Books—Resource Rooms
Listed below are books available in each GACHI office: Decatur, Columbus, Rome, Augusta and Macon. These books may be borrowed for two weeks.

Updated: 3/27/08
Decatur Office
BOOKS ABOUT CHILDREN
Mainstreaming Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Johnny Still Can’t Read But You Can Teach Him at Home
Painful Passages (Working with Children with Learning Disabilities)
Helping Children Cope With Stress
Sound and Sign (Childhood Deafness and Mental Health)
Bright Silence ( Raising Hearing Impaired) by Margaret Ferris
Children with Handicaps
GA Directory of Services for Children and Young Adults
Psycological Development of Deaf Children

BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT PEOPLE /DISABILITIES
In Silence
Broken Ears, Wounded Hearts
Yes, You Can, Heather
Breaking Silence
Chelsea, The Story of a Signal Dog
A Rose for Tomorrow

CULTURAL
The Hispanic Deaf
The Black Deaf Experience: Excellence and Quality

SIGN LANGUAGE
Sign Language Thesaurus
Sign and Say
Picture plus Dictionary
America Sign Language II
Conversational Sign Language
The Comprehensive Signed English Dictionary
You Can Learn Sign Language
Multilingual Dictionary of ASL
Signing Exact English
Signing Exact English in Total Communications
Sign on to Computers, A Dictionary of Computer Signs

GENERAL INFORMATION
NIDCD Information Resources Directory
Deaf and Sober
What Every Person Should Know About Heredity and Deafness
Better English Usage and Guide for the Deaf
From the top Down
Resources for the Mental Health Professional
Counseling Deaf People a Skills Training Series Manual
The Volunteer Recruitment Book
Women and the Law
The Counselor and the Law
Etiologies and Characteristics of Deaf/blindness
Usher Syndrome-Identification and Understanding
Telephone Strategies by Diane Castle, Ph.D
A Complete Guide to Communications with Deaf/Blind
Psychotherapy with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons
Never the Twain Shall Meet
The Deaf Population of the U.S.
Senior Citizen Handbook
Living With a Brother or Sister With Special Needs
Sexual Abuse, What is it?
Gallaudet Encyclopedia vol 1Deaf people and Deafness
vol 2 Deaf people and Deafness
vol 3 Deaf people and Deafness
Interpreting in Mental Health Settings
When The Mind Hears
The Mask of Benevolence
Growing Old in Silence
One Thing Led to The Next
Directory Information Resources for Human Communication Disorder
I Can (goes with video tape from sign enhancers)
Choices in Deafness
At Home Among Strangers
Meeting The Challenge

Columbus Office

BOOKS ABOUT CHILDREN

Bright Silence-Raising Hearing Impaired Children Margaret Ferris
The Real World in the Eyes of Hard of Hearing Teenagers Kathleen McGuire
Words for A Deaf Daughter Paul West

GENERAL INFORMATION
Telephone Strategies Diane Castle, Ph.D.
Skills for Living Olsen, Maeder, Noretsky
Usher Syndrome: Identification and Understanding Indiana Deaf Blind Services Project
Terminology of Communication Disorders Nicolosi, Harryman, Kresheck
The "Ole Jim" Gallaudet
When the Mind Hears Harlane Lane
Choices in Deafness Sue Schwartz, PhD
US EEOC Equal Opportunity Commission
A Meaningful Opportunity to Participate GA Commission on Access and Fairness in Courts
Deafness 1993-2013 Mervin Garretson
Definitions for Signlets Ken Glickman
I Didn't Hear the Dragon Roar Frances Parsons
Coping With the Multi-Handicapped Hearing Impaired Hugh Prickett, Earlene Duncan

Rome Office
BOOKS ABOUT CHILDREN
Bright Silence Margaret H. Ferris
The DK Children's Illustrated Dictionary John McIlwain

GENERAL INFORMATION
Usher Syndrome: Identification and Understanding Lisa E. Poff, J.D. & Karen S. Goehl, M.S.
Wake Up…Live the Life You Love Steven E & Lee Beard
Choices in Deafness Sue Schwartz
The American Heritage First Dictionary Houghton Mifflin
Telephone Strategies Diane L. Castle
A Dictionary of American Idioms Adam Makkai, M.T. Boatner, and J.E. Gates

CULTURAL
Deaf Heritage (2 books) by Jack R. Gannon
Deafness Life and Culture by Mervin D. Garreston
Deafness Life and Culture II
Deafness Volume 43 by Mervin D. Garreston
Deafness Volume 46 by Mervin D. Garreston
A Deaf American Monograph 1991 by Mervin Garreston
I am Deaf too, 12 Deaf Americans by Bowe & Sternberg
I SLAY, a novel by Douglas Bullard
Black and Deaf in America: are we different? by Hairston & Smith
Just a Deaf Person’s Thoughts by Gil Eastman
Douglas Tilden
Portrait of a Deaf Sculptor by Mildred Alloronda
Dancing without Music: deafness in America by Beryl Lieff Benderly
Bibliography: Deafness by Gary Austin, Ph.D.
A Complete Guide to Communication with Deaf-Blind person by Linda Kates and Jerome Schin
A Deaf Adult Speaks Out by Leo M. Jacobs
Communication Issues Among Deaf People by Mervin Garreston
Deaf In America by Carol Padden and Tom Humphries

