TY - BOOK AU - Antia, Shirin D. TI - Social competence of deaf and hard-of-hearing children SN - 9780199957736 (pbk) U1 - 305.2308 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press, KW - Social Sciences--Social skills--Deaf children N1 - 1. Why write a book on the social competence of deaf and hard of hearing children? 2. Social competence and its importance 3. Social competence of young deaf and hard of hearing children 4. Social competence of school age children 5. Factors influencing social competence development and outcomes 6. A primer on understanding instruments that measure social competence 7. Checklists and questionnaires to assess deaf and hard of hearing children’s social skills 8. Observation sociometric methods to assess social behavior and friendship patterns 9. Framework for promoting social competence 10. Promoting social competence of young deaf and hard of hearing children: the role of the family 11. Promoting social competence of young deaf and hard of hearing children: the role of schools and professionals ER -