The Policy Press have published the following titles on services for
deaf people which I hope will be of interest to list memebrs.
Improving services for Asian deaf children: Parents’ and professionals’ perspectives
Rampaul Chamba, Waqar Ahmad and Lesley Jones
University of California, San Diego and Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds
“An important and readable report. It adds greatly to our understanding of Asian deaf
children and the issues that are significant for them and their
families, a topic which has been largely neglected in the literature
until now.” Susan Gregory, School of Education, University of
Birmingham
Although there is an acknowledged need for improved service provision, there has
been little research on minority ethnic deaf children. This report
focuses on services for Asian deaf children under five years of age.
Through interviews undertaken with parents and professionals in West
Yorkshire, the authors chart the parental journey to an understanding
of and support for their child’s condition. They explore the nature
and quality of support from different professionals once a child has
been diagnosed as deaf, and examine the social impact of deafness on
parents and the wider family. The report examines the broader policy
framework, giving detailed recommendations for services.
As the first research on Asian parents’ and professionals’ perspectives in relation
to general service provision for Asian deaf children, the report is
essential reading for practitioners in health, education and social
services and those wishing to understand the wider political and social
context.
Contents: Introduction; Negotiating diagnosis: initial suspicions and contact with services; After the diagnosis: adjustments and interaction with services; The family and social context; Professionals’ perspectives: screening and diagnosis; Professionals’ perspectives: improving services; Discussion of research findings; Recommendations for improving services for Asian deaf children.
£12.99 (US$23.50) ISBN 1 86134 129 6
Paperback 234 x 156mm 112 pages October 1998
Deafness and ethnicity
Services, policy and politics
Waqar Ahmad, Aliya Darr, Lesley Jones and Gohar Nisar
Centre for Research in Primary Care, University of Leeds, The Ethnicity
and Social Policy Research Unit, University of Bradford and Bradford Metropolitan Council
“Deals sensitively with the complex notions of racism and racialism. It includes an excellent analysis of the concept of identity and the “empowering and oppressive consequences”
of the politics of identity.” Susan Gregory, School of Education, Birmingham University
Providing the first comprehensive examination of the field of ethnicity and
deafness, this report gives a national overview of initiatives with
minority ethnic deaf people. It considers debates on ethnicity and
service provision, and on the politics of deafness. Using interviews
with deaf users and workers, the authors consider issues of identity,
language and perspectives on services. The findings are put into the
context of policy and practice in the fields of ethnicity and deafness.
The report constitutes a major resource which will be widely welcomed
by students, teachers, researchers and practitioners with an interest
in ethnicity and/or deafness.
£12.99 (US$23.50) • ISBN 1 86134 088 5
Paperback 234 x 156mm • August 1998 REPORT
In association with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Looking on: Deaf people and the organisation of services
Alys Young, Jennifer Ackerman and Jim Kyle
Department of Social Work, University of Salford;
Centre for Deaf Studies, University of Bristol
No longer simply service users, deaf people who use British Sign
Language are becoming service providers. In some schools, hospitals and
social services, the professional team is now one in which both deaf
and hearing colleagues attempt to work together. The challenges in
creating such cooperation are immense: the working environment
potentially becomes bilingual and bicultural; deaf people’s presence
challenges ‘expert’ hearing identities; and occupational status is not
evenly distributed between deaf and hearing staff.
This study examines the deaf/hearing working practice and working relations
in three statutory organisations – a school for deaf children and two
specialist psychiatric units for deaf people. It explores the critical
challenges faced at personal, interpersonal and organisational level
and makes clear recommendations for the development of good practice
that meet the needs of both deaf and hearing colleagues and build
effective services. This report is highly readable and easily
accessible to those for whom English is a second language.
£11.95 (US$21.50) • ISBN 1 86134 092 3
Paperback 297 x 210mm • April 1998 REPORT
In association with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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