children and their parents.

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