Beschreibung:
Mothers of 8–12-year-old hearing-impaired and and normal hearing boys were asked when they expected their child to acquire skills for: (a) speech and language, (b) acceptable social conduct, and (c) independence. Mothers of the hearing-impaired children expected later acquisition of speech and language than mothers of normal hearing children. These results supported the hypothesis that expectations of the mothers of the hearing-impaired children reflect the delayed development of speech and language that generally occurs for these children. Mothers of the hearing-impaired children also expected later development of acceptable social conduct; they did not, however, expect later development of independence. These results suggested that expectations are also influenced by the mother's efforts to reduce the extensive teaching and supervision often involved in rearing handicapped children.