Social–Emotional Interventions with Children and Youth Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: A Research Synthesis

To be successful in school and life individuals need to learn to understand and manage their emotions, get along with others and exercise good judgment. Children and youth who are deaf or hard of hearing have long been considered a population at risk for not developing age-appropriate social–emotional skills. The purpose of this study was to identify, review, and summarize the intervention research addressing social and emotional learning with children and youth who are deaf or hard of hearing. We examined the research published in professional peer-reviewed journals between the years 1996 and 2017. Eight hundred and nineteen articles on the topic were reviewed. A total of 11 intervention studies were identified. A summary of each study as well as recommendations for future research are provided.