2025 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 9-11, 2025 • Pittsburgh, PA
DAVID L. LAWRENCE CONVENTION CENTER
| When Families choose ASL and English; Plan for Language Allocation
When Families choose ASL and English; Plan for Language Allocation
In today’s fast paced society, many families are choosing to explore every opportunity for their deaf or hard of hearing child to learn and acquire language and be included in their family and communities. When families choose to incorporate both ASL and spoken English into their child’s language development, understanding each child's unique ability to access information is critical to successful acquisition in both languages. Data will be shared regarding the number of families who are choosing to learn Spoken English and American Sign Language in Indiana. Service delivery models will be shared with examples of family chosen desired outcomes. Research shows benefits to early acquisition of both visual and spoken language. By incorporating strategies and tools for discussion, such as learning how to embed language into everyday routines, families can plan opportunities for learning language around meaningful activities and family time together. Ongoing assessment and tracking of language milestones should be used as a framework to guide families as they plan robust language opportunities in various settings. The results of ongoing assessment as well as tools incorporating visual models for describing individual child strengths and needs in various settings will also be shared. When practitioners share all the tools and resources available, families can be confident in the language(s) their child is developing, and language deprivation can be prevented.
- The participant will be able to list considerations for learning two languages
- The participant will identify strategies for embedding both languages in everyday routines
- The participant will be able to use 3 tools for developing language plans with families using ASL and English
Presentation:
3545975_18157CindyLawrence.pdf
Handouts:
3545975_18157CindyLawrence_1.pdf
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Cindy Lawrence
(Primary Presenter), ISDH- Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education, clawrence@health.in.gov;
o Cindy Lawrence has a Bachelor of Science degree in Deaf Education, Master of Arts in Audiology, and participated in the Graduate Cohort in Special Education Administration, is a licensed Educational Audiologist and a former Deaf Educator, and Administrator from Indianapolis. Cindy has served as an Itinerant Teacher, Educational Audiologist, Interim Superintendent of Indiana School for the Deaf, Director of Outreach and a SKI HI Parent Advisor for Early Intervention and is currently the Early Intervention and Transition Coordinator at the Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education in Indiana.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Laura Burklew
(Co-Presenter), Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education, lburklew@health.in.gov;
Laura has been in the Early Intervention field in Indiana for 15 years. Laura is currently the EI Network Lead for the Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education (CDHHE) & Parent Advisor/Developmental Therapist. Laura has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Purdue University in Child Development and Child Health & graduate school experience in Public Health and program planning from Indiana University. Laura also serves on state advisory councils in Indiana including EHDI and First Steps Part C Interagency Coordinating Council. She is also one of four Indiana SKI HI trainers. When Laura is not working, she enjoys reading, being outside and spending time with her husband & two children.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.