Supporting Deaf Children and Young People

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.

• 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.