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ASL In Home Training Content Development

ASL In Home Training Content Development. June 4, 2014. Developed by: Bobbie Jo Kite & Samantha Smith Department of Education Gallaudet University. WELCOME !. Introductions Short icebreaker activity The Five of Anything. Asl In-home family Training Mission:.

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ASL In Home Training Content Development

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  1. ASL In Home Training Content Development June 4, 2014 Developed by: Bobbie Jo Kite & Samantha Smith Department of Education Gallaudet University

  2. WELCOME ! • Introductions • Short icebreaker activity • The Five of Anything

  3. AslIn-home family Training Mission: • To promote family competence in ASL and related strategies to facilitate a child’s early visual language development. • We Aim to: • Guide families in learning how to communicate with their child who is deaf or hard of hearing • Enhance family knowledge about ASL and Deaf culture and access to information • Promote understand about how to establish bilingual environments for deaf and hard of hearing children • Promote language development

  4. FLYER

  5. Getting acquainted with your families: • Become acquainted with the whole family. • Explain the general purpose of program. • Plan together how time can be spent. • Leave the family with necessary information.

  6. Using Natural Environments • Children learn best through everyday experiences and interactions with familiar people in familiar contexts. • Services aim to support caregivers with activities and/or routine as the context for promoting language opportunities. (Workgroup on Principles and Practices in Natural Environments, OSEP TA Community of Practice: Part C Settings, 2008; NC Department of Health & Human Services, 2002)

  7. When parents and other caregivers identify and promote learning opportunities within daily activities and routines using familiar materials available, the child has more opportunities to experience and practice new skills. Food for thought:

  8. The Importance of Visual Language • Exposure to American sign language consistently leads to long-term cognitive and linguistic benefits. • Humans are born with the ability to naturally recognize linguistic input which serve as a stepping-stone to language acquisition. • Caregivers need to be trained how to physically set up their interactions with their child to promote language learning. (Visual Language and Visual Learning Science of Learning Center, 2012;2013 ;2013)

  9. What did you take away from the spencer article?

  10. Spencer(2001)Article A Good Start: Suggestions for Visual Conversations with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Babies and Toddlers • Engage in frequent, positive communication with your baby to help language development faster • Be responsive- follow babies lead • Help babies see the communication and language that you are using • Gradually modify your communication to meet your babies transition to language easier

  11. The visual communication and sign language checklist • VSCL is a standardized assessment tool to track visual communication and visual language milestones in children birth-five to: • Document growth • Identify gaps or delays in typical language development • Support planning language development activities for individual children • Observational tool to be used in the child’s natural environment. (Simms, Baker& Clark, 2013)

  12. Collaborating with Families & Other Professionals • Early intervention is most effective and comprehensive when providers collaborate with families and other professionals to plan, deliver, and evaluate services. • Mutual trust, respect, honesty and open communication are key characteristics of the family-provider and professional to professional relationships. (Edwards & Da Fonte, 2012; Iowa Script Team, 2004)

  13. Collaborating with Families • Enhances the families daily routines, activities and interactions through exposure to Deaf adults or proficient ASL users. • Use of family-centered practices aim to empower the familyto use ASL. (Iowa Script Team, 2004; Jackson,Traub & Turnbull, 2008 ; Watkins, Pittman& Walden, 1998; Rogers& Young, 2011)

  14. Collaborating with Professionals • Identify professional role on interdisciplinary team. • Recognize professional strengths and knowledge about visual language (Snodden,2008; Turnbull, Turnbull, Erwin & Soodak, 2006; Yoshinaga-Itano,2003)

  15. ABBY logistics

  16. Helpful links to share with families: • Parent Package • www.vl2parentspackage.org • ASL milestones • http://www.children.gov.on.ca/htdocs/English/topics/earlychildhood/hearing/brochure_services.aspx

  17. Alone we can do so little … together we can do so much. - Helen Keller

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