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Raising and Educating a Deaf Child
Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 20.99This book offers a readable, comprehensive summary including everything a parent or teacher would want to know about growing up deaf. Marschark studies 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 to the many ways that the environment... more...
Raising and Educating a Deaf Child
Oxford University Press, USA 2007; US$ 16.99Preface. Acknowledgments. Foreword. 1. A Deaf Child in the Family. 2. Practical Aspects of Deafness. 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... more...
Advances in the Spoken-Language Development of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 74.99Provides a picture of what is known about deaf children's language development in a variety of situations and contexts. This book states that from this base of information, progress in research and its application will accelerate, and barriers to deaf children's full participation in the world around them will continue to be overcome. more...
Evidence-Based Practice in Educating Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 36.99Debates about methods of supporting language development and academic skills of deaf or hard-of-hearing children have waxed and waned for more than 100 years: Will using sign language interfere with learning to use spoken language or does it offer optimal access to communication for deaf children? Does placement in classrooms with mostly hearing children... more...
How Deaf Children Learn
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 18.99How can parents and teachers most effectively support the language development and academic success of deaf and hard-of-hearing children? Will using sign language interfere with learning spoken language? Should deaf children be placed in classrooms with hearing children? Are traditional methods of teaching subjects such as reading and math to hearing... more...
Psychological Perspectives on Deafness
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 110.00This edited volume picks up where Psychological Perspectives on Deafness, Volume 1 ended. Composed of review chapters that reflect cutting-edge views from well-known international researchers within the field, this book surveys issues within the field of deafness, such as cognition, learning disabilities, social development, language development,... more...
Advances in the Sign Language Development of Deaf Children
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 67.99Research on the characteristics of sign languages not only improve services to deaf children, but also contribute to our understanding of language development. This volume provides cogent summaries of what is known about early gestural development, visual communication and the processes of semantic, syntactic and pragmatic development in sign. more...
Educating Deaf Students
Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 20.99Educating Deaf Students: From Research to Practice considers what is known, what isn't known, and what should be known about the education of deaf students. Using a research-based approach, the authors evaluate the educational and research literatures with an eye toward systematic inquiry and generality of findings. more...
The Deaf Child in the Family and at School
Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 57.95This book presents chapters by many eminent researchers and interventionists, all of whom address the development of deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the context of family and school. A variety of disciplines and perspectives are provided in order to capture the complexity of factors affecting development of these children in their diverse environments.... more...
The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education, Volume 1
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 124.99The field of deaf studies, language, and education has grown dramatically over the past forty years. From work on the linguistics of sign language and parent-child interactions to analyses of school placement and the the mapping of brain function in deaf individuals, research across a range of disciplines has greatly expanded not just our knowledge... more...









