Brinkley, who teaches at a school for the deaf in the West of England and has taught deaf students at a mainstream school, offers a guide to working with deaf and hearing-impaired students in mainstream educational settings. He discusses the basics of deafness, teaching language acquisition and strategies to improve literacy, teaching vocabulary, communication and problems of interpreting, differentiation, using humor, countering avoidance strategies, strategies for students with language difficulties, emotional and psychological issues, technology aids, improving numeracy standards, using deaf role models in teaching, career education, and working with parents and professionals. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)