2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/15/2022 | 3:50 PM - 4:15 PM | How to Read the Road Signs: Effectively Using Language Acquisition Assessments | Room 8
How to Read the Road Signs: Effectively Using Language Acquisition Assessments
Ever drove on a highway and realized you didn’t know where you were going? That happens to parents, especially since a majority have never met a deaf person before their own child. Not only that, we all know how diverse our population is, from cultural/ethnic identities to having additional disabilities. Don’t fret, just pull over- a SLP and a lawyer are here to provide you with a useful map to language acquisition assessments and family-friendly information on how they can assist you in getting back on the road or continuing on your merry way to language nirvana. As a result, you will increase the ability to see and understand “road signs” on the way, including the latest legal requirements and good practices. For example, what are good practices in supporting families in understanding what exactly does that piece of paper signify about their child’s language progress? How can families use what they learn about their child through the assessment process? How can we accommodate the limitations of current language assessment tools? How can professionals become more comfortable and confident with the assessment tools at their disposal? Indeed, language acquisition assessments can be crucial information, but if we aren’t able to decipher all “road signs”, then we are missing out on opportunities to maximize deaf and hard of hearing children’s language acquisition and skills.
- Evaluate contemporary language assessment tools for quality and appropriateness
- Explain specific ways how professionals can support families in understanding their child’s assessment results and apply the data to intervention practices
- Identify and understand gaps in bridging what the law states to actual practice
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Presenters/Authors
James McCann
(Primary Presenter,Co-Presenter,Author,Co-Author), Gallaudet University, james.mccann@gallaudet.edu;
James McCann, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, is a faculty member at Gallaudet University in the SLP program. His teaching and research areas are language acquisition in D/HH children, identifying evidence-based practices to support D/HH children and their families, and working with D/HH children with complex communication needs which may include AAC. Prior to coming to Gallaudet, he worked as an SLP in infant-toddler, early childhood, elementary, and HS D/HH programs.
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Tawny Holmes Hlibok, Esq.
(Co-Presenter,Author,Co-Author), Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf, director@ceasd.org;
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 CEASD.
• Receives Salary for Employment from Gallaudet University.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
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