The Teachers Guide of Deaf Role Models aims to become a tool for the training of Deaf adults as practitioners to support and empower hearing adults (practitioners, family members, coworkers) to work and associate with of deaf people from the early years all the way to adulthood. It will contain adequate and sound research-based information for the developmental, emotional and social and linguistic needs of the Deaf.
The guide is addressed to Deaf adults, members of the Deaf community, and teachers of SL who are going to be trained as Deaf role models to support hearing adults, to be intermediators between hearing adults and the Deaf community and teach SL. It intends to offer theoretical and practical knowledge for Deaf practitioners for advancing their professional and personal life.