Deaf and Hard of Hearing Learners With Disabilities: Foundations, Strategies, and Resources

This volume offers foundational information and research-based strategies for meeting the needs of deaf and hard of hearing learners with disabilities. The disabilities covered in this volume include developmental delays, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual and learning disabilities, deafblindness, emotional and behavioral disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and a variety of high incidence syndromes. Contributors examine the literature within each disability category, share best practices, and consider demographics/characteristics, intervention/identification, placement, communication/language, psychosocial issues, assistive technologies/accommodations, assessments, and transition/post-secondary outcomes.

Each chapter begins with learning objectives and concludes with discussion questions and a resource list.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Learners with Disabilities is an essential book for courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, and in workshops and webinars for in-service teachers, professionals, and families.

Table of Contents

1. Approaches and Frameworks That Support Students Who Are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing With Disabilities
2. Infants and Toddlers Who Are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing With a Developmental Delay or Are at Risk for Developmental Delays
3. Learners Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing With Autism Spectrum Disorders
4. Understanding the Needs of Children Who Are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing With Disabilities Due to Genetic Causes
5. Deaf and Hard of Hearing Learners With Intellectual Disabilities: Current Understandings and Remaining Challenges
6. Future Directions in the Field of Deafblindness
7. Learners Who Are d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing With a Learning Disability
8. Assessment and Strategies for Learners Who Are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing With Emotional and Behavioral Challenges
9. Supporting Students Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Strategies for Success
10. Cycles of Support and Tenets of Effective Practice for Learners Who Are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing With Disabilities