PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF DEAFNESS

Catalog description

This course will study the psychological, emotive and social impact of deafness through the cycle of live. Role consideration of the interpreter to make non -professional advocacy in the rehabilitative process of the people who has hearing loss and their families. The course will focus on the social and cultural contexts of deafness, legal rights, family dynamics as well as language, cognition and education. Other topics that will be included are: working with the deaf-blind community, the implications of sexual, emotional, and physical abuse in deaf people, and sexuality.