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Forbes, Charlotte – Exceptional Parent, 1988
The mother of a young head injured nonverbal child describes ways used to increase the child's communicative ability including gestures, sign language, and communication boards. (DB)
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Rearing, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills
Peer reviewedMathos, Kimberly K.; Broussard, Elsie R. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005
Nationwide, there are some 1,055,000 young people under the age of 18 who have hearing loss according to statistics from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (http://www.nidcd.nih.gov). Reported rates of psychiatric disorders for children who have hearing loss range from 15.4% to 54% (Hindley, 1997). Selected…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Communication Disorders, American Sign Language, Hearing Impairments
The Care and Education of a Deaf Child: A Book for Parents. Parents' and Teachers' Guides, Number 4.
Knight, Pamela; Swanwick, Ruth – 1999
Most deaf children are born to hearing parents. Many of these parents have little or no knowledge of deafness and what it means for their child, themselves, or their family. This book introduces parents of deaf children to the aspects of deafness they will want to know more about. The book can be read as a whole, as it is designed to take a…
Descriptors: Audiology, Communication Disorders, Communicative Competence (Languages), Deafness
