Psychology of the Exceptional Child

Psychology

Educators frequently seek further guidance and assistance in identifying the features of deafness in their learners in an effort to handle the student’s requirements effectively. This typically occurs due to specific indicators picked up by the educator concerning the child’s linguistic progress in the classroom or when a recognized hearing challenged student persists in battle in their classrooms. Some of the characteristics deaf students include:

• Difficulties adhering to verbal instructions
• Difficulties expressing oneself verbally
• Some issues with social/emotional/interpersonal skills
• If their demands are not addressed, they can become quickly irritated, contributing to psychological issues.
• The usage of hearing devices might cause humiliation and anxiety of exclusion from classmates.

Abilities

• Deaf students can accomplish comparable grades to their classmates.
• Some kids are excellent visual students, capable of cognitively retaining and manipulating visual information.
• Deaf students also have a high level of perseverance, particularly in their resolve to grasp an idea, accomplish a project, or perfect a profession.

Challenges

Scarcity of hearing resources, pessimistic perceptions from the society, insufficient financial support, and rejection by family members.

Questions

How to help deaf students to overcome the challenges so that they can be educated?

Do deaf students know how to utilize new technologies?

Responses

 How will I understand how to interact with a learner with a hearing impairment?

The hearing-impaired student will inform you of their chosen mode of communication, whether talking, lips readings, gestures, signs, typing, or other means. Not all deaf and hard-of-hearing learners are familiar with or utilize signing languages. Do not presume that the deaf student desires to communicate through an interpreter.

How can I communicate with a hearing-impaired student while an interpreter is available?

An interpreter’s function is to enable communications between deaf students and those individuals who don’t know sign language. Talk directly to the deaf learner once more. Furthermore, an interpreter cannot communicate your information to a deaf pupil who has missed a session.