Signs of connection. Working with deaf parents and hearing children in a nursery setting.
When deaf adults find themselves the parents of a hearing child, a cycle of disrupted communication and attachment may ensure between the parent and child. Not only may the parent-child bond be compromised, but the social-emotional development of the child and the parents' feelings of empowerment may be at risk as well. This paper details a psychoanalytically-informed approach to working with mixed deaf and hearing parent-child relationships in a nursery setting where the goal is to prevent such potential disruptions and derailments.
Lexington Center for Mental Health Services, Inc., USA.
Sara
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Zarem
D002648:Child; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D003638:Deafness; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*