Dedication
Preface
Chapter 1: Great Expectations: An Introduction
Chapter 2: What Can My Baby Hear?
Chapter 3: Welcome to the World: The Prenatal Period to 3
Months
Chapter 4: Early Parenting Goals: Nurturing and Supporting
Development in the First 3 Months
Chapter 5: Why Is Early Learning So Important: 3 to 6 Months
Chapter 6: Learning, Feeling, and Communicating: 3 to 6 Months
Chapter 7: On the Move: 6 to 12 Months
Chapter 8: Little Communicators: 6 to 12 Months
Chapter 9: The Symbol Users: Representing, Remembering, Recreating:
12 to18 Months
Chapter 10: Almost Two and Look What's New! 18 to 24 Months
Chapter 11: Little Psychologists and Budding Linguists: From Two to
Three Years Old
Chapter 12: Where We Are...and Where We are Going
References
Resources and Websites for Parents and Professionals
Patricia Elizabeth Spencer has been a teacher, assessment
specialist, and educational advocate for deaf and hard-of-hearing
students (including those with multiple learning challenges) across
the age range of infancy through post-graduate levels. Her work at
the Gallaudet Research Institute focused on early interaction,
play, and language development. She has worked internationally as a
researcher and educational consultant and has written extensively
on issues
related to development and education of deaf and hard-of-hearing
children.
Lynne Sanford Koester retired after 25 years of teaching
developmental psychology at the University of Montana and at the
University of North Carolina-Greensboro. She has also worked in
Ethiopia, Austria, and Germany, and is the former Director of the
Intercultural Youth and Family Development graduate program at her
university. Her research has focused primarily on infant
development within the family context - parenting behaviors and
cultural influences, early parent-child interactions, and
intuitive parenting.
"The strength of this book comes through in the underlying messages
that underpin effective early intervention in deaf education. The
authors consistently emphasize the importance of meeting individual
needs, supporting and empowering families, and the parent-child
relationshipEL As a hearing professional, I found these intuitive
visual communication strategies fascinating and could identify deaf
children with hearing parents that would hugely benefit in this
wayEL I imagine this book becoming a key text for Deaf Education
programs as well as an informative read for parents and other
professionals new to the subject. The content is thorough and
effectively
bridges the gap between research and practice." -Suzanne Williams,
review in Deafness & Education International
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