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Zusatztext "Having embraced newborn screening for hearing sensitivity across the country and in many countries across the world, the promise of early identification of children who are deaf or hard of hearing is fulfilled only if access to language stimulation and timely and effective medical, audiological, and family-centered intervention services are provided. Marilyn Sass-Lehrer describes the principles which are the keys to fulfilling that promise. This new text covers theoretical and practical information that will be valuable for a wide audience of readers. " -Terrell A. Clark, Director of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program, Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Boston Children's Hospital; Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Pediatric Psychologist; University Lecturer in Child Development Informationen zum Autor Marilyn Sass-Lehrer is Professor of Education at Gallaudet University and Co-Director of its Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program. She has published and presented internationally on topics related to early intervention. She is co-author of Parents and Their Deaf Children: The Early Years (2003) and co-editor of The Young Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Child: A Family-Centered Approach to Early Education (2003). Klappentext A "must-have" for every professional studying or working with the families of deaf and hard-of-hearing infants and toddlers, Dr. Marilyn Sass-Lehrer provides readers with the evidence-based knowledge needed to implement interdisciplinary and collaborative early interventional programming for professionals and students.Featuring a collaborative team of expert contributors across a variety of backgrounds and disciplines - including educators, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and health care providers - Early Intervention for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families presents students and specialists with the fundamental knowledge they need to effectively design and deliver care to this population. Zusammenfassung Early Intervention for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families provides the evidence-based knowledge and skills needed by professionals to implement interdisciplinary and collaborative early intervention programming for infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing and their families. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Manfred Hintermair Preface Marilyn Sass-Lehrer List of Contributors Part I. Early Intervention Foundations 1. What Every Early Intervention Professional Should Know Marilyn Sass-Lehrer, Mary Pat Moeller, and Arlene Stredler-Brown 2. Developing and Sustaining Exemplary Practice Through Professional Learning Mary Ellen Nevins and Marilyn Sass-Lehrer 3. Families: Partnerships in Practice Marilyn Sass-Lehrer, Ann Porter, and Cheryl L. Wu 4. Legislation, Policies and Role of Research in Shaping Early Intervention Barbara Raimondo and Christine Yoshinaga-Itano 5. Collaboration with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities Paula Pittman, Beth S. Benedict, Stephanie Olson, and Marilyn Sass-Lehrer Part II. Early Intervention Practices 6. Getting Started: Hearing Screening, Evaluation and Next Steps Rachel St. John, Linda R. Lytle, Debra B. Nussbaum, and Angela Shoup 7. Developmental Assessment Amy Szarkowski and Nicole Hutchinson 8. Collaboration for Communication, Language and Cognitive Development Maribel Gárate and Susan Lenihan 9. Individualized Family Service Plans and Programming Rosemary J. Gallegos, Kristi Halus, and Jodee Crace 10. Early Intervention in Challenging National Contexts Claudine Störbeck and Alys Young ...
