Communication Interventions with Deaf People

Rosalind Herman Gelbart is Professor of Child Language and Deafness in the Department of Language and Communication Science, City St George's, University of London. Ros trained as a speech and language therapist and specialised in clinical work with deaf people. She has maintained her clinical work alongside research and training speech and language therapists. Her research interests are related to language acquisition, assessment, and interventions with deaf people.Charlotte Enns is Professor Emerita in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba. Her background is in speech-language pathology but, despite her clinical training, she has always considered herself more of an educator than a clinician, which has strongly influenced her work with the language rights of deaf children. Charlotte's research is focused on the bilingual education of deaf students, with a particular emphasis on language and literacy acquisition and assessment. She believes it is critical to involve deaf people in research about deaf people to gain the valuable scientific and humanitarian contributions provided through their embodied knowledge.

• List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Part I. The Context For Communication Interventions 1: Rosalind Herman Gelbart;Charlotte Enns: Introduction to Communication Interventions with Deaf People 2: Leala Holcomb: Deaf Perspectives on Communication Interventions 3: Joanna Hoskin;Lenka Novak: Developing the Role of Deaf Language Specialists in Delivering Language Therapy in BSL Part II. Service Delivery 4: Michele Berke;Christine Yoshinaga-Itano: Working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children in the Preschool Years 5: Julie Hare: Working within a Multidisciplinary Paediatric Cochlear Implant Team 6: Kate Green: Working in Mainstream Schools and Resource Bases 7: Mar Pérez;Marian Valmaseda;Irina Martínez: Working in Bilingual-bimodal Educational Programmes 8: Brenda Fossett: Working with DeafPlus Individuals 9: Lindsey Gagan;Liz Stott;Kim Williams;Iseabail Belither: Working with DHH Adults: Clinical Assessment and Management of Language and Communication Needs Part III. Assessment of Communication Skills 10: Martina Curtin;Katerina Giachritsi;Tarryn Jacobs;Alison Miles;Michelle Rayne: Assessment of Communicative Interactions Between Deaf Children and Their Parents 11: Wendy Martin: Assessing the Spoken Language Skills of Deaf Children and Young People 12: Kate Rowley;Charlotte Enns;Joanna Atkinson;Rosalind Herman Gelbart: Assessment of Sign Language Abilities Part IV. Communication Interventions 13: Evelien Dirks: Fostering Parent-Child Interaction in Families of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children 14: Kristin Snoddon: Sign Language Programmes for Parents and Caregivers of Young Children 15: Hillary Ganek;Elizabeth A. Rosenzweig: Speech Interventions with Deaf Children 16: Elaine Litvak;Shauna M. Arbuckle: Implementation of Listening and Spoken Language Intervention in Diverse Educational Settings 17: Claudia Becker;Gary Morgan: Communication Interventions Targeting Theory of Mind in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children 18: Glynis Haines;Susan Ebbels: Using the SHAPE CODING™ System to Develop Understanding and Use of English Grammar 19: Karin Schamroth;Martina Curtin: Using smiLE Therapy to Develop Pragmatic Skills 20: Jacqueline Leybaert; Cécile Colin;Stéphanie Colin: Development of Sensori-Motor Language Representations in Children with Cochlear Implants and Cued Speech Experience 21: Susan Easterbrooks;Amy R. Lederberg;Brenda Schick;Nancy Bridenbaugh;M. Christina Rivera: Evidenced-Based Language and Literacy Interventions 22: Lynn McQuarrie;Charlotte Enns: Using Sign-Symbol Aptitude to Support Word Reading Acquisition 23: Loes Wauters;Hille van Gelder: Literacy Interventions for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adolescents Part V. Epilogue 24: Charlotte Enns;Rosalind Herman Gelbart: Communication Interventions with Deaf People: Future Directions