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Child and Parent Development in Deaf Families

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Robert Stom ,
Susan Daniels  and
Elaine Jones
Robert Stom
Affiliation:
Professor of Education, College of Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Susan Daniels
Affiliation:
Special Programs Coordinator, Madison School District, Phoenix, Arizona
Elaine Jones
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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Abstract

This study was conducted to identify the strengths and needs of deaf adults as parents of 7–18 year old hearing children. A cross sectional, descriptive design was used to gather data from a convenience sample of nineteen pairs of deaf parents and their hearing children. The Parental Strengths and Needs Inventory was administered to children in written form and to their parents in sign language via videotape along with structured interviews. Contrary to anecdotal reports about his family constellation, total and subset scores for both groups revealed above average parental success. Comparison of parents’ and children’s scores on parallel forms of the instrument indicated no significant differences, this supporting validity of parents’ scores. Interview responses compared with the content of PSNI revealed that deaf parents share the concerns of normal hearing parents but had additional concerns specific to deafness not addressed by the instrument.

Type
Research Article
Information
Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , May 1988 , pp. 34 - 39
Copyright
Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1988

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