2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
| Effects of Training ASL with Daycare Providers Working with Preverbal Toddlers
Effects of Training ASL with Daycare Providers Working with Preverbal Toddlers
Objective: The purpose of this investigation was to explore the effects of teaching American Sign Language (ASL) to daycare providers working with preverbal children between the ages of 9 and 18 months of age during mealtime routines.
Method: Four daycare providers participated in this AB single-case design investigation. Participants included providers working in classrooms with children between the ages of 9 and 18 months of age. The dependent variable (DV) of generalization and use of ASL phrases and sentences taught was measured twice weekly. Participants engaged in two therapeutic sessions a week the included adult learning strategies to include incidental and meaningful learning during routines through modeling, reflection, and answering questions.
Results: All four participants increased their use of signed phrases and sentences upon the introduction of the intervention. It was noted that participants that used single word signs at baseline started to use more phrases and sentences following the initial training session than participants who did not have any signs at baseline. However, the signed output varied widely across sessions, which may be context dependent (i.e., staffing issues or the emotional state of the children, routines such as diaper changing which affected full participation).
Conclusion: These findings emphasize the impact of formal ASL instruction on daycare providers. Future research should examine the use of signs across these different. Further, instruction should be designed to apply during daily routines to provide a more inclusive and accessible language environment for deaf children who may be in daycare.
- To learn the importance of training adult caregivers of children who are deaf and hard of hearing ASL to expose the children to an accessible language.
- To learn the importance of exposing all children to ASL or other signed languages during the language development phase.
- To learn the findings of teaching childcare providers ASL in the daycare setting and where future research should go.
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Presenters/Authors
Kristin Huebner
(Primary Presenter,Author), Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, kristin.huebner@rm.edu;
My name is Kristin Huebner, I have been a speech-language pathologist for approximately 10 years. I recently completed my research as a doctoral student at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professionals. My research focused on training daycare providers ASL in order to support a language rich environment and an accessible language to children who are deaf and hard of hearing.
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