Supporting Deaf Children And Young People: Strategies For

Description: This is a comprehensive, practical and thought-provoking guide for anyone involved in teaching deaf students. The majority of deaf children are taught in the mainstream system, but are much more likely to under-achieve at school than their hearing counterparts. 'Supporting Deaf Children and Young People' is a comprehensive guide to working with deaf students in a variety of educational settings. This book begins with an overview of current areas of controversy and difficulty within deaf education, before going on to offer an array of practical advice and strategies for supporting deaf individuals, such as: raising literacy and numeracy standards; identifying and circumventing avoidance strategies; incorporating deaf-friendly resources and activities into lesson plans; and, working with parents and other professionals. This book also includes reviews and advice on aids and technology, as well as looking at the social and emotional side of being a deaf student today. The supportive and positive voice of the author will help readers analyse and reflect on their teaching in order to find their own solutions to supporting their students. Table of Contents: Introduction; 1. Language acquisition and development; 2. Teaching deaf students to read and write; 3. Adapting communication strategies to allow for each child's individual needs; 4. Keeping deaf students on task; 5. The importance of humour in deaf education; 6. Avoidance strategies used by deaf students, and how to circumvent them; 7. Strategies to improve literacy standards; 8. Strategies for improving numeracy standards; 9. Deaf culture, differentiation strategies and resource materials; 10. Technical aids and other equipment; 11. The impact of ICT on teaching deaf students; 12. The employability of the Deaf and approaching careers education; 13. Working relationships and practices within a multi-disciplinary team; 14. Supporting parents, carers and other practitioners; 15. Strategies used with deaf students that also work for students with language difficulties; 16. Swimming against the mainstream - what mainstream settings need to do to satisfy the needs of their deaf students; Glossary; Further reading and resources; Index. Author Biography: Derek Brinkley is a teacher of the deaf in a mainstream City Academy in the UK specialising in Special Educational Needs, particularly deaf and blind students.