Dedication

Foreword

Donald F. Moores

Introduction to the Book

PART I The Deaf Child in the Family

Images of Self and Others: Stories From the Children

Martha A. Sheridan

Learning to Converse: How Deaf Mothers Support the Development of Attention and Conversational Skills in Their Young Deaf Children

M. Virginia Swisher

Bilingualism in a Deaf Family: Fingerspelling in Early Childhood

Carol J. Erting

Carlene Thumann-Prezioso

Beth Sonnenstrahl Benedict

Intuitive Parenting, Communication, and Interaction With Deaf Infants

Lynne Sanford Koester

Hanus Papousek

Sybil Smith-Gray

Impact of Child Deafness on Mother-Toddler Interaction: Strengths and Weaknesses

Amy R. Lederberg

Amy K. Prezbindowski

Autobiographical Narrative on Growing Up Deaf

Annie Steinberg

PART II The Deaf Child and Family in Transition

Every Opportunity: A Case Study of Hearing Parents and Their Deaf Child

Patricia Elizabeth Spencer

Sensitivity in the Family-Professional Relationship: Parental Experiences in Families With Young Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

Donna M. Mertens

Marilyn Sass-Lehrer

Kim Scott-Olson

Language in Sight: Mothers' Strategies for Making Language Visually Accessible to Deaf Children

Heather Mohay

Challenges to Parents and Professionals in Promoting Socioemotional Development in Deaf Children

Rosemary Calderon

Mark T. Greenberg

PART III The Deaf Child at School

Socialization of Deaf Children and Youths in School

Michael S. Stinson

Susan Foster

Shifting Stigma From Body to Self: Paradoxical Consequences of Mainstreaming

Jeffrey E. Nash

A Bold Step: Changing the Curriculum for Culturally Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

Rachel Stone

Emerging Educational Programs for Deaf Students in Mongolia and Nepal: A Special Report

Birgit Dyssegaard

Nature Versus Nurture in the Development of Cognition in Deaf People

C. Tane Akamatsu

Carol Musselman

Avraham Zwiebel

Education and Development of Deaf Children---or Is It Development and Education?

Marc Marschark

Afterword

Deafness and Social Change: Ruminations of a Retiring Researcher

Kathryn P. Meadow-Orlans

Author Index

Subject Index