Promoting Speech, Language, and Literacy in Children Who Are Deaf 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