2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
                    March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
                
			3/05/2012 | 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM | Raising a Successful Deaf Child the Bilingual Way | Jeffersonian/Knickerbocker | 6
Raising a Successful Deaf Child the Bilingual Way
Martin Dale-Hench, now 24, is a successful adult by most any standard.  He is a college graduate (Magna Cum Laude; major: English), a world traveler, multi-lingual, self-supporting, self-confident, and a gentle and kind human being.
Martin was diagnosed as having a profound hearing loss at age one.  His parents will discuss the steps they took in Martin's early life to ensure he had every possible advantage for success: academically, socially, and emotionally.
The parents' foci were early language acquisition, a total acceptance of his deafness, reading and writing, and assisting him in building relationships with both deaf and hearing communities.
 
- 1) Understand the importance early language acquisition is for the deaf child. 2) Understand a successful way of providing early language 3)Understand the importance of English for a deaf child 4) Learn a successful method of teaching English to a deaf child 4)Understand how to lay the foundation for good mental health in your deaf child
Presentation:
        		This presentation has not yet been uploaded.
			
Handouts:
   Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
   CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
        Chris Hench 
        (), none, dalehench@ameritech.net;
        
        
        ASHA DISCLOSURE:
        
        
        Financial - 
        
            
        
        Nonfinancial - 
        
    	
        Peter Dale 
        (Co-Presenter), none, dalehench@ameritech.net;
        Peter Dale and Chris Hench are parents of a child with profound deafness.
        
        ASHA DISCLOSURE:
        
        
        Financial - 
        
            
        
        Nonfinancial - 
        
    	
