Gallaudet University Press: 71 books
Legal Rights, 6th Ed.
The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
The standard handbook on law affecting deaf and hard of hearing people has been completely rewritten and updated. The sixth edition of Legal Rights: The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People meticulously describes those statutes that prohibit discrimination against deaf and hard of hearing people,...
Promoting Positive Transition Outcomes
Effective Planning for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Young Adults
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Many students struggle with the transition from high school to the next stage of their lives. For deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students, that struggle can be intensified by barriers and discriminatory attitudes they face in their communities, schools, and workplaces. Though much progress has been...
by Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
While many deaf organizations around the world have adopted an ethno-linguistic framing of deafness, the meanings and consequences of this perspective vary across cultural contexts, and relatively little scholarship exists that explores this framework from an anthropological perspective.
In...
The Silent Garden
A Parent’s Guide to Raising a Deaf Child
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
For over 30 years, The Silent Garden has offered parents of deaf children the support and unbiased information needed to fully realize their children’s potential. This completely revised third edition is a must-have resource that will help parents navigate the complex and unique challenges they...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
As the ASL-English interpreting field has become professionalized, there is a growing disconnect between interpreters and the Deaf consumers they serve. Whereas interpreting used to be a community-based practice, the field is growing into a research-based profession that begins in a classroom rather...
Alandra's Lilacs
The Story of a Mother and Her Deaf Daughter
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2009
When, in 1968, 19-year-old Tressa Bowers took her baby daughter to an expert on deaf children, he pronounced that Alandra was “stone deaf,” she most likely would never be able to talk, and she probably would not get much of an education because of her communication limitations. Tressa refused...
Deaf to the Marrow
Deaf Social Organizing and Active Citizenship in Viet Nam
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
In Deaf to the Marrow, public anthropologist Audrey C. Cooper examines the social production and transformation of ideas about language, bodies, and state-structured educational institutions in southern Viet Nam. Focusing on the reform period (1986 to the present), Cooper describes the ways that signed-language...
American Sign Language and Early Literacy
A Model Parent-Child Program
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012
The usual definition of the term “literacy” generally corresponds with mastering the reading and writing of a spoken language. This narrow scope often engenders unsubstantiated claims that print literacy alone leads to, among other so-called higher-order thinking skills, logical and rational thinking...
Bilingual Deaf and Hearing Families
Narrative Interviews
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
This study emphasizes the importance of family support for deaf members, particularly through the use of both American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken and/or written English. Research has shown how these factors influence such areas as a child’s development, performance in school, and relationships...
Conversations with Interpreter Educators
Exploring Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
Sign language interpreter education is a relatively young field that is moving toward more theory-based and research-oriented approaches. The concept of sharing research, which is strongly encouraged in this academic community, inspired Christine Monikowski to develop a volume that collects and distills...
by Margery S. Miller, Tania N. Thomas-Presswood, Kurt Metz
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
The obstacles to valid and meaningful assessment of deaf and hard of hearing children and adolescents are great, yet professionals are regularly asked to conduct comprehensive evaluations to determine resource and program eligibility, test modifications in school, classroom and home recommendations,...
by Jules Dickinson
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
The last forty years have seen a dramatic change in the nature of work, with deaf people increasingly moving into white collar or office-based professions. The rise of deaf professionals has led to employment opportunities for signed language interpreters across a variety of workplace settings, creating...
Cochlear Implants
Evolving Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
The cochlear implant debate has changed, as evidenced in this cogent collection that presents 13 chapters by 20 experts, including several who communicate through sign language but also utilize cochlear implants. The impetus for this change stems from recognition that both visual and aural input can...
Sign Language, Sustainable Development, and Equal Opportunities
Envisioning the Future for Deaf Students
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Increased interaction between sign language communities and the mainstream societies in which they function is creating the potential for greater equality of opportunity for people who are deaf and hard of hearing. In this volume, renowned scholars and policy makers from around the world present innovative...