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'Jump Start Your ASL' |
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Language Development, ASL, Deaf Culture and Community, Professional and Family Training |
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1. Distinguish characteristics of ASL.
2. Identify visual language milestones.
3. Recognize essential visual language skills and methods to build upon those skills.
4. Acquire information to build support systems and networks for families and professionals.
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Abstract: |
Whether you are a parent, a service provider, an audiologist, speech pathologist, physician, educator, and even a state or national director, you or your service program will benefit from this presentation on American Sign Language, ASL. A critical component of Early Intervention is the presentation of language opportunities. The purpose of this presentation is to give parents and professionals, whose first language is not ASL, a unique opportunity to Jump Start their way into ASL or build upon their current knowledge base of visual language. The goal of this presentation is not only to introduce participants to basic and essential ASL signs and skills, but to cover tips for parents and professionals, language milestones, Deaf culture and community information, and introduce steps in networking with Deaf professionals, mentors, organizations, and other parents. |
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Handout is not Available
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PRESENTER(S):
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David Reynolds - DBC
Credentials: Masters Degree in Deaf Education, Educator, Professor, Consultant, Presenter
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David O. Reynolds is an educator, a professional and expert in Deaf Education, one of the key founders of Bilingual Education, advocate, activist, consultant, advocates for all Deaf and HH children to have the best education, actor, director in Television, Movies and stage theatre. |
Tami Hossler - American Society for Deaf Children, Deaf Bilingual Coalition
Credentials: MA Ed
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Tami Hossler is a parent of a Deaf adult daughter. She has over 25 years experience as an advocate. She is the editor of the magazine, The Endeavor, for the American Society for Deaf Children www.deafchildren.org. |
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AUTHOR(S):
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David Reynolds - DBC
Credentials: Masters Degree in Deaf Education, Educator, Professor, Consultant, Presenter
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BIO: David O. Reynolds is an educator, a professional and expert in Deaf Education, one of the key founders of Bilingual Education, advocate, activist, consultant, advocates for all Deaf and HH children to have the best education, actor, director in Television, Movies and stage theatre. |
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