PHA-Exchange> Helping Children Who Are Deaf

[Sarah Shannon]

Greetings from the Hesperian Foundation, publishers of Where There Is No 
Doctor, Where Women Have No Doctor and other books and materials supporting 
community-based primary health care. I wanted to let you know about our 
newest book, Helping Children Who Are Deaf, by Sandy Niemann, Devorah 
Greenstein and Darlena David, which we have just released. This is the 
second book in Hesperian's Early Assistance Series for children with 
disabilities from birth to age 5.

Helping Children Who Are Deaf supports parents and other caregivers in 
building the communication skills of babies and young children. The book 
explains how deafness affects a child's ability to learn language and 
develop mentally and socially, and is packed with activities on how to 
foster language learning through both sign and oral approaches. Other 
topics include: how to assess hearing loss; education for hearing-impaired 
children; causes of deafness; how to work on the social skills of a deaf 
child; support for parents and caregivers; and how communities can work 
together to help deaf children. Developed in partnership with deaf adults, 
families with children who are deaf or cannot hear well, community-based 
development workers, health workers, educators, and other experts in over 
17 countries, Helping Children Who Are Deaf is practical, accessible and 
appropriate across different conditions and cultures. Here are some 
comments from reviewers:

This book will make a world of difference for so many deaf children.... It 
is an excellent resource for teaching families, communities, and health 
workers how to make language accessible to deaf children so that they can 
learn about, understand, and interact with the world around them.   - Amy 
Wilson, Gallaudet University, USA

The use of language in the pages is appropriate as it is simple to 
understand. The stories actually show the frustrations parents go through 
and the struggles they face in order to come to terms with their child's 
handicapping conditions.   Ashanti School for the Deaf, Ghana

You can access uploaded chapters of this book by visiting 
http://www.hesperian.org/buy_books.htm and scrolling down to the title 
Helping Children Who Are Deaf.

This book is available for $12, plus shipping and handling. Orders can be 
made by contacting bookorders at hesperian.org. More information about 
Hesperian and our books is available on our website at www.hesperian.org

Best wishes,

Sarah Shannon




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