A Practical Guide to Quality Interaction with Children who Have a Hearing Loss - Softcover

Morag Clark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1597561126 ISBN 13: 9781597561129

Publisher: Plural Publishing Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Consultant Clark (teaching of the deaf, Oxford Brookes U.) advocates structured, interactive learning environments for children with hearing loss, with the intention of producing students who can assimilate in hearing culture because their speech is fluent and intelligible to the hearing. She describes how hearing relates to spoken language, analyzes factors that detract from the use of hearing and speech, shows how to increase speech skills through applications in daily life, shows how to use parents as parents as primary teachers of speech, examines the interactions of children in a variety of school settings, and advocates for increased emphasis on oral training. She believes the influence of Deaf culture to be detrimental to the effort to the assimilation of individuals with hearing loss into a larger society. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author

Morag Clark, M.B.E. Morag Clark, MBE serves as an International Consultant in Natural Auditory Oral Education for children who are hearing impaired, with ongoing work in Turkey, Japan, Singapore, Ecuador, Germany, Mauritius - Rodrigues , Hungary, Canada, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and Zambia. Prior to taking this position in 1986, she was the Principal of Birkdale School for Hearing Impaired Children, in Southport, England. She is the recipient of an MBE from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth for her international service to the hearing impaired, and has received several additional awards including three awards from A. G. Bell: Honours of the Association, International Meritorious Service Award, and Global Ambassador. She has also been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Anadolu University, in Eskisehir, Turkey. Ms. Clark is the author of several articles and chapters on children with impaired hearing. She also runs workshops and training courses regularly in the UK and provides input to the Oxford Brookes University courses for teachers of the deaf.

Review

Doody Enterprises, Inc.: "**** Four stars from Doody's Review Service!" James W. Hall III, Ph.D., From the Foreword by James W. Hall III, Ph.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida: "The Practical Guide to Quality Interaction with Children Who Have a Hearing Loss is a timely and important contribution to the worldwide effort to provide optimal habilitation for children with auditory dysfunction - Ms. Clark presents a readable and practical guide to effective education and development of language in children with hearing loss - Filled with real-world examples of listening situations and activities, and a lifetime of experience gained in developed and developing countries around the world, this small Book fills a large gap in the literature on education and intervention for children with hearing impairment."

Edition details

• Publisher: Plural Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1597561126
• ISBN 13: 9781597561129
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96