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Companion book for The
Deafened People Page! A reference and practical
guide for counsellors of deafened people dealing
with adjustment to deafness, and deafened people
interested in self-help.We are delighted to announce that the book has been published
by distinguished academic
publishers the University
of Toronto Press in the Fall of 2000.
Booksellers US
Amazon paperback
hardcover
Booksellers Canada
Chapters paperback
hardcover
Your local independent bookseller can order the book using the
ISBN number on the publisher's
page. (Just print that page out and take it to the
bookseller.)
Here's what my father had to say... (could you ask for a
more objective reviewer?)
I just finished Chapter 1 of your book. It is an
excellent piece of work! It's hard to put down. It is very
readable for what is a quite deep and technical subject. I'm
very surprised at that and it's obvious that you have done a
lot of research on this subject and also that you have a
considerable talent for this kind of writing. Please share my
comments with Miguel who also deserves congratulations for a
good work. I hope your book gets the promotion it deserves
among the professionals in the field --- and, I guess, the
parents and other relatives of the deafened. I'm sure it will
help my understanding of your deafness. I needed to tell you
this before resuming my reading. ...
Well, I finished it today. It still rings a strong bell
with me because I've thought I understood, at least in part,
what you were feeling and going through. Definitely
recommended reading for hearing people who are related to
deafened people, as well as those who work with them in one
way or another! Congratulations again to both of you for a
fine piece of work.
PART I—Adjustment
Written as professional colleagues who
are also deafened, presenting a general
orientation to acquired deafness and
describing the process of adjustment.
This material will be useful for both
professionals (particularly counsellors,
social workers, etc.) and deafened
people, to understand emotional responses
and relationship changes as signposts in
the progression of adjustment. Sidebars
are used to provide descriptions of
personal experiences which illustrate
points in the main text. |
1. About late-deafness
| Hearing and hearing loss
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| How people are deafened
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| Prevalence
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| Judgments of deafness
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| Impairment,
disability, handicap
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Provides foundation information about
normal hearing and hearing loss
measurement, categories and kinds of
hearing loss (in non-medical terms),
prevalence, and meanings of the term
‘deaf’. Differentiates between
hearing loss (audiometric) and deaf
(social/functional). Also discusses
disability terms. |
2. Adjustment to deafness
| Acquired deafness, acquired
stigma
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| Complication with other
problems
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| What is normal for deafened
adults?
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| Model of Deafened Adjustment
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Reviews literature about acquired
disability and deafness specifically.
Presents and thoroughly explains our
original model of adjustment to acquired
deafness, which is based on models of
bereavement and coming-out. |
3. Effect on relationships
| Inconvenience and stigma
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| The purpose of communication
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| Passing
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| Disclosing
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| Making new
friends in the deaf community
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| Finding a refuge
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The theory of ‘stigma’ is
explored as a model of relationship
changes and coping strategies. Origins of
Association of Late-Deafened Adults. |
4. Professional help
| Traditional Intervention
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| Sign language and
interpreting
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| Real-time transcription
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| Self-help
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Sections of this chapter cover various
‘helping’ services provided by
professionals: aural rehabilitation
(hearing aids, cochlear implants,
lipreading, from social and non-technical
perspective); sign language and
interpreting; real-time transcription;
self-help (from the professional’s
point of view). |
PART II—Support
Written as fellow deafened people,
describing in very step-by-step terms the
practicalities and procedures of running
deafened self-help support groups.
Professionals may also use these
chapters, to teach and empower their
clients to take up self-help. Sidebars
are mainly used for summaries of key
points. |
5. Peer help
| Educational sessions
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| Socials
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| The mini-conference
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| Special interest groups
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| ALDAcon
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| Formal leadership and
governance
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| No bad members
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This chapter outlines various forms of
organized help peers provide for each
other, from workshops to socials. It
includes guidelines and ideas for setting
up workshops. It also explains practical
issues related to organizing as an
association or club based on our combined
15 years organizing and volunteering in
deafened groups at the local, national
and international level. |
6. Self-help
| What is it?
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| Group format: open or closed
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| Group size
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| Membership
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| Recruitment and outreach
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This chapter passes along our combined
years experience with different groups
and our training in the theory and
practice of self-help, including how the
term “self-help” is used in our
book, how groups may operate, how members
may be found, even how to schedule a
series of sessions. The chapter guides
the reader through basic decisions that
must be made before starting a group. |
7. Self-help leader’s preparation
| Selecting and tasking the
leader
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| Publicizing the group
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| Communication access
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| Time and place
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| Referrals for help the group
cannot provide
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| Other useful
material
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This chapter specifically addresses
the preparation the leader needs to do to
plan a specific series or session, to
make the group accessible, and other
general organizational arrangements. |
8. Self-help rules
This chapter
explains nine rules that govern the
group. The chapter can be used to help
the leader understand the rules and to
explain the rules to the group members. |
9. Self-help session procedure
This
chapter explains the self-help session
step by step. It serves as an agenda and
explains the goal and method of each
step. This chapter will equip anyone to
lead a group who understands the rules
and the meaning of ‘feelings’ |
10. Feelings
Recognizing and
expressing feelings being the object of
the self-help process, this short chapter
illustrates and explains what is meant by
‘feelings’. It is not meant to
be a treatise on the nature of human
emotion, but rather a guide to help
ordinary people articulate their feelings
in order to benefit from self-help.
11. Helping handwriting
This chapter provides some stimuli for
journalling, for the most private form of
self-help. |
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