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Raising and educating a deaf child

Author: Marc Marschark
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In Raising and Educating a Deaf Child, Marc Marschark offers parents and teachers a readable and comprehensive summary including everything a parent would want to know about growing up deaf. Parents of a deaf child, like the parents of any child, want to know the answers to some apparently straightforward questions, such as "What kind of school will provide my child with the best education?" "What language  Read more...
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Marschark, Marc.
Raising and educating a deaf child.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1997
(OCoLC)679362051
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Marc Marschark
ISBN: 0195094670 9780195094671 0195126580 9780195126587
OCLC Number: 34284778
Description: xx, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Foreword / Sandy Harvey --
1. A Deaf Child in the Family --
2. Practical Aspects of Being Deaf --
3. Communicating with Deaf Children --
4. Early Interactions: The Roots of Childhood --
5. Language Development --
6. Going to School --
7. Learning to Read and Write --
8. Intelligence, Achievement, and Creativity --
9. Deaf Children to Deaf Adults --
10. Where Do We Go from Here? --
Information Sources and Organizations Serving Deaf Children.
Responsibility: Marc Marschark.
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In Raising and Educating a Deaf Child, Marc Marschark offers parents and teachers a readable and comprehensive summary including everything a parent would want to know about growing up deaf. Parents of a deaf child, like the parents of any child, want to know the answers to some apparently straightforward questions, such as "What kind of school will provide my child with the best education?" "What language experience is best for my child, sign or speech?" "Will my child be able to get a good job?" Marschark addresses these questions and more, with topics ranging from what it means to be deaf and the uniqueness of Deaf culture to the medical causes of early hearing loss, from technological aids for the deaf such as TTYs and cochlear implants to the educational and social opportunities available to deaf children. He describes the many ways that the environment of home and school can influence a deaf child's chances for success in both academic and social circles. Above all, he emphasizes the need for early detection of hearing loss and the importance of being able to communicate with deaf children from a very early age, recommending that parents of deaf children learn sign language and use it often. This is not a "how to" book or one with all the "right" answers for raising a deaf child. This is a guide through the many conflicting suggestions and programs for raising deaf children, as well as the likely implications of taking one direction or the other.

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