Facing Hearing Loss in Our Children: The Emotional Impact

Facing a child’s deafness is a tremendous challenge, but how and from where do the resources come? What is the emotional impact, and how do parents manage? This program reviews the processes that parents tend to experience as they discover new depths of courage and a new sense of purpose.

This is a Recorded Course which requires either a Windows-based computer or a Mac with speakers/headphones to view. More information is available in the FAQs/Help section.

Length: 60 minutes

Cost: Free to View

Course Objectives:

• At the end of this course, attendees will be able to compare two variations of the classic grief cycle.
• At the end of this course, attendees will be able to describe how the brain responds to shock.
• At the end of this course, attendees will be able to list a set of coping strategies.
• At the end of this course, attendees will be able to define “communication mismatch”.
• At the end of this course, attendees will be able to describe a best practice to support the parent discovery process.

Course Instructor(s):
Kristina English, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Akron