Helping Children Who Are Deaf: Family and Community Support for Children Who Do Not Hear Well (Early Assistance Series for Children With Disabilities) - Softcover

Niemann, Sandy; Greenstein, Devorah; David, Darlena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0942364449 ISBN 13: 9780942364446

Publisher: Hesperian Health Guides, 2004

Synopsis

Children who are deaf need extra help learning either a spoken or sign language, so they can develop their thinking, learn to communicate, and explore and interact with the world.
Helping Children Who Are Deaf supports parents and other caregivers in building the communication skills of babies and young children. The book also explores how deafness affects a child's ability to learn language, as well as develop mentally and socially.
Developed in partnership with families of children who are deaf or cannot hear well, community-based disability organizations, deaf adults, teachers, health workers and other experts in more than 17 countries, Helping Children Who Are Deaf is practical, accessible and appropriate across varied conditions and cultures.

About this title

About the Author:

Sandy Niemann, MA, M.Div., has acted as the Humanities Coordinator for the PACE Program at Vista College since 1994 and has been an English instructor in the program since 1989. Ms. Niemann holds an M.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.Div. in Religious Studies from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, and a B.S. in Nursing from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Ms. Niemann is currently in a doctoral program in nursing at UCSF, where her focus is in infant mental health. She has been a medical writer and editor for the Hesperian Foundation and the Northern California Biotechnology Center, and has rewritten eight books on politics and current affairs for Odonian Press.
The Rev. Devorah Greenstein is on the Board of Directors of Equal Access, a group which promotes equality and access for Unitarian Universalists with disabilities, and Program Coordinator for the Office of Accessibility Concerns for the Unitarian Universalist Association.

She has also authored The Power of Language, the Language of Power, and Backyards and Butterflies: Ways to Include Children with Disabilities in Outdoor Activities.
Darlena David worked as a Communications Consultant with the Christian Medical Association of India, and served as the editor of Contact, a publication of the World Council of Churches. She co-authored Better Care of Mentally Disabled Children, and has written extensively on public health policy, HIV/AIDs, gender, and disability. She is currently studying for her PhD and serves on the Advisory Panel for London-based HIFA2015.

Review:

"This book will make a world of difference for so many deaf children...It is an excellent resource for teaching families, communities, and health workers how to make language accessible to deaf children so that they can learn about, understand, and interact with the world around them." --Amy Wilson, Program Director International Development Certificate, Gallaudet University

"We would recommend this book for use in helping children who cannot hear well because it uses simple language and the examples used are the usual day-to-day activities that are used in everyday life people can relate to them without any problem." --Uganda Society for Disabled Children

"While the book is primarily written for parents and caregivers, it is just as useful for teachers and community workers who have no prior knowledge about how to interact with and teach children with hearing impairments. The layout and illustrations supporting the carefully worded text help to convey the message of the book and make it easy to use. The book's emphasis on deafness as a community issue is a particular strong theme that is reinforced by many useful suggestions throughout the book. Also, the key issues of communication, interaction and language are dealt with in a convincing, very positive and caring way. The use of hearing aids and even cochlear implants are discussed in a practical way. Considering the oversight of children with hearing impairments especially in the developing countries, this book is meeting a long overdue need, and I for one cannot wait to put it to use." --Birgit Dyssegaard, External Consultant to the Danish International Development Assistance (Danida) in Special Needs and Inclusive Education

About this edition

• Publisher: Hesperian Health Guides
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0942364449
• ISBN 13: 9780942364446
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250