EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
Chasing the Why: Understanding the Deaf Child’s Home Language Environment
Research indicates that strong communication between mother and child in early developmental stages is one predictor of later development of higher-order thinking skills. For Deaf children, this strong communication between mother and child hinges on having an accessible language in the Deaf child’s home language environment (HLE). This presentation will share findings of a doctoral dissertation project that forms a richer, contextualized understanding of how language is used in a Deaf Child’s HLE to facilitate their conceptual knowledge development. Participants will be left with another impression upon the importance of creating matching language modalities between parents and Deaf children as part of the process of creating an accessible HLE.
- Participants will gain an understanding of a core qualitative variable within families that use sign language with their Deaf children.
- Participants will have access to data that help them conceptualize what components are encouraged to develop an accessible HLE.
- Participants will be able to understand the role language plays distinguish between accessible and inaccessible HLEs.
Poster:
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Presenter: Oscar Ocuto
Dr. Oscar Ocuto is a member of the Department of Education faculty at Gallaudet University. He completed his doctoral work at UT-Austin and Lamar University; he earned his B.A. in Secondary Education and English, and a M.A. in Deaf Education, both from the Department of Education at Gallaudet. While Oscar has a range of passions, two are near to his heart: The future of Deaf education in terms of the quality of educators in K-12 classrooms nationwide and understanding how critical thinking skills develop in today’s Deaf children. Oscar's dissertation work was a qualitative exploration into understanding how opportunities for incidental learning emerged in a Deaf child’s home language environment, and how family members engaged with these learning opportunities. His research interests will continue in the broad area of critical thinking skill development in Deaf children from a range of family dynamics.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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