Language Acquisition
Clerc Center Resources
Online Resources
- Early Intervention Network: Supporting Linguistic Competence for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- Online Learning Community: Early Intervention Community of Practice
- Setting Language in Motion: Family Supports and Early Intervention for Babies Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (2016)
- Setting Language in Motion: Activity Guide (2016)
Webcasts
- Language Learning Through Eye and Ear (2017)
- Dispelling Myths of Language Acquisition (2016)
- Maximizing Language Acquisition: ASL and Spoken English (2016)
- What the Eyes Reveal About the Brain: Advances in Human Language Acquisition-Insights from Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2) and the Brain and Language Laboratory for Neuroimaging (BL2) (2014)
Gallaudet University Resources
- Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2)
- Brain and Language Laboratory for Neuroimaging (BL2)
- Visual Language Visual Learning Center (VL2): Research Briefs
- Research Brief 9: Family Involvement in ASL Acquisition
- VL2: Parent Information Package
- VL2: ASL Assessment Toolkits
- VL2: Visual Communication and Sign Language Checklist (VCSL)
- VL2 Storybook Apps
Stakeholder Resources
- American Academy of Pediatrics Journal article: Should All Deaf Children Learn Sign Language? (July 2015)
- Serve and Return Interaction Shapes Brain Circuitry (Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University)
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: Federal Support for Developing Language and Literacy, May 2011 (Government Accounting Office)
- Language and Learning (Boys Town)
Language Planning Tools
- Communication Planning Guide for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (Outreach Center for Deafness and Blindness, Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence)
- Making a Plan: IFSP Considerations for Children who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CDC)
- Tools for Developing Communication Plans: Louisiana
- Communication Plan: Florida Department of Education
- Position Statement on Language Access: California Department of Education (2017)
- The Radical Middle (DHH)
ASL/English Bilingual Learning
Clerc Center Resources
- Language Learning Through Eye and Ear (2017)
- Dispelling Myths of Language Acquisition (2016)
- Maximizing Language Acquisition: ASL and Spoken English (2016)
- What the Eyes Reveal About the Brain: Advances in Human Language Acquisition-Insights from Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2) and the Brain and Language Laboratory for Neuroimaging (BL2) (2014)
- Supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing Preschool Students ‘ Emerging ASL Skills: A Bilingual Approach (2017)
- Success in Two Languages: Focused Programming Provides On-Target Development for Maine Preschoolers (2017)
- Developing ASL Text in the Bilingual Classroom (2015)
- Bilingual Storybook Apps: An Interactive Reading Experience for Children (2015)
- Auditory Technology and its Impact on Bilingual Deaf Education (2015)
- The “Why” And “How” Of An ASL/English Bimodal Bilingual Program (2012)
- Research-Based Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment in a Deaf Bilingual Program (2012)
- Evidence and Evolution: Research and Teachers’ Intuition Lead to a Bilingual Program (2012)
Gallaudet University Resources
- Visual Language Visual Learning Center (VL2): Research Briefs
- Research Brief 6: The Implications of Bimodal Bilingual Approaches for Children with Cochlear Implants
- Research Brief 7: The Benefits of Bilingualism
- Research Brief 8: ASL/English Bilingual Education
- Research Brief 9: Family Involvement in ASL Acquisition
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