2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
| Early Intervention Protocols: Towards a New Bimodal Bilingual Approach for Deaf Children
Early Intervention Protocols: Towards a New Bimodal Bilingual Approach for Deaf Children
Despite advances in hearing technology, a growing body of research, as well as early intervention protocols, deaf children largely fail to meet age-based language milestones. This gap in language acquisition points to the inconsistencies that exist between research and practice. Current research suggests that bimodal bilingual early interventions at deaf identification provide children language foundations that can lead to more effective outcomes. This session will discuss recommendations that support implementing bimodal bilingualism at deaf identification and will include early intervention protocols, language foundations, and the development of appropriate bimodal bilingual environments. All recommendations serve as multifaceted tools in a deaf child’s repertoire as language and modality preference develop and solidify. This session will discuss the benefits of allowing children to determine their own language and communication preferences.
- Participants will gain an understanding of the benefits of a bimodal bilingual approach to early intervention.
- Participants will access research that they can use to support the development of a bimodal bilingual approach to early intervention in their programming.
- Participants will distinguish between outdated and potentially harmful information and research-based findings that can inform their current practice.
Presentation:
23278_13615KatrinaCue.pdf
Handouts:
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Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
M. Diane Clark
(Primary Presenter,Author), Lamar University, diane.clark@lamar.edu;
Dr. M. Diane Clark, is a full professor and chair of the Department of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education at Lamar University. Prior to coming to Lamar, she was a full professor and Program Director for their Ph.D. program in the Critical Studies in the Education of Deaf Learners at Gallaudet University. She earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro in 1985 under her advisor, Marc Marschark. She was a founding member of the NSF funded Science of Learning Center on Visual Language and Visual Learning. Diane co-developed the Visual Communication and Sign Language (VCSL) Checklist as the only normed ASL assessment for children birth to 5 years of age. Recently, she worked with DSDE faculty and students to develop a parallel Spoken Language Development checklist. Deaf children from 0-5 can be monitored for language development in ASL and/or English.
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Katrina Cue
(POC,Co-Presenter,Author,Co-Author), Colorado EHDI, kcue@coehdi.org;
Dr. Katrina Cue is the Outreach and Consultative Services Manager and Deaf Specialist at the Colorado Commission for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind. She also works closely with the Colorado EHDI team providing communications support. Katie received her doctorate in Deaf Studies and Deaf Education at Lamar University. Her research focus there was on critical deaf studies, deaf ecological systems, and defining hearing culture. She also completed her master's degree in secondary deaf education at the Rochester Institute of technology and her bachelor's degree in English Literature at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Katrina previously provided grant writing, research, consultation and organizational development services; worked in the non-profit field; and taught high school English at several different deaf schools and mainstream programs nationwide.
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Natalie Delgado
(Co-Presenter,Author,Co-Author), Lamar University, NDelgado@lsdvi.org;
Natalie Delgado is a Deaf Latinx ASL user, and English and Spanish speaker born to hearing parents. Delgado is the Director of Outreach at a residential school for the Deaf and has worked in Deaf education for ten years. She received her doctoral degree from Lamar University in the Deaf Studies and Deaf Education department. Delgado’s research interests include Deaf Latinx people, early childhood/early intervention, identity, and language development.
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Ashley Greene
(Co-Presenter,Author,Co-Author), Lamar University, agreene7@lamar.edu;
Ashley Greene-Woods attended Texas Women's University for her Bachelor's and Master's in Education of the Deaf. She graduated with a doctoral degree from Lamar University in May 2020, where she also serves as a full-time faculty member. She has worked in the field of Deaf Education for ten years serving various roles from Pre-K to 12th grade, teaching different subjects. Her research interests include language acquisition, language assessments, and classroom best practices.
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Ju-Lee A. Wolsey
(Co-Presenter), Lamar University; Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, jwolsey@towson.edu;
Ju-Lee is a doctoral candidate in Deaf Studies and Deaf Education at Lamar University. Originally from Ontario, Canada, she earned a B.S. in Psychology (Madonna University), Master of Rehabilitation Counseling (Bowling Green State University), and a M.S. in Professional Studies with concentrations in Human Resource Development and Project Management (Rochester Institute of Technology). Ju-Lee has worked with Deaf, DeafBlind, and hard-of-hearing children and adults in private and public sectors in schools and the community. She has multiple research interests that include rehabilitation counseling, accessibility, advocacy, mentoring, training, community outreach, identity development, socio-emotional development, language acquisition, language development, ASL/English bilingualism, and qualitative research that relate to the lives of Deaf, DeafBlind, and hard-of-hearing individuals. Her doctoral dissertation investigates experiences and perspectives of DeafBlind university students.
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