16th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
February 26-28, 2017 • Atlanta, GA
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2/26/2017 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Demonstrating Key Steps in Achieving Literacy | Hanover C
Demonstrating Key Steps in Achieving Literacy
The first five to seven years in a child’s life is the optimum period for language acquisition and development. Parents/care providers are the best suited to promote and guide their children’s acquisition of language, being the ones that their children interact with the most. However, parents and caregivers often have their plate full, balancing responsibilities such as work, child care and other duties. They are often hard pressed to find time to ensure that their deaf or hard of hearing children is acquiring language at an age-appropriate rate. This workshop will provide simple and demonstrative ways for early intervention professionals to show parents and caregivers ways and specific strategies to stimulate their child’s language acquisition with the child's deaf and hard of hearing identity foremost in mind. Parents and caregivers will learn how to apply these methods at various times, such as during mealtimes and going out to the grocery store. Resources and tips are gathered from actual parents of deaf children, along with research-based information on incorporating language development in your child’s life on a regular basis. The presenter will also show how parents and caregivers can establish communication plans for relatives. Due to being an instructional session, hands-on activities, videos, and discussion will also be provided to ensure every concept is clear and take-home. Early intervention professionals and family members will enjoy this visual presentation with information they can use right away.
- Demonstrate family-friendly methods to effectively stimulate their children's language acquisition using a variety of methods
- Be able to detail resources available to enhance language acquisition
- Be able to list research-based strategies to incorporate language-related activities throughout the day
Presentation:
15804_5547TawnyHolmes.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
5547.rtf
Presenters/Authors
Tawny Holmes
(), National Association of the Deaf, tawny.holmes@nad.org;
Tawny Holmes is the Education Policy Counsel at the National Association of the Deaf along with being Assistant Professor in the ASL and Deaf Studies department at Gallaudet University. She graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law. In addition to her law degree, she has a Master of Arts in Family Centered Early Education. Ms. Holmes has worked three years in teaching deaf and hard of hearing students, mainly in the early childhood education field. As part of her position, she focuses on improving/establishing federal and state policy related to early intervention and education of deaf and hard of hearing children. Ms. Holmes strongly believes in the power of collaboration and has contributed a significant amount of her work towards this endeavor, in varying ways, from promoting parent resources to inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing adult professionals.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Melissa Herzig
(), Visual Language and Visual Learning, NSF Funded Science of Learning Center, melissa.herzig@gallaudet.edu;
Dr. Melissa Herzig is the Education and Research Translation Manager for the NSF-funded Science of Learning Center, Visual Language and Visual Learning and the Assistant Director for the Ph.D. in Educational Neuroscience program at Gallaudet University. She is responsible for leading assessments and evaluations of the Center’s resources—both for VL2 and for her work with schools. She has a BA from Gallaudet University. She received a MA thesis and her Doctoral Degree at University of California, San Diego. She has worked at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla California, San Diego State University (Language and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory), and at UCSD as a Postdoctoral Scholar Researcher (Center for Research in Language). She was a teacher at Chula Vista High School for 8 years. She worked as a supervisor for student teachers at UCSD and was a lead supervisor for student teachers and interns at National University.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.