2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/06/2012 | 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM | Language Acquisition Tips For Busy Parents | Jeffersonian/Knickerbocker | 6
Language Acquisition Tips For Busy Parents
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 parents and caregivers to stimulate their child’s language acquisition. 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. Parents and caregivers will enjoy this visual presentation with information they can use right away.
- -effectively stimulate their children's language acquisition using a variety of methods - have access to resources available to enhance language acquisition
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Presenters/Authors
Debra Patkin
(Co-Presenter), National Association of the Deaf, debra.patkin@nad.org;
Debra Patkin is a staff attorney with the NAD. Her job duties include litigating civil-rights cases, handling consumer inquiries regarding legal issues, and outreach/education. Prior to joining the NAD, she worked as a litigation attorney at the Disability Rights Legal Center in Los Angeles, California. Debra received her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law. She also has a M.A. in Linguistics from Gallaudet University and a B.S. in Psychology from R.I.T.
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Howard Rosenblum
(Co-Presenter), National Association for the Deaf, howard.rosenblum@nad.org;
Howard A. Rosenblum started as the Chief Executive Officer of the NAD in April 2011 and also serves as an ex officio member of the NAD Board of Directors. He comes to the NAD after 19 years as a lawyer, focusing his practice on disability rights and special education law. For the past nine years, he was a Senior Attorney at Equip for Equality, and previously worked ten years as an associate at a private law firm. In 2010, President Barack Obama appointed Mr. Rosenblum to serve on the United States Access Board. Mr. Rosenblum has a bachelor of science
degree in computer engineering from the University of Arizona and a juris doctor degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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Tawny Holmes Hlibok, Esq.
(POC,Primary Presenter,Co-Presenter), Gallaudet University, tawny.holmes.hlibok@gallaudet.edu;
Tawny Holmes Hlibok serves as Language Policy Counsel at Gallaudet University along with being an Associate Professor in the Department of Deaf Studies. She graduated from University of Baltimore School of Law. In addition to her law degree with a family mediation & law certification, she has a Master of Arts in Family Centered Early Education. Ms. Holmes Hlibok has worked four 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 Hlibok 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.
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• Receives Salary for Employment from Gallaudet University.
• Receives Salary for Employment from National Association of the Deaf.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.