Deafness Develop & Literacy - Softcover

Webster, Alec

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0416920608 ISBN 13: 9780416920604

Publisher: Routledge, 1986

Synopsis

Deafness is not just a deprivation of sound, but a barrier to normal social interaction and learning. There are likely to be children with some degree of hearing loss in every primary classroom, so it is important that teachers know how to help them. Alec Webster gives a clear summary of the main causes of hearing loss (mild or severe), its identification, diagnosis and treatment. He follows this with an explanation of the impact it can have on a child's social and linguistic development. After examining what we know of the normal development of literacy, the major part of the book is concerned with the hearing-impaired child's strategies for reading, spelling and writing. A clear framework is set up to answer the questions, 'What does the hearing-impaired child bring to reading?' and 'What does the reading task demand?' Finally the book explores how teachers can give the most effective help, what the impact of a teaching programme is likely to be, and how to evaluate what the child has learnt. Specialist teachers of the deaf, advisers and psychologists will find this book essential to their understanding of hearing-impairment and reading. Class teachers and students of education will also welcome it as a timely guide to helping their pupils who suffer some hearing loss. Alec Webster is a specialist Educational Psychologist for hearing-impaired and language-disordered children in Berkshire. Cover design by Brooke Calverley Photography by Jean Gilson

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0416920608
• ISBN 13: 9780416920604
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280