18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
4/16/2013 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Using LENA to Support Parent-Child Interactions with Spanish-speaking Families | Cascade F | 3
Using LENA to Support Parent-Child Interactions with Spanish-speaking Families
Research from a study using LENA will be shared specific to the language environment of deaf and hard of hearing children from Spanish-speaking families and how it compares to the language environment of Spanish-speaking children who are hearing, as well as how it compares to the language environment of deaf and hard of hearing children from English-speaking homes. Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) is a tool that can be used by intervention and early education programs to measure and analyze the language environment of the home, thus positively impacting child language acquisition through providing feedback and supporting parent-child interaction. Variables impacting language acquisition and parent-child interactions will be explored. This presentation wil explore how to use this technology to positively impact child language outcomes through improved parent-child interactions. Insights from this research and its implications for intervention services can also be utilized by programs not currently using LENA.
- Explain how to use LENA to support intervention objectives
- Describe the differences in the child language environment across the variables measured by LENA in English and Spanish-speaking homes
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Presenters/Authors
Christine Yoshinaga-Itano
(Co-Presenter,Author), University of Colorado-Boulder, Christie.Yoshi@colorado.edu;
Dr. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano is a Research Professor, Institute of Cognitive Science, Professor Emerita, Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Visiting Professor, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, Centre for Deaf. She has over 125 published articles and chapters with a focus on universal newborn hearing screening and predictors of developmental outcomes of children with hearing loss with an emphasis on children and families from multicultural/linguistic backgrounds, and those with socio-economic and linguistic challenges. She presented on this topic throughout the United States and globally. She received Honors from the American Speech/Language & Hearing Association and was a Jerger Career Research Awardee from the American Academy of Audiology. She serves as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Audiology and is a member of the Audiology committee for the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP).
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Dinah Beams
(POC,Co-Presenter), Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, dbeams@csdb.org;
Dinah Beams is the program coordinator for the Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP), a statewide, in-home, family-centered early intervention program for families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing that is part of the Outreach Department of the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB). Previous experience includes working as an Outreach Specialist at Beginnings for Parents of Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing in North Carolina and as both a classroom and itinerant teacher in Colorado. Dinah is the author of the CHIP Parent Manual and the Curriculum for Sign Language Instructors, and co-developer of materials for the Integrated Reading Project, part of CSDB’s Early Literacy Development Initiative for young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Dinah also serves on the board for Colorado Families for Hands and Voices.
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