2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/19/2024 | 10:10 AM - 10:35 AM | Family ASL: Mini-Lessons on Visual Communication Strategies | Capitol 3
Family ASL: Mini-Lessons on Visual Communication Strategies
A strong language foundation from the start is important for all children. For deaf and hard of hearing children, one factor to building a strong language foundation is having access to a visual language as early as possible (Humphries et al., 2012). This is supported with studies that show deaf and hard of hearing children who have access to language visually from deaf parents have positive language outcomes (Davidson et al., 2014; Hassanzadeh, 2012; Yoshinaga-Itano et al., 2017). Because hearing parents with deaf and hard of hearing children are less likely to meet their children’s visual communication needs, they can benefit from visual communication training and support (Jamieson, 1994; Mohay, 2000; Waxman & Spencer, 1997; Willie et al., 2019; Willie et al., 2020). As a strategy to support families with using visual communication, an ASL specialist, who worked with families involved in a study investigating hearing parents learning to sign with their deaf toddlers, taught mini-lessons on visual strategies outlined in a tip sheet created by Deaf Leadership International Alliance (DLIA). The visual strategies listed in the tip sheet are from research based visual strategies deaf adults use with young children. This presentation shares examples of mini-lessons on visual communication strategies that families and professionals can implement to support deaf and hard of hearing children’s language development.
- Describe why visual communication strategies are important for families with young deaf children learning spoken and/or sign language
- List at least three visual communication strategies used by deaf adults with young deaf children
- Apply at least three mini-lessons on visual communication strategies with young deaf children
Presentation:
3478265_16260ElaineGale.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
3478265_16260ElaineGale.docx
Presenters/Authors
Elaine Gale
(POC,Primary Presenter), Hunter College, CUNY, egale@hunter.cuny.edu;
Elaine Gale is an associate professor and program leader of the deaf and hard of hearing teacher preparation program at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY). She is currently the chair of the Deaf Leadership International Alliance (DLIA), an organization established to advocate deaf adults collaborating with professionals and connecting with young deaf children and their families. Her research experiences include joint attention, theory of mind, and sign language development. At present, she is the Lead Investigator for the Hunter College consortium on a research project titled Family ASL: Bimodal Bilingual Acquisition by Deaf Children of Hearing Parents supported by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Grants for Other activities from PI.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with .
Nature: National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health under award number 1R01DC016901.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Patrice Creamer
(Co-Presenter), Hunter College, pcreamer20s@huntersoe.org;
Patrice Creamer is currently an ASL Specialist for the Hunter College consortium on a research project titled Family ASL: Bimodal Bilingual Acquisition by Deaf Children of Hearing Parents. The research project is supported by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with .
Nature: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health under award number 1R01DC016901
.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.