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Bibliography – Counselling Children with Cochlear Implants
Books
Altshuler, Kenneth Z & Rainer, John D
Mental health and the deaf: approaches and prospects
U S Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1969
Austen, Sally & Crocker, Susan
Deafness in mind: working psychologically with deaf
people across the lifespan
Whurr, 2004
ISBN: 186156404X
Presents the varying approaches to deaf mental health including preventative
methods.
Austen, Sally & Jeffery, Dave
Deafness and challenging behaviour: the 360° perspective
John Wiley, 2007
ISBN: 9780470025482 0470025484
Multi-disciplinary professionals with specialist knowledge of working with
deaf people explore aspects of mild to severe challenging behaviour. Special
emphasis is placed on the needs of deaf sign language users.
Campion, Jean
Counselling children
Whiting & Birch, 1991
ISBN: 1871177103
Christiansen, John B & Leigh, Irene W
Cochlear implants in children: ethics and choices
Gallaudet, 2002
ISBN: 1563681161
Based on a survey of parents with children who have cochlear implants and
follow-up interviews with the parents and the children themselves. The
final section looks at the controversy that cochlear implants have created
in the Deaf community and looks at the ethics of implanting young children
without their consent.
Corker, Mairian
Counselling: the deaf challenge
Jessica Kingsley, 1994
ISBN: 1853022233
Recommended for readers with some prior knowledge of counselling techniques
and deaf issues, interested in furthering the access of deaf people
to a form of counselling that encourages self-exploration and self-acceptance.
Denmark, John C
Deafness and mental health
Jessica Kingsley, 1994
ISBN: 1853022128
The author is a leading psychiatrist working with deaf people. This book
contains illustrative examples and could be of particular use in helping to
understand the nature of deafness and to recognise mental problems.
Elliott, Holly
Mental health assessment of deaf clients: a practical
manual
College-Hill, 1987
ISBN: 0316233137
Furth, Hans G
Thinking without language: psychological implications
of deafness
Free Press, 1966
Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS)
Cool heads: stress central
HEBS, 2000
ISBN: 1902030184
Advice for teenagers on coping with stress and problems.
Heath, Alison
Cochlear implants: a collection of experiences of users
of all ages
NCIUA, 2001
ISBN: 0954125703
Hindley, Peter & Kitson, Nick
Mental health and deafness
Whurr, 2000
ISBN: 1897635397
Laurenzi, Carlo (Ed)
Keep deaf children in mind: current issues in mental
health
NDCS, 1994
ISBN: 0904691373
Based on proceedings from a conference on mental health issues for deaf
children.
Laurenzi, Carlo & Ridgeway, Sharon
Progress through equality: new perspectives in the field
of mental health and deafness
BSMHD Publications, 1996
ISBN: 0952598701
Montgomery, George
Of sound and mind : deafness, personality and mental
health
Scottish Workshop Publications, 1978
National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)
Cochlear implants: young people's views
NDCS & Ear Foundation, 2007
Research into young cochlear implant users' views of having a cochlear
implant presented in soundbites.
Nelson-Jones, Richard
Lifeskills: a handbook
Cassell, 1991
ISBN: 0304323969
Nelson-Jones, Richard
Practical counselling and helping skills: helping clients
to help themselves (2nd ed)
Cassell, 1988
ISBN: 0304314692
Reed, Helen
PATHS: the way towards personal and social empowerment for deaf
children: a report on the NDCS Deaf Children in Mind project:
personal and social initiative
NDCS, 1999
ISBN: 0904691489
A three year initiative designed to empower deaf children with new personal
and social skills and developed a school-based curriculum focusing on the
emotional development of children.
Schlesinger, Hilde S & Meadow, Kathryn P
Sound and sign: childhood deafness and mental health
University of California Press, 1972
ISBN: 0520021371
Stein, Laszlo K; Mindel, Eugene D; Jabaley, Theresa
Deafness and mental health
Grune & Stratton, 1981
ISBN: 0808913476
Sussman, Allen E & Stewart, Larry G
Counseling with deaf people
Deafness Research & Training Center, New York University, 1971
von der Lieth, Lars
Life in families with deaf members: proceedings of the
Vth World Conference on Deafness
National Federation of the Deaf in Denmark, 1978
Papers cover a variety of topics relating to deaf children in hearing families,
hearing children in Deaf families, communication in families, counselling
and therapy.
Videos
Open University
Issues in deafness: Video three: Deafness and mental
health; Video four: Signs of change: politics and the Deaf community
(1 video tape)
Open University Press, 1991
Open Unversity course: D251: Issues in Deafness Accompanied by a Video
Handbook (for both video tapes)
CD-ROMs
Scottish Council on Deafness
Counselling ... : a resource
Scottish Council on Deafness, 2007
DVD for PC.