GENERAL
Usher Syndrome (books & VHS): Identification and Understanding
5 books of NIDCD Information Resources
Second Annual Deaf / Hard of Hearing Conference - Language and Literacy by Gallaudet University
National Center on Deafness WROCC by Sharoume J. Rawlinson
Postsecondary Interpreting WROCC by Sharoume J. Rawlinson
Make Joyful noise by oral deaf education (book and VHS)
Travel Atlas - Ohio (2007)
Canton-Stark County - Ohio (2007)
2002 Bellsouth TTY dictionary
Usher Syndrome: Identification and Understanding by: Lisa Poff and Karen Goehl
How to Clean Practically Anything
Green Pavilions by Helen E. Muse
Special Edition Using Microsoft Access 2000 by Roger Jennings
Bummy’s Basic Parliamentary Guide by Gerald Burnstein
Red Suit Diaries by Ed Butchard
Changing the Rules by Frank Bowe
Let the Sunshine in! (Part One & Part Two) by Foster, Levy, Cullison 1972
Just Resumes by Kim Marion
The Basic of Parliamentary Procedure by Gerald Burnstein
Robin Sees a Song by Jim and Cheryl Pahz
How To Write and Caption for Deaf people by Ruth Verlinde and Peter Schragle
Jesus Book by Moses: Book One
The Randy Inskip Story by McCay Vernon and Randy Inskip
The Sounds at Silence by Judith Richards
A Loss for Words by Lou Ann Walker

Augusta Office
BOOKS ABOUT CHILDREN
For Parents of Deaf Children by Doris Naiman and Jerome D. Schein
Teacher/Counselor Guide: Is Science a possible career for you? by Research for Better Schools, Inc
Scholastic Children’s Dictionary
In Silence Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf World by Ruth Sidransky
Curriculum for Multiply Disabled Hearing Impaired students by Doris W. Naiman, Ph.D.
9 books of structured tasks for English practice (verbs, adverb clauses, prepositional phrases, articles, \nouns, infinitives and gerunds. (Teacher guide)
10 books of structured tasks for English practice (student textbooks)
White book - spectrum Mathematics, blue book - second edition

SIGN LANGUAGE
Say It With Hands by Lou J. Fant, Jr
Signs of Sexual Behavior by James Woodward
The Signs of Language by Edward Klima/Ursual Bellugi
American Sign Language Concise Dictionary by Martin Sternberg
The American Sign Language Phrase Book by Lou J. Fant,
4 Books - American Sign Language by Dennis Cokely / Charlotte Baker
Signs for Computing Terminology by Steven L. Jamison
American Sign Language by Baker / Cokely
Watch your Language: Captioned Media for Literacy by Saluatomre Parlato
A Dictionary of American Sign Language on Linguistic Principles by William C. Stokoe
The Perigea Visual Dictionary of Signing by Rod R. Betterworth and Mickey Flodin
Religious Signing by Elaine Costello
Expressive and Receptive Fingerspelling for Hearing Adults by LaVera M. Guillory
Friends are for Signing by Tim Jackson
American Sign Language: A Look at its history, Structure, and Community by Charlotte Baker/Carol Padden
Conversational Sign Language II by Willard J. Madsen|
Sign Language and the Deaf Community by Charlotte Baker and Robbin Battison
Sign Language ABC with Linda Bove
Signing Naturally by Lentz, Mikos & Smith
Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language by College Edition
AMESLAN by Lou J. Fant, Jr
Speaking With Your Hands by Deafness Research & Training Center

Macon Office
SIGN LANGUAGE

American Sign Language Dictionary by Martin L.A. Sternberg
Signing for Kids by Mickey Flodin
American Sign Language by Tom Humphries and Carol Paddin
American Sign Language The Easy Way by Barton's Educational Series
Toward Competent Practice:Conversations with Stakeholders
by: Anna Witter-Merithew and Leilani J. Johnson
Journal of Interpretation RID (2005)
Journal of Interpretation RID (2003)

GENERAL
Webster Illustrated Dictionary 1994
The Oxford Picture Dictionary (English-Spanish) by Norma Shapiro and Jayne Adelson-Goldstein
Webster's Desk Dictionary 2001
The Lost and Found Lamb by Tracy Harrast
Mekanimals Clockwork Safari Illustrated by Andy Parker
Black Beauty Early Days in the Meadow by Anna Sewell
Scholastic Children's Dictionary 1996
And to think I saw It on Mulberry Street Dr Seuss
Perta Al Mundo (Spanish) by Ronald Kidd


Also you may contact your local library to request a copy of the books mentioned above.

 

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