Application of general knowledge and psychodiagnostics to professional counseling practices with deaf persons. Survey of counseling techniques through case study analyses involving deaf children, adolescents, and adults. Supervised practicum in accordance with trainee's specialty in schools, clinics, and public and voluntary agencies serving deaf persons. The purpose of this course is to examine the social-psychological aspects of deafness and the dynamics of social adjustment in relation to deafness. Study is made of the deaf individual in society and the deaf community.
Areas considered include interpersonal relations, group processes, and attitudes.
Explores deafness as a cultural phenomenon through the study of the history, language, art forms, traditions, and patterns of everyday life of America's deaf community. Disturbances of Communication E28.2158 Consideration of factors that interfere with normal processes of communication. Special attention to problems of multiply disabled persons. Communication disturbances related to sensory involvement, mental deficit, psychological disorders, central nervous system dysfunction, and deprivation. Participation by clinical specialists.