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Black Deaf Students: A Model for Educational Success
Carolyn E. Williamson
Black Deaf Students: A Model for Educational Success searches out ways to develop, reinforce, and alter the factors that encourage resilience — the ability to rebound and learn despite obstacles and adversities — in African American deaf and hard of hearing students. To find the individual characteristics and outside influences that foster educational achievement, author Carolyn E. Williamson conducted extensive interviews with nine African American deaf and hard of hearing adults who succeeded in high school and postsecondary programs. To create an effective model in Black Deaf Students, Williamson focuses on the factors that contributed to her subjects' successes in postsecondary programs, what they viewed as obstacles and how they overcame them, and their recommendations for facilitating graduation from postsecondary programs. Her work gives "voice" to a group rarely heard in research, which enables readers to view them as a heterogeneous rather than homogeneous group. Their stories provide vital information for parents, school personnel, community stakeholders, and those enrolled in education and mental health preparation programs. In addition, the insights about how these adults succeeded can be useful in facilitating positive outcomes for students who are going into two-year colleges, vocational training, and work settings.
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Cover
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Title page
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Copyright page
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Contents
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Preface
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Introduction
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1. At-Risk Factors and Resilience
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2. Backgrounds of Successful Postsecondary Graduates
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3. Protective Factors in the Family
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4. Individual Characteristics
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5. The Role of Schools in Resilience
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6. Protective Factors in Postscondary Programs
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7. Community Protective Factors
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8. Overcoming Obstacles
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9. A Resilience Program Model
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10. Conclusions and Recommendations
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Appendix: Research Design and Method
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References
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Index
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Published: 2007
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
- 978-1-56368-383-1 (ebook)
- 978-1-56368-351-0 (hardcover)
- 978-1-56368-594-1 (paper)