Families and Parenting

Breaking the Sound Barriers 9 Deaf Success Stories Jam packed with life-changing stories and practical tips to ensure that you and your deaf child enjoy a happy, successful life.

£9.99

Deaf Children and Their Families This is the republication of a study originally entitled The Deaf Child and his Family (1976), which was a landmark in the study of early deafness.

£39.00

Deaf Young People and Their Familes This is a follow-up to the study documented reported in The Deaf Child and his Family, now republished as Deaf Children and their Families. Eighteen years after the original study, seventy-five percent of the original families have been traced and this new volume provides an account of the subsequent interviews with both the parents and the deaf young people themselves.

£39.00

Deafness and Hearing Loss - The Essential Guide This book aims to help people of all ages come to terms with their hearing loss or deafness and overcome the new challenges that daily life might bring. With chapters devoted to hearing loss in childhood and education, parents can learn techniques to develop their child's communication skills and maintain confidence before they begin school.

£7.00

Hearing Differently: The Impact of Hearing Impairment on Family Life This book explores and analyses 150 in–depth interviews with hearing impaired people, including eleven couples in committed relationships where one partner is hearing and the other is hearing impaired.

£28.00

Hearing Impared Infants: Support in the First 18 months Though it is now widely accepted by professionals that parents should be regarded as full members of the team supporting the hearing–impaired child, many still do not have a clear idea of what this means in practice. The purpose of this book is to share information about this work among all those involved.

£30.00

Life and Deaf The object of writing this book," the author writes, "is to try to relate as honestly and as sincerely as possible, the emotions, fears, difficulties, disappointments and hopes, and, above all, the tremendous satisfaction I experienced in bringing up a deaf child."

£12.99

Making sense in sign – a lifeline for a Deaf Child Written by the mother of a deaf child, this book should be essential reading for all professionals in childcare and education, social work, speech therapy and health visiting.

£16.50

Promoting Positive Parenting A professional guide to establishing groupwork programmes for parents of children with behavioural problems.

£15.00

Relations of Language and Thought: The View from Sign Language and Deaf Children The relationship of language to cognition, especially in development, is an issue that has occupied philosophers, psychologists, and linguists for centuries. In recent years, the scientific study of signed languages and deaf individuals has greatly enhanced our understanding of deafness, language and cognition.

£22.00

The Deaf Child in the Family and at School Essays in Honor of Kathryn P. Meadow-Orlans This book brings together chapters from an international group of researchers, educators, and clinicians, whose work focuses on the development of deaf and hard of hearing children and adolescents. A central theme is the ecological nature of development.

£30.00

The Young Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child This work shows that, with advances in technology and an emphasis on infant screening, deaf and hard of hearing children are being identified at an early age - expanding the need for knowledge about early intervention and education for these young children and their families. It aims to help early interventionists, education professionals, speech-language pathologists, and students navigate complex issues.

£33.00

Think About Being Deaf This series takes a thoughtful and positive look at disabilities, encouraging children to think about ways in which disabled people overcome their problems and lead fulfilling lives.

£5.00