10 AM to 4PM Mon. Choices in deafness. Educational and developmental aspects of deafness. What every person should know about heredity and deafness. . Students will read broadly and deeply for most of their assignments.
Students can expect to spend a significant amount of time in outside readings.
Some will be given as handouts and some will be chosen by the student. Decisions must be made about the message, the audience, the medium, the tools, and the process of education. Knowledge of the psychological and sociological implications of deafness is crucial to understand characteristics of the audience. 1.Current educational definitions of students with hearing loss, including identification criteria, labeling issues, and current incidence and prevalence figures. Cultural dimensions which being Deaf or Hard of Hearing may add to the life of a child.