17th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 18-20, 2018 • Denver, CO
| Hearing Parents CAN: Being a Sign Language Model for Your Child
Hearing Parents CAN: Being a Sign Language Model for Your Child
After a child is identified as deaf/hard of hearing, the hearing parents are challenged with the task of learning to communicate with their child. Many parents fear that they cannot learn enough sign language to be a good enough language model to their child. The research related to language acquisition for deaf/hard of hearing children mainly focuses on speech/listening development or how the child’s sign language compares with deaf children with deaf parents. This poster presents a case study of one family who was able to provide enough sign language input that the child had language appropriate skills by 3 years of age. Parents completed a language background questionnaire addressing language use in the home. Their child’s language was evaluated through standard measures (PPVT) and sociolinguistic interviews. Results of these measures demonstrate that hearing parents CAN be a good enough sign language model for their child, even if they don’t know sign language before the child is born.
- Look at one case study that provides encouragement to hearing parents to learn and use sign language
- Language acquisition and development
- Adult DHH Mentor/Role Model/Guide information support and involvement
Presentation:
15805_8241Bettie T.Petersen.pdf
Handouts:
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Transcripts:
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Presenters/Authors
Bettie Petersen
(), New Mexico School for the Deaf, bettie.petersen@nmsd.k12.nm.us;
Bettie got her M.Ed in Deaf Education Early Intervention from Utah State University in 2006. She has been working for the New Mexico School for the Deaf for the past 15 years in Early Intervention. She recently completed her PhD in Educational Linguistics at the University of New Mexico. Her passion is supporting parents and their children and helping them realize their potential. She hopes to use her new-found knowledge to do research that gives voice to more families and improves our EHDI programming. She just finished a Post Doc at the University of Connecticut - working on the Family ASL Project.
She is also a wife and mother of two. She believes strongly in the power of family.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.