|•||Need for participation and interaction of children, parents, educators, and researchers in designing more effective interventions and supports.|
Taken together, these chapters provide both a broad context for understanding the educational development of deaf children and an outline for fostering their growth. Although not originally intended to tell a single story, the research and observations provided by the various authors weave themselves into a single, multicolored fabric covering an entire community. The families, teachers, and others who seek to expand the opportunities for deaf children will find here a wealth of information and clear direction. Whether dealing with communication between hearing mothers and their deaf children, behavior in suburban classrooms, or the challenges of providing literacy to deaf children in difficult settings, this book provides perspective and understanding. It is only through such collaborations that we can truly succeed and only through such cooperation that we can help deaf children achieve their potentials. We, the editors, therefore thank the authors of these chapters for their contributions and Kay Meadow-Orlans for her years of leadership.
-- Patricia Elizabeth Spencer
-- Carol J. Erting
-- Marc Marschark
Bronfenbrenner U. ( 1979). The ecology of human development: Experiments by nature and design. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Schlesinger H., & Meadow K. ( 1972). Sound and sign: Childhood deafness and mental health. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.