Parenting: A Resource for Families Coping with Hearing Loss

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Thanks for stopping by! Whatever Things Are True covers politics, policy, and parenting in international adoption. Too often, the way we talk about international adoption reminds me of that old fable about The Blind Men and the Elephant – we tend to confuse one small part of the animal for the whole beast. Although I’m the mother of three via international adoption, I try to take a child-centered approach to adoption issues. I hope you’ll stick around and share your thoughts, too.

For More About International Adoption

All the Social Orphans
Suffolk University Law Professor Sara Dillon on International Children's Rights and Social Orphan Policy
Center for Adoption Policy
Center for Adoption Policy provides research, analysis, advice and education to practitioners and the public about current legislation and practices governing ethical domestic and intercountry adoption in the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute
Educates federal policy makers about the need for adoption reform, and coordinates efforts of policy makers and public groups to improve the lives of children.
Harvard Law School Child Advocacy Program
The Child Advocacy Program (CAP) at Harvard Law School is committed to advancing children's interests through facilitating productive interaction between academia and the world of policy and practice, and through training generations of students to contribute in their future careers to law reform and social change.
Joint Council on International Children's Services
Adoption advocacy organization comprised of adoption agencies.

February 26, 2013

Through the magic of Twitter, I just discovered that my friend Krystyann Krywko writes a blog called After the Diagnosis: Helping Families with Hearing Loss , which might be of interest to some of you out there. Krystyann is a writer and education researcher who specializes in hearing loss and the impact it has on children and families. She shares a parental, as well as a personal, perspective; she and her young son were diagnosed with hearing loss one year apart. Browsing through her blog posts, I also found plenty of good information of interest to families dealing with any kind of special educational need.

Krystyann holds an Ed. D in International Education Development from Teachers College, Columbia University. After ten years of early childhood teaching experience, her current research interests include: hearing loss, brain development and the impact on literacy; how hearing loss affects learning in the classroom and making schools hearing-accessible; raising public awareness of hearing loss detection and treatment; and community and parent involvement. Krystyann has also written an e-book called Late-onset Hearing Loss:A Parent's Perspective on What to Do When Your Child is Diagnosed that's available in Kindle and PDF formats.

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