Educating Deaf Students: Global Perspectives

Contents

Contents Introduction Education of Deaf Children at the 1\lrn of the 21st Century Greg leigh and Des Power Part One: Contem,porary Issues for All Learners Reviewing the Past, Assessing the Present, and Projecting the Future xi Robert R. Davila 3 Developing Deaf Children or Deaf Children Developing? Marc Marschark 13 Educating Deaf Students with Multiple Disabilities Jan van Dijk 27 Is It Time to Look Beyond Teachers' Signing Behavior? C. Tone Akamatsu, David Stewart, and Connie Mayer 40 Good Practice in DeafEducation Susan GregorYI Elizabeth Andrews/ Wendy McCracken, Steve Powers, and linda Watson Part Two: The Early Years Earlier Identification for Earlier Intervention 55 Christine Yoshinaga-Itano 69 Issues Around Supporting Families With Young Deaf Children linda Watson! Susan GregorYI Wendy McCracken, and Stephen Powers 85 The Power of Hearing, Habilitation, and the Home Judith Simser 94 Cochlear Implantation and Children: Influencing Education Choices? Sue Archbold 106 vi Contents Future Directions in Early Education for Deaf Children and Their Families Barbara Bodner-Johnson, Marilyn Sass-Lehrer, Janice C. Gattyl and Jan Hafer Part Three: The School Years Bridging Literacy: Integrating ASL and English Into the Language Arts 114 Cynthia Neese Bailes 127 Educating Deaf Children in Two Languages Charlotte Evans 139 Making Inclusion Work: Improving Educational OutcOlnes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in the Regular Classroom Loretta R. Giorcelli 150 Co-Enrollment: An Effective Answer to the Mainstream Debacle Carl J. Kirchner Supporting Children with Cochlear Implants in the Educational Environment Dianne Toe 161 175 Part Four: Contemporary Issues in Postsecondary Education Providing Access for Deaf Students in a Technical University in the United States: Perspectives of Students and Instructors Susan Fosterl Gary Long, Judy Ferrari, and Karen Snell 185 Educating Deaf Students in Sign Linguistics Odd-Inge Schroder 196 Slipping Through the Cracks? The Support Needs of Hard of Hearing Students in a University Program Gwen Spradbrow and Des Power 206 Contributors 213 Index 217 ...