Early Intervention for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Edited by Marilyn Sass-Lehrer

Professional Perspectives on Deafness: Evidence and Applications

Emphasizes the importance of collaboration among specialists to provide effective programming and services to infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing and their families
Focuses on the knowledge and skills needed by professionals working with these populations
Includes a list of recommended resources for professional learning and development at the end of each chapter
Relies on evidence-based practices needed to design and deliver services

Early Intervention for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Edited by Marilyn Sass-Lehrer

Professional Perspectives on Deafness: Evidence and Applications

Description

A "must-have" for every professional studying or working with the families of deaf and hard-of-hearing infants and toddlers, Dr. Marilyn Sass-Lehrer provides readers with the evidence-based knowledge needed to implement interdisciplinary and collaborative early interventional programming for professionals and students.

Featuring a collaborative team of expert contributors across a variety of backgrounds and disciplines - including educators, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and health care providers - Early Intervention for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families presents students and specialists with the fundamental knowledge they need to effectively design and deliver care to this population.

Early Intervention for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Edited by Marilyn Sass-Lehrer

Professional Perspectives on Deafness: Evidence and Applications

Foreword
Manfred Hintermair
Preface
Marilyn Sass-Lehrer
List of Contributors
Part I. Early Intervention Foundations
1. What Every Early Intervention Professional Should Know
Marilyn Sass-Lehrer, Mary Pat Moeller, and Arlene Stredler-Brown
2. Developing and Sustaining Exemplary Practice Through Professional Learning
Mary Ellen Nevins and Marilyn Sass-Lehrer
3. Families: Partnerships in Practice
Marilyn Sass-Lehrer, Ann Porter, and Cheryl L. Wu
4. Legislation, Policies and Role of Research in Shaping Early Intervention
Barbara Raimondo and Christine Yoshinaga-Itano
5. Collaboration with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities
Paula Pittman, Beth S. Benedict, Stephanie Olson, and Marilyn Sass-Lehrer
Part II. Early Intervention Practices
6. Getting Started: Hearing Screening, Evaluation and Next Steps
Rachel St. John, Linda R. Lytle, Debra B. Nussbaum, and Angela Shoup
7. Developmental Assessment
Amy Szarkowski and Nicole Hutchinson
8. Collaboration for Communication, Language and Cognitive Development
Maribel Gárate and Susan Lenihan
9. Individualized Family Service Plans and Programming
Rosemary J. Gallegos, Kristi Halus, and Jodee Crace
10. Early Intervention in Challenging National Contexts
Claudine Störbeck and Alys Young

Early Intervention for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Edited by Marilyn Sass-Lehrer

Professional Perspectives on Deafness: Evidence and Applications

Author Information

Edited by Marilyn Sass-Lehrer, Professor of Education, Gallaudet University

Marilyn Sass-Lehrer is Professor of Education at Gallaudet University and Co-Director of its Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program. She has published and presented internationally on topics related to early intervention. She is co-author of Parents and Their Deaf Children: The Early Years (2003) and co-editor of The Young Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Child: A Family-Centered Approach to Early Education (2003).

Contributors:

Beth S. Benedict
Art, Communication and Theater Department
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Families Interdisciplinary Program
American Society for Deaf Children
Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.

Jodee Crace
Early Education and Family Support Provider and Consultant
Westfield, IN
American Society for Deaf Children
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Families Interdisciplinary Program
Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.

Rosemary J. Gallegos
New Mexico School for the Deaf, Retired Assistant Superintendent
University of New Mexico, Educational Leadership, Doctoral Student
Santa Fe, NM

Maribel Gárate
Department of Education
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC

Kristi Halus
Early Intervention and Involvement Division
New Mexico School for the Deaf
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Nicole Hutchinson
Early Intervention Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The River School
Washington, DC

Susan T. Lenihan
Department of Communication Disorders and Deaf Education
Fontbonne University
St. Louis, MO

Linda Risser Lytle
Department of Counseling
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC

Mary Pat Moeller
Center for Childhood Deafness and Language Development Laboratory
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Omaha, NE

Mary Ellen Nevins
Professional Preparation in Cochlear Implants (PPCI)
Independent Contractor, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Debra Berlin Nussbaum
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC

Stephanie Olson
Bill Daniels Center for Children's Hearing
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO

Paula Pittman
SKI-HI Institute
Utah State University
Logan, UT
Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind
Ogden, UT

Ann Porter
Aussie Deaf Kids
Sydney, New South Wales
Australia

Barbara Raimondo
Policy Consultant
Washington Grove, MD
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Families Interdisciplinary Program
Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.

Marilyn Sass-Lehrer
Department of Education
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Families Interdisciplinary Program
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC

Rachel St. John
Family Focused Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
Department of Otolaryngology
Dallas Children's/University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas
Dallas, TX

Angela Shoup
Division of Communicative and Vestibular Disorders
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Arlene Stredler-Brown
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Claudine Storbeck
Centre for Deaf Studies
HI HOPES
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, SA
University of Manchester
Manchester, UK

Amy Szarkowski
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program
Department of Otolaryngology
Boston Children's Hospital
Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Families Interdisciplinary Program
Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.

Cheryl L. Wu
Department of Counseling
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC

Alys Young
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
University of Manchester
Manchester, UK
Visiting Professor
Centre for Deaf Studies
University of Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, SA

Christine Yoshinaga-Itano
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Institute of Cognitive Science, Center for Neurosciences
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO

Early Intervention for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Edited by Marilyn Sass-Lehrer

Professional Perspectives on Deafness: Evidence and Applications

Reviews and Awards

""This book will serve as an invaluable resource to those who serve or are planning on serving families who have young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. This book captures the essence of the principles and guidelines of early intervention for this population and takes a big picture view of good intervention, and then narrows it down for practical application for the individual provider serving an individual family and child. As a parent myself, I often refer to my daughter's early intervention provider as 'Our Lifeline' in those early years. This book dissects in a thorough and research based manner exactly what that means. " -Janet DesGeorges, Executive Director, Hands & Voices"

""Having embraced newborn screening for hearing sensitivity across the country and in many countries across the world, the promise of early identification of children who are deaf or hard of hearing is fulfilled only if access to language stimulation and timely and effective medical, audiological, and family-centered intervention services are provided. Marilyn Sass-Lehrer describes the principles which are the keys to fulfilling that promise. This new text covers theoretical and practical information that will be valuable for a wide audience of readers. " -Terrell A. Clark, Director of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program, Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Boston Children's Hospital; Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Pediatric Psychologist; University Lecturer in Child Development"