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

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).

"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

• ForewordManfred HintermairPrefaceMarilyn Sass-LehrerList of ContributorsPart I. Early Intervention Foundations1. What Every Early Intervention Professional Should Know Marilyn Sass-Lehrer, Mary Pat Moeller, and Arlene Stredler-Brown2. Developing and Sustaining Exemplary Practice Through Professional Learning Mary Ellen Nevins and Marilyn Sass-Lehrer3. Families: Partnerships in Practice Marilyn Sass-Lehrer, Ann Porter, and Cheryl L. Wu4. Legislation, Policies and Role of Research in Shaping Early Intervention Barbara Raimondo and Christine Yoshinaga-Itano5. Collaboration with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities Paula Pittman, Beth S. Benedict, Stephanie Olson, and Marilyn Sass-LehrerPart II. Early Intervention Practices6. Getting Started: Hearing Screening, Evaluation and Next Steps Rachel St. John, Linda R. Lytle, Debra B. Nussbaum, and Angela Shoup7. Developmental Assessment Amy Szarkowski and Nicole Hutchinson8. Collaboration for Communication, Language and Cognitive Development Maribel Gárate and Susan Lenihan9. Individualized Family Service Plans and Programming Rosemary J. Gallegos, Kristi Halus, and Jodee Crace10. Early Intervention in Challenging National Contexts Claudine Störbeck and Alys Young