SOCIALEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF DEAF CHILDREN SAME OR DIFFERENT Dr. Diane Morton

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SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF DEAF
CHILDRENSAME OR DIFFERENT?Dr. Diane Morton

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If everyone in the world used sign
language, there would be no need for this
book..
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WHY CANT THEY HAVE IT ALL
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LANGUAGEIS THE KEY TO
SOCIAL-EMOTIONALDEVELOPMENT
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ERIK ERICKSON

• Trust/Mistrust 0-18 mo
• Autonomy/Shame 18 mo-3
• Initiative/Guilt 3-6
• Industry/Inferiority 6-12
• Identify/Role Confusion 12-18
• Intimacy/Isolation 18-35
• Generativity/Stagnation 35-60
• Integrity/Despair 60

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DIANE MORTONS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

• Learning about love - ages 0-2
• Independence ages 2-4
• Pride and Responsibility ages 4-12
• How do I fit in? - ages 12-18
• Learning to love ages 18-35
• Helping family and community ages 35-70
• Reflect on a good life age 70
• Based on Erickson

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• LEARNING ABOUT LOVE
• Age 0-2

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LEARNING ABOUT LOVEBRINGS SENSE OF SECURITY

• Mother/father/caretaker loving care
• Visual contact/physical touch
• Nurturing/attachment/communication
• Baby does not respond to voice
• Parents reaction to deaf

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INDEPENDENCEAges 2-5
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INDEPENDENCEDEVELOPS SELF ESTEEM

• Master life skills
• I can do it myself and No
• Self esteem being part of family unit
• Overprotection
• Lack of experiences and explanations
• Lack of social experiences

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PRIDE AND RESPONSIBILITYAge
5-12
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DEVELOPING PRIDEHAVING RESPONSIBILITYBUILDS
SELF ESTEEM

• Developing competence
• Learning and creating
• Experimenting
• Lack of social opportunities
• Impact of hearing loss on learning

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HOW DO I FIT IN?Ages 12-18
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FITTING INFinding a Place in the World

• Who Am I my identity
• Self as separate from family
• Peer relationships
• Sense of belonging
• Understanding feelings of others
• Confronting deafness
• Cultural identity
• Interacting/navigating hearing world
• Daily hassles of being deaf

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LEARNING TO LOVEAges 18-35
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LEARNING TO LOVE(Independence Part II)

• Separate from family
• Emerging Adulthood
• Form long term relationships
• Work/school/careers
• Communicating feelings and needs
• Isolation
• Geographic isolation
• Linguistic isolation
• Limited selection of partners
• Limited career choices

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Final two stages

• Helping Family and Community
• Ages 35-70
• Family/Career accomplishments
• Limited economic/community resources
• Reflect on a Good Life
• Ages 70
• Deal with loss and death
• Early isolation/limited resources
• Dependent on hearing family

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Being competent in a languageis the key
tosocial and emotionalsuccess and well being
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LANGUAGE COMPTENCY

• Interact with others
• Acquire information
• Question information
• Form own opinions
• Be a thinker
• Be independent

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Language is necessaryfor your child to
becomea social and emotionalbeing