Toward Effective Public School Programs for Deaf Students

This book's aim is to define and clarify the issues involved in the education of deaf and hard of hearing children in local public schools, to bring to light the accumulating research in this area, and to recommend actions for organizing effective educational programs. The book offers a perspective on the current confusion in the field of deaf education, examines how different deaf constituencies have unique needs, describes how the family contributes to and makes demands on the school system, and discusses how deaf children are succeeding and losing out.