Includes bibliographical references and index.

Recognizing diversity in deaf education : from Paris to Athens with a diversion to Milan / Greg Leigh and Marc Marschark -- Evidence based-practice in early intervention : the proof of the pudding is in the eating / Marilyn Sass-Lehrer and Alys Young -- The transition from early intervention to school for deaf and hard-of-hearing children / Brenda T. Poon, Janet R. Jamieson, Anat Zaidman-Zait, Deirdre Curle, Nancy Norman, and Noreen Simmons -- School as a site for natural language learning / Marlon Kuntze, Debbie Golos, Kimberly Wolbers, Catherine O'Brien, and David Smith -- On the home front : parent personality, support, and deaf student success / Patrick Brice, Rachael Plotkin, and Jennifer Reesman -- High standard competencies for teachers of the deaf and other qualified professionals : always necessary, not always guaranteed / Guido Lichtert, Kevin Miller, Areti Okalidou, Paul Simpson, and Astrid van Wieringen -- Exploring signed language assessment tools in Europe and North America / Charlotte Enns, Tobias Haug, Rosalind Herman, Robert Hoffmeister, Wolfgang Mann, and Lynn McQuarrie -- Language use in the classroom : accommodating the needs of diverse DHH learners / Harry Knoors -- The development of pragmatic skills in children and young people who are deaf and hard of hearing / Dianne Toe, Pasquale Rinaldi, Maria Cristina Caselli, Louise Paatsch, and Amelia Church -- Addressing diversity in teaching deaf learners to write / Connie Mayer -- Many languages, one goal : interventions for language mastery by school-age deaf and hard of hearing learners / Susan R. Easterbrooks, Joanna E. Cannon, and Jessica W. Trussell -- From social periphery to social centrality : building social capital for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the 21st century / Gina A. Oliva, Linda Risser Lytle, Mindy Hopper, and Joan Ostrove -- The inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing students in mainstream education : classroom participation and its relationship to communication, academic, and social skills / Naama Tsach and Tova Most -- Mental health problems in deaf and severely hard-of-hearing children and adolescents : an overview / Tiejo van Gent and Ines Sleeboom-van Raaij -- A comprehensive reading intervention : positive postsecondary outcomes and a promising practice for students who are deaf or hard of hearing / Greta Palmberg and Kendra Rask -- Considering critical factors towards the inclusion of deaf students in higher education / Merv Hyde, Magda Nikolaraizi Denise Powell, and Michael Stinson -- 21st century deaf workers : going beyond just employed to career growth and entrepreneurship / Ronald R. Kelly, Andrew B. Quagliata, Richard DeMartino, and Victor Perotti -- Recognizing diversity in deaf education : now what do we do with it?! / Marc Marschark and Greg Leigh.