About the Author

The author is a qualified special needs teacher who has experience of working with children and adolescents with learning disabilities and hearing impairments. Working with hearing impaired children is her particular area of interest and her Masters degree dissertation focused upon the effectiveness of sign language and the possibility of bilingual education for hearing impaired children. Stephanie worked for two years in a school for deaf children in
Thailand, which involved not only teaching but also team teaching and in-service training of the other staff, as well as curriculum development.