Improving services for Asian deaf children : parents' and professionals' perspectives

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Improving services for Asian deaf children : parents' and professionals' perspectives

Rampaul Chamba, Waqar Ahmad and Lesley Jones

The Policy Press, 1998

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-89)

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Description

Although there is a need for improved service provision, there has been little research on minority ethnic deaf children. This report focuses on services for Asian deaf children under five years of age. It charts the parental journey to an understanding of and support for their child's condition.

Table of Contents

  • Negotiating diagnosis
  • initial suspicions and contact with services
  • after the diagnosis
  • adjustemnts and interaction with services
  • the family and social context
  • professional perspectives
  • screening and diagnosis
  • professionals' perspectives - improving services
  • discussion of research findings
  • recommendations for improving services for Asian deaf children.

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