Böcker av IRENE W. LEIGH

Using the premise that deaf people often are a minority within a minority, 27 outstanding experts outline in this timely volume approaches to intervention with clients from specific, diverse populations. With an overview on being a psychotherapist with deaf clients, this guide includes information on the diversity of consumer knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and experiences.

For students in Deaf Culture or American Sign Language courses, this textbook critically examines how Deaf culture fits into education, psychology, cultural studies, technology, and the arts.

Psychological Sociological and Educational Perspectives. Deaf People and Society incorporates multiple perspectives related to the topics of psychology, education, and sociology, including the viewpoints of deaf adults themselves.