19th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 8-10, 2020 • Kansas City, MO
Caregiver Perceptions and Use of Listening and Spoken Strategies
The aim of the present study is to investigate parents’ perception and use of evidence-informed listening and spoken language (LSL) strategies parents with their infant/toddler who is deaf or hard of hearing.
Using a qualitative research design, cohorts of parents were recruited from a center-based program where they received EI services and interviewed using a semi-structured interview format. Additionally, given a therapy room with culturally sensitive toys, parent(s) were asked to play with their child as they typically would while being video recorded for 15 minutes. These parent-child dyad recordings were then coded for demonstrations of LSL strategies. Fifteen families participated, all of whom had chosen LSL as an outcome for their child. Preliminary results indicate that parents demonstrate an evolving understanding of LSL strategies and use the named strategies with their child(ren) during play interactions. Further investigations will include quantitative analysis toward measuring the relationships between use of LSL strategies and child language outcomes.
- Participants will be able to list LSL strategies for supporting language development in DHH children.
- Participants will discuss caregiver understandings of LSL strategies in the infant/toddler years.
- Participants will apply findings to their work with families in their own practice.
Poster:
21060_12725ElaineSmolen.pdf
Presenter: Ronda Rufsvold
Ronda Rufsvold, Ph.D., LSLS Cert AVEd, a certified teacher of the deaf and listening and spoken language specialist, earned her BS in Speech Language Pathology from University of the Pacific in Northern California and MEd in Special Education from University of San Diego/John Tracy Clinic. She completed her Ph.D. in Deaf and Hard of Hearing From Columbia University in NYC. She is currently a special education administrator in Northern California.
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Maria Hartman, Ph.D., is a NYS certified Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing with many years of classroom teaching experience. She is currently a lecturer and the director of the the Program of Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Elaine Smolen, PhD, CED, LSLS Cert. AVEd, is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research work centers around language and literacy development for young deaf and hard of hearing children who use listening and spoken language. Smolen received her PhD in deaf and hard of hearing education from Columbia as a National Leadership Consortium in Sensory Disabilities scholar. An experienced teacher of the deaf and certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Smolen has served young children with hearing loss and their families as a head classroom teacher and in an itinerant role. She holds teaching certification in the areas of deaf education, elementary education, and English.
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Ye Wang, a professor and the director for Education of the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing (EDHH) Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, earned both of her M.A. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. Her primary research interest is the language and literacy development of children and young adults who are d/DHH. She is currently the Senior Associate Editor of American Annals of the Deaf.
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