The Deaf Child in the Family and at School

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Contents: Dedication. D.F. Moores, Foreword. Introduction to the Book. Part I: The Deaf Child in the Family. M.A. Sheridan, Images of Self and Others: Stories From the Children. M.V. Swisher, Learning to Converse: How Deaf Mothers Support the Development of Attention and Conversational Skills in Their Young Deaf Children. C.J. Erting, C. Thumann-Prezioso, B.S. Benedict, Bilingualism in a Deaf Family: Fingerspelling in Early Childhood. L.S. Koester, H. Papousek, S. Smith-Gray, Intuitive Parenting, Communication, and Interaction With Deaf Infants. A.R. Lederberg, A.K. Prezbindowski, Impact of Child Deafness on Mother-Toddler Interaction: Strengths and Weaknesses. A. Steinberg, Autobiographical Narrative on Growing up Deaf. Part II: The Deaf Child and Family in Transition. P.E. Spencer, Every Opportunity: A Case Study of Hearing Parents and Their Deaf Child. D.M. Mertens, M. Sass-Lehrer, K. Scott-Olson, Sensitivity in the Family-Professional Relationship: Parental Experiences in Families With Young Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children. H. Mohay, Language in Sight: Mothers' Strategies for Making Language Visually Accessible to Deaf Children. R. Calderon, M.T. Greenberg, Challenges to Parents and Professionals in Promoting Socioemotional Development in Deaf Children. Part III: The Deaf Child at School. M.S. Stinson, S. Foster, Socialization of Deaf Children and Youths in School. J.E. Nash, Shifting Stigma From Body to Self: Paradoxical Consequences of Mainstreaming. R. Stone, A Bold Step: Changing the Curriculum for Culturally Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. B. Dyssegaard, Emerging Educational Programs for Deaf Students in Mongolia and Nepal: A Special Report. C.T. Akamatsu, C. Musselman, With A. Zwiebel, Nature Versus Nurture in the Development of Cognition in Deaf People. M. Marschark, Education and Development of Deaf Children--or Is It Development and Education? K.P. Meadow-Orlans, Afterword: Deafness and Social Change: Ruminations of a Retiring Researcher.