Partnering with parents to enhance habilitation: a parent's perspective.
Parents play a very important role in language habilitation for their children who are deaf or hard of hearing. However, many times parents are not aware of the difference they can make in their child's language development. It is important that professionals working with children support parents in understanding their role and identifying language learning strategies that parents can incorporate into their daily routines to increase language development opportunities. Parents also have a key role in monitoring their child's progress to assist the professionals in assessing how well the habilitation strategies they are using are working. Family support and coaching strategies that professionals can use to encourage and support the parent's role in habilitation are discussed.
Indiana Hands & Voices, Greenwood, Indiana 46143, USA. lisakovacs4@gmail.com
Lisa
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Kovacs
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D019986:Persons with Hearing Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*