Promoting Speech, Language, and Literacy in Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Provides guidance on current evidence-based approaches to the promotion of speech and language development in children from birth to school age who are deaf and/or hard of hearing.

What are today’s 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. The newest addition to 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 individualized 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.

CUTTING-EDGE INFORMATION ON

• audiological assessments and technological interventions for children
• principles and practices for family-centered early intervention
• understanding, supporting, and coaching families
• assessments to identify intervention priorities
• Theory of Mind
• auditory-verbal therapy and phonological interventions
• sign language and sign systems
• use of the internet to deliver intervention services
• elements of supportive early education environments
• approaches for optimizing reading and writing skills
• strategies for promoting social and academic success in integrated classrooms