2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference

March 13 - 15, 2022

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3/04/2019  |   11:50 AM - 12:15 PM   |  The Language Growth Chart: How Parents Can Track Bilingual Language Development in the First Three Years of Life   |  Heathrow A/B

The Language Growth Chart: How Parents Can Track Bilingual Language Development in the First Three Years of Life

Parent involvement is one of the factors that impacts on-time language acquisition for Deaf children. As professionals who work with families, it is our responsibility to help parents understand their child’s current language levels. This includes teaching parents how to detect if there is a language gap, understand how a language gap can affect their development, and why effective language goals are critical to their child making progress. Families are a part of the team, working with us to close the gap. Join us as we discuss how the DRIP-EY’s Bilingual Language Growth Chart for parents can be used to share information with the parents and families you work with.

  • Participants will explain the purpose of the DRIP-EY protocol
  • Participants will list at least three categories of data depicted on the Bilingual Language Growth Chart
  • Participants will describe how the Bilingual Language Growth Chart is used to help parents understand the discrepancy between their child’s chronological age, language age, and the role that they play in ameliorating the language gap.

Presentation:
18878_10480MandyLongo, M.S. CCC-SLP.pdf

Handouts:
Handout is not Available

Transcripts:
18878_10480MandyLongo.docx


Presenters/Authors

Mandy Longo, M.S. CCC-SLP (), RIPPLE Language, LLC, mandy.ripplelanguage@gmail.com;
Mandy Longo is a speech-language pathologist who earned her bachelor’s degree from The University of Florida, and her master’s degree from Gallaudet University in Washington DC. Currently Mandy works in family centered, capacity building, early intervention as a Speech-Language Pathologist and is co-owner of RIPPLE Language, LLC. RIPPLE Language, LLC, provide programs, services, educational materials, and professional development trainings for both professionals and families who have children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. In 2013, Mandy co-authored her first book, Holding Stories in the Palm of Your Hand, which focuses on narrative instruction and intervention with Story Grammar Marker® for children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. For her second book, Mandy co-authored, Closing The Gap: The Early Interventionist's Guide to Assessing and Monitoring Bilingual Language Development in Children who are Deaf of Hard of Hearing - Birth to 3. Learn more at www.ripplelanguage.com.


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Katherine Robinson (), RIPPLE Language, LLC, katherine.ripplelanguage@gmail.com;
Katherine Robinson is a Developmental Specialist who earned her bachelor's degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology with a minor in American Sign Language from the University of South Florida. She continued her studies at Gallaudet University in Speech-Language Pathology. She has spent 20 years in the field working in different capacities. Katherine currently works in family-centered, capacity-building, early intervention as an Infant Toddler Developmental Specialist. She holds her RID National Interpreter Certification and interprets in the community where she resides. Katherine is co-owner of RIPPLE Language, LLC. RIPPLE provides services, products, and trainings for both professionals and families with Deaf children. Katherine co-authored her first book titled, Closing The Gap: The Early Interventionist's Guide to Assessing and Monitoring Bilingual Language Development in Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing - Birth to 3. Learn more at www.ripplelanguage.com.


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