Table of Contents

1: Meadow-Orlans, Erting, and Moores : Introduction 2: Meadow-Orlans, Koester, Spencer, and MacTurk : Theoretical Rationale for the Longitudinal Study 3: Meadow-Orlans : Participant Characteristics and Research Procedures 4: Koester, Traci, Brooks, Karkowski, and Smith-Gray : Mother-Infant Behaviors at 6 and 9 Months: A Microanalytic View 5: Koester and Meadow-Orlans : Interactions of Hearing Mothers and 9-Month-Old Infants: Temperament and Infant Stress 6: Meadow-Orlans, Dyssegaard and Smith-Gray : Hearing Parents' Reactions to the Identification of Deafness and Cognitive or Motor Disabilities 7: MacTurk, Ludwig, and Meadow-Orlans : Mastery Motivation at 9 and 12 Months: Traditional and Non-Traditional Approaches 8: Spencer : Mother-Child Interactions at 12 and 19 Months: Effects of the Accessibility of Linguistic Models 9: Koester and Meadow-Orlans : Attachment Behaviors at 18 Months 10: Spencer : Language at 12 and 18 Months: Effects of Accessibility of Linguistic Models 11: Spencer, Swisher, and Waxman : Visual Attention: Maturation and Specialization 12: Spencer and Meadow-Orlans : The Development of Play: Effects of Language and Maternal Responsiveness 13: Spencer, Meadow-Orlans, Koester, and Ludwig : Relationships Across Developmental Domains and Over Time 14: Meadow-Orlans, Spencer, Koester, and Steinberg : Implications for Intervention with Infants and Families References Index

About the Author

Kathryn P. Meadow-Orlans's research with deaf children and their families spans almost 40 years. A sociologist by training, her early work helped to spark the shift from "oral-only" deaf education to the acceptance of sign language. She is the author of numerous books and articles about deafness and child development. Patricia Elizabeth Spencer has been a classroom teacher, educational diagnostician, clinic administrator, researcher, and university professor. Her research has focused on processes and effects of early communication experiences. Currently Professor of Social Work at Gallaudet University, she teaches research and evaluation courses to deaf and hearing graduate students. Lynne Sanford Koester's research with deaf infants followed extensive training with Prof. Hanu Papouek in Germany, where she assisted in developing microanalytic coding systems for studies of intuitive parenting behaviors. She has recently completed a scientific biography of Papouek's life during the Cold War.

Reviews

This book is essential reading for any professional working with deaf infants and children ... The World of Deaf Infants is an exciting and accessible text and perhaps the most important study of deaf infants, their parenting and their development to date. The overriding message in this book is that the delays and disruptions seen in deaf children are avoidable where parenting is adaptive and sensitive, where a visually rich language model is available and early interaction experiences meet the needs of a child with visual communication. Deafness and Education International, 7 (2)