Kid-Friendly Parenting with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

by Daria Medwid

For the parents of thousands of deaf and hard of hearing children, this step-by-step guide offers hundreds of ideas and methods that work with children ages 3 to 12. It provides scores of play activities to help parents enhance communication, solve problems, and strengthen relationships in skillful, fun ways. Also, parenting techniques are concisely presented to help parents set limits while avoiding power struggles and help foster positive behavior...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563680319
• ISBN13: 9781563680311
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

A first-rate, "user friendly" resource

Collaboratively written by child and family therapists Daria Medwid and Denise Chapman Weston, Kid-Friendly Parenting With Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Children: A Treasury Of Fun Activities Toward Better Behavior is a first-rate, "user friendly" resource for parents of hearing-impaired offspring. Individual chapters address a range of key parenting issues including dealing with school problems, overactivity, cultivating social skills, the importance of setting limits, unique difficulties in communicating, and much, much more. Kid-Friendly Parenting With Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Children is very highly recommended reading, for parents and anyone else working with hearing-impaired young people.