Articles
Austen, Sally
Snap-shot of deafness and mental health
Deaf Worlds 2006,, Vol 22 (2), pS85-S90
Key questions arising from the diagnosis and treatment of Deaf sign language
users with mental health problems.
Brunnberg, Elinor; Boström, Margareta Lindén; Berglund, Mats
Self-rated mental health, school adjustment, and substance use in
hard-of-hearing adolescents
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Summer 2008,
Vol 13 (3), p324-335
Study of mental health and substance abuse among young people who are hard
of hearing in Sweden.
Butler, Sarah
Challenging behaviour: wouldn't you?
Talking Sense Spring 2008, Vol 54 (1), p24-33
Practical approaches to challenging behaviour in deafblind people.
Butler, Sarah
Out of sight, out of mind (In focus ... mental health)
Talking Sense Spring 2007, Vol 53 (1), p24-34
Looks at emotional and mental health issues for deafblind people.
Cambra, Cristina
Feelings and emotions in deaf adolescents
Deafness and Education International 2005, Vol 7 (4),
p195-205
A study of deaf and hearing teenagers to compare their emotional lives.
Glickman, Neil
Do you hear voices? Problems in assessment of mental status in deaf
persons with severe language deprivation
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Spring 2007,
Vol 12 (2), p127-147
This article examines some of the problems associated with the psychiatric
evaluation of deaf people who have very limited language.
Kushalnagar, Poorna ... [et al]
Intelligence, parental depression, and behavior adaptability in deaf
children being considered for cochlear implantation
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Summer 2007,
Vol 12 (3), p335-349
Looks at the role of the parent-child relationship as a factor in the success
of cochlear implantation. Early access to visual communication from
the parent(s) is seen as important for the subsequent success of a cochlear
implant.
Kvam, Marit H; Loeb, Mitchell; Tambs, Kristian
Mental health in deaf adults: symptoms of anxiety and depression
among hearing and deaf individuals
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Winter 2007,
Vol 12 (1), p1-7
Reports on a comparative survey of deaf and hearing adults in Norway on
mental health problems.
Most, Tova; Wiesel, Amatzia; Blitzer, Tamar
Identity and attitudes towards cochlear implant among deaf and hard
of hearing adolescents
Deafness and Education International 2007, Vol 9 (2),
p68-82
Authors surveyed teenagers with cochlear implants to how they thought of
their "identity", ie, deaf, hearing, bicultural, marginal.
Munro, L; Knox, M; Lowe,R
Exploring the potential of constructionist therapy: Deaf clients,
hearing therapists and a reflecting team
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Summer 2008,
Vol 13 (3), p307-323
Techniques for hearing psychotherapists who work with deaf clients.
Titus, Janet C; Schiller, James A; Guthmann, Debra
Characteristics of youths with hearing loss admitted to substance
abuse treatment
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Summer 2008,
Vol 13 (3), p336-350
Profiles deaf young people admitted to substance abuse treatment centres.
van Unen, Aleida
Parents' choice for cochlear implants and biculturalism
Deaf Worlds 2007, Vol 23 (2&3), pS161- S164
Hearing parents of a deaf child describe how they have tried to allow their
child who has a cochlear implant to make the most of his hearing and his deafness
by encouraging use of sign language in certain situations and part-time attendance
at a deaf school.
Wallis, Delia; Musselman, Carol; MacKay, Sherri
Hearing mothers and their deaf children: the relationship between
early, ongoing mode match and subsequent mental health functioning in
adolescence
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Winter 2004,
Vol 9 (1), p2-14
Explores the impact of communication choices on the mental health of deaf
adolescents.
Weisel, Amatzia; Most, Tova; Michael, Rinat
Mothers' stress and expectations as a function of time since child's
cochlear implantation
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Winter 2007,
Vol 12 (1), p55-64
A study of how families cope with the expectations and stresses relating
to their child's cochlear implantation.
Wheeler, Alexandra ... [et al]
Cochlear implants: the young people's perspective
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Summer 2007,
Vol 12 (3), p303-316
A survey of the first cohort of young people to have grown up using cochlear
implants along with more recent implantees, aged 13-17. Respondents
were asked about their attitudes to the device, to education, communication
and deaf identity.
Zaidman-Zait, Anat
Parenting a child with a cochlear implant: a critical incident study
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Spring 2007,
Vol 12 (2), p221-241
A study of the experiences which helped parents of children who have received
cochlear implants.