20 children who cannot hear well need help early
You can help your child learn
If you think your child’s communication is not developing as it should,
you can help him learn. Parents often think that only someone with
professional training can help their child. But as a parent, you know
your child better than anyone else, so you can make a big difference in
his development.
Other children Ali’s age
know how to behave
with each other. I think
it’s important for him to
learn how to get along
with other children.
In Chapters 3 to 9 you can find information about:
• guidelines for teaching language (Chapter 3)
• basic communication skills (Chapter 4)
• finding out what your child can hear (Chapter 5)
• listening skills
(Chapter 6)
• choosing and
learning a language
(Chapter 7)
What’s that
sign?
‘Fix’. Can you
sign ‘fix’?
• learning a
sign language
(Chapter 8)
• learning
a spoken
language
(Chapter 9)
Helping Children Who Are Deaf (2004)