Historically, the diagnosis of deafness in a child has been closely associated with profound disability, including such typical outcomes as unmet potential and a life of isolation. A major shift away from this negative view has led to improved prospects for deaf children.

Dedication.- Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Chapter 1.  Critical Issues in the Application of Resilience Frameworks to the Experiences of Deaf Children and Young People.- Infancy & Toddlerhood.- Chapter 2.  Attachment Formation Among Deaf Infants and their Primary Caregivers: Is Being Deaf a Risk Factor for Insecure Attachment?.- Chapter 3.  Deaf Parents as Sources of Positive Development and Resilience for Deaf Infants.- Chapter 4.  Risk and Resiliency of Infants/Toddlers who are Deaf:  Assessment and Intervention Issues.- Childhood.- Chapter 5.  Developing a Concept of Self and Other: Risk and Protective Factors.- Chapter 6.  Risk and Resilience for Social Competence: Deaf Students in General Education Classrooms.- Chapter 7.  Enhancing Resilience to Mental Health Disorders in Deaf School Children.- Chapter 8.  Promoting Resilience: Suggestions for Families, Professionals and Students.- Adolescence.- Chapter 9.  Whose Literacy Is It, Anyway? Strengths Based Guidelines for Transforming the Developmental Environments of Deaf Children and Adolescents.- Chapter 10.  Building Resilience in Adolescence: The Influences of Individual, Family, School and Community Perspectives and Practices.- Chapter 11.  Community Cultural Wealth and Deaf Adolescents' Resilience.- Chapter 12.  Promoting Resilience in Deaf Adolescents.- Emerging Adulthood.- Chapter 13.  Self-Efficacy in the Management of Anticipated Work-Family Conflict as a Resilience Factor Among Young Deaf.- Chapter 14.  Psychological Well-Being in Emerging Adults who are Deaf.- Chapter 15.  Resiliency and the Emerging Deaf Adult.- Epilogue.