title: Social interaction. Assessment and intervention with regard to students who are deaf.
abstract: Personnel in school settings where deaf children are enrolled can play an important role in facilitating the acquisition of mature social skills. Social interaction assessment, curricula, and examples of goals and objectives are provided in this article as well as suggestions for facilitating social integration and developing a Circle of Friends. A tool that interpreters or other significant adults might utilize to empower hearing peers is also provided. It can be used for assessment purposes or as a model for appropriate comments. Finally, six commercially-available social skills curricula are described for use with students who are deaf.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Hearing and Speech in Kansas City, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Luetke-Stahlman
mesh_terms: D003638:Deafness; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012574:Schools; D012931:Social Environment; D012932:Social Facilitation; D013334:Students