Helping Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students to Use Spoken Language: A Guide for Educators and Families by Easterbrooks Susan Estes Ellen L. (2007-05-24) Paperback

by Susan R. Easterbrooks

"Great for parents or someone who teaches the deaf, is entering the field of audiology, or is unfamiliar with hearing loss."—Roberta Agar-Jacobsen, Teacher of the Deaf, Tacoma Public Schools, WA"The way the many complexities of speech are discussed, explained, and addressed is very reader-friendly, easy to understand, and accessible."—Sherilyn Renner, Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Bozeman Public Schools, MT "I have a student who is hard of How do I assist the student in speaking?" As a result of IDEA 2004 and NCLB, more and more students with hearing loss are being educated alongside their hearing peers, making teachers and service professionals responsible for helping to fulfill their educational needs. Written by experts in the field, Helping Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students to Use Spoken Language provides educators and novice practitioners with the knowledge and skills in spoken language development to meet the needs of students who are deaf or hard of hearing.The authors' model of auditory, speech, and language development has been used successfully with the deaf and hard of hearing population, in training preservice teachers, and in workshops and presentations for practicing professionals. This essential resource introduces the authors' developmental model and Creative and scientific ways of interacting with children with hearing loss to develop spoken communication Effective approaches, techniques, and strategies for working with children in the primary grades Techniques for imparting social and academic information while children are learning to communicate This authoritative reference gives teachers the confidence to provide students with a well-prepared, intensely stimulating environment to foster the natural emergence of spoken language.

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First published May 23, 2007

Reviews

[Mariah Roze · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Based on the authors' model of auditory, speech, and language development, the book provides educators with effective techniques and strategies for working with children in the primary grades."

[Kirstyn Ferguson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recently, I read “helping deaf and hard of hearing students use Spoken Language” for a

project on how to better the quality of education for young children with different degrees of

hearing. The book gave many ideas on how to improve but failed to explain why or how they

help. The publication provided lots of information on and examples of techniques which was

helpful but at times overwhelming in various chapters. To combat this the authors,Easterbrooks

and Estes,provide useful summaries and step by step processes. One detail, that I was

surprised by was no mention of Deaf culture and all of the opportunities that is provided though

having the it present in the students’ lives. The point of view was mainly that from a teacher and

was missing the more emotional connection I was hoping to find. Overall, the text was very well

written but there a several grammar errors and would recommend having a dictionary nearby for

some of the more advance scientific terms.