2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/18/2024 | 11:25 AM - 11:50 AM | Representation Matters: Picture Books for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children | Capitol 2
Representation Matters: Picture Books for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
It is vital that children see themselves represented in the media they consume in order to construct a positive self-image, confidence, and a sense of identity. Through this presentation, we will discuss why this is important for Deaf and Hard of Hearing youth and how to provide that representation through picture books. We will discuss how to screen and evaluate existing picture books with Deaf and Hard of Hearing characters for productive representation within five categories of text based on topic. The categories are: Deaf Life, Hearing Technology, Educational, Inspirational, and Storybook. We will discuss the strengths of each category, what can be learned or gained, and what ideologies we pass on to DHH youth by sharing these texts. We will then take the time to talk about what is absent from these texts: What kind of representation do we not see? Whose perspectives are we focusing on? What do we need to do to fill in these gaps?
The goal of this presentation is to encourage professionals, families, and educators to consider what literature they are offering and what that literature is teaching DHH children about themselves, deafness, and the world around them. It also provides a frame through which to consider representational texts, as well as providing examples of what productive representational stories can look like.
- Participants will be able to describe the importance of providing representational literature for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children.
- Participants will be abble to access a resources of representational literature and identify the value in each text.
- Participants will be able to evaluate whether picture books with Deaf or Hard of Hearing characters serve as productive representational resources.
Presentation:
3478265_16306MaddieHinkle.pdf
Handouts:
3478265_16306MaddieHinkle.pdf
3478265_16306MaddieHinkle_1.pdf
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Maddie Hinkle
(Primary Presenter), CHS Youth and Family Connections, mhinkle@anixter.org;
Maddie Hinkle has been involved in the Deaf community for the past ten years and is fluent in American Sign Language. After receiving an undergraduate degree in English from Oberlin College, she went on to attend Gallaudet University to complete her MA in Deaf Studies: Early Language Advocacy. During her graduate degree, Maddie worked for the Northwestern Illinois Association in various deaf educator roles with a range of age groups, most recently with preschool students. Now, Maddie is the Youth and Family Connections Coordinator at CHS, working to provide access to support services and resources for families of children who are Deaf, DeafBlind, or Hard of Hearing. As a disabled person, she is especially passionate about accessibility and inclusivity. She specializes in the early development of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing children. Her master's thesis focused on this specialty topic of positive representational literature in picture books aimed at young Deaf audiences.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment,Management position from Chicago Hearing Society: A Division of Anixter Center.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.