• Foreword


• Manfred Hintermair


• Preface


• Marilyn Sass-Lehrer


• List of Contributors


• Part I. Early Intervention Foundations


• 1. What Every Early Intervention Professional Should Know


• Marilyn Sass-Lehrer, Mary Pat Moeller, and Arlene Stredler-Brown


• 2. Developing and Sustaining Exemplary Practice Through Professional Learning


• Mary Ellen Nevins and Marilyn Sass-Lehrer


• 3. Families: Partnerships in Practice


• Marilyn Sass-Lehrer, Ann Porter, and Cheryl L. Wu


• 4. Legislation, Policies and Role of Research in Shaping Early Intervention


• Barbara Raimondo and Christine Yoshinaga-Itano


• 5. Collaboration with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities


• Paula Pittman, Beth S. Benedict, Stephanie Olson, and Marilyn Sass-Lehrer


• Part II. Early Intervention Practices


• 6. Getting Started: Hearing Screening, Evaluation and Next Steps


• Rachel St. John, Linda R. Lytle, Debra B. Nussbaum, and Angela Shoup


• 7. Developmental Assessment


• Amy Szarkowski and Nicole Hutchinson


• 8. Collaboration for Communication, Language and Cognitive Development


• Maribel Gárate and Susan Lenihan


• 9. Individualized Family Service Plans and Programming


• Rosemary J. Gallegos, Kristi Halus, and Jodee Crace


• 10. Early Intervention in Challenging National Contexts


• Claudine Störbeck and Alys Young

Marilyn Sass-Lehrer is Professor of Education at Gallaudet University and Co-Director of its Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program. She has published and presented internationally on topics related to early intervention. She is co-author of Parents and Their Deaf Children: The Early Years (2003) and co-editor of The Young Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Child: A Family-Centered Approach to Early Education (2003).

A "must-have" for every professional studying or working with the families of deaf and hard-of-hearing infants and toddlers, Dr. Marilyn Sass-Lehrer provides readers with the evidence-based knowledge needed to implement interdisciplinary and collaborative early interventional programming for professionals and students.
Featuring a collaborative team of expert contributors across a variety of backgrounds and disciplines - including educators, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and health care providers - Early Intervention for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families presents students and specialists with the fundamental knowledge they need to effectively design and deliver care to this population.