Description - Promoting Social and Emotional Development in Deaf Children by Mark T. Greenberg
"Promoting Social and Emotional Development in Deaf Children" presents theory and research regarding an innovative curriculum project designed to enhance the development of self-control, emotional awareness, and social problem-solving skills in deaf children of elementary school age. The PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) curriculum is the only well-researched model for use with deaf children and one of the few comprehensive models that is also adapted for hearing children. Since the mid-1980s, this curriculum has been implemented in a number of U.S. and foreign schools. Mark T. Greenberg and Carol A. Kusche discuss childhood deafness and mental health and school-based preventive models. Their overview of the PATHS curriculum is supplemented by descriptions and samples of actual classroom lessons, and data from one- and two-year follow-up studies. They also address such practical issues as implementation, teacher training and supervision and generalization of effects. The authors conclude by discussing the potential applications of the PATHS curriculum in addressing the social problems of deaf adolescents (e.g., peer pressure, substance abuse, sexual decision making, and parent-adolescent communication).
The PATHS curriculum has strong potential both to remedy significant problems in self-control and behavioral adjustment and to promote greater emotional awareness and a reflective approach to solving interpersonal and academic problems. "Promoting Social and Emotional Development in Deaf Children" presents the theoretical research on the basis on which the curriculum was developed. Addressed to both the theorist and the practitioner, the book will be of interest to a wide variety of readers, including teachers, academic researchers, school psychologists and counselors, special-education directors, parents, and mental health professionals.
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