CSDS

Speech Language Pathology/Audiology

2022-2023

April 2023

Orofacial Exams

Assessing the integrity of the orofacial structures is an important part of an assessment. Take a look at this video if you need some guidance on how to conduct an orofacial exam or are simply looking for a refresher!

March 2023

Language Development Theories

Learning about language development theories can be daunting. Hear it from a different perspective here! Pay attention to important names mentioned, such as Noam Chomsky and Lev Vygotsky.

February 2023

Practice your handshape recognition and have fun!

The link underneath the photo is to a page where you can find 10+ pages of wordsearches BUT with ASL handshapes. We will soon have some printed out at the Learning Center for your convenience.

Fingerseek/Handshape Word Search

November 2022

Sign1News

A reliable news source in sign language! Practice your signs today while learning about current topics-- politics, celebrity news, recent crimes, development around Deaf organizations, they have it all! Another great source, my personal favorite, is Daily Moth! Be sure to scroll down some more and check it out!

November 2022

MLU Practice

Being able to calculate the mean length utterance (MLU) within a language sample is an important part of a language assessment. Get some practice doing so here!

October 2022

Glossing

Glossing is directly putting ASL directly onto paper. The way you would sign it is exactly how you write it—and yes it does get a bit tedious, but you can do it! So if you need to brush up on glossing, practice here!

October 2022

Brain Structures & Functions

The brain is an incredible but complex organ. Learn more about its major structures and the roles each of these play here.

Interactive Brain

Here you can find a helpful, interactive website with an overview of different parts of the brain. You can click directly on the structures you'd like to learn more about or search for them on the top left corner.

September 2022

When it comes to IPA transcriptions, practice makes perfect! Test your understanding of IPA symbols and the sounds they correspond with by trying this Kahoot!

September 2022

ASL Vocabulary

Great website to use when learning ASL—covers basic words and sorts out vocabulary alphabetically! Easy to navigate, understand, and find similar words to learn if already looking at one of their videos.

August 2022

Welcome! Your CSDS tutors are happy to welcome you to the 2023-2024 academic year. Through this website, you will be able to find resources we have put together to support you in a variety of areas within our department. We look forward to meeting you all!

2021-2022

The Story of American Sign Language

A visual narrative of how Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, with the help of Laurent Clerc and Dr. Mason Cogswell, established schools in America to provide an education for deaf children.

Daily Moth https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDailyMoth/videos

By far my favorite source to practice my receptive skills. What better source than the news? It covers politics, murder-related cases, celebrities, COVID-related issues, and more!

Deaf people answer most frequently asked questions on google about being deaf.

I highly highly recommend everyone should take the time to watch this film, it covers ASL history, Deaf culture and demonstrates why ASL is so precious and must be preserved.

Famous speech given by George Veditz on the Preservation of Signed Language.

Now that everything is online, setting up your camera and having optimal visual access is important. This video has some basic guidelines that you should follow to make sure your ASL teacher can see you clearly. This video was made before the pandemic but some aspects are still applicable to zoom!

I discovered this channel and they have some funny videos in ASL! Their channel is called CODA (child of deaf adult) Brothers and they post videos of skits and educating people about the Deaf community and culture with humor. This video in particular is called What Deaf people LOVE about interpreters and they're being sarcastic and making fun of these actions so if you want to become an interpreter try to AVOID doing these things!

Deaf youtubers

Cheyenna ClearbrookHi, I'm Cheyenna aka deaf YouTuber who loves lurking into the creative world. (every video will be captioned xoxo) instagram: cheyennaclearbrook twitter: CheyClearbrook

Rikki PoynterRikki Poynter is a 28-year-old content creator, consultant, and public speaker on YouTube. She makes content about deaf awareness, accessibility/closed captioning awareness, mental health, feminism, and more. Since making her first deaf related video on October 1st, 2014, Rikki has been on the Huffington Post, Mic News, Upworthy, ABC News, BBC Newsbeat, BBC Ouch, BBC See Hear, and other news outlets in various countries. Also, she has been working on her new closed captioning campaign, #LIGHTSCAMERACAPTION, to try to get more YouTubers to closed caption their videos. After hopefully one day taking over YouTube, she wants to work on the rest of the Internet.

Rogan ShannonWelcome! I’m Rogan, a queer deaf guy that has many interests. Here, you’ll find videos ranging from book wrap-ups to the deaf experience (sign language linguistics, ASL lessons, and more) to queer topics (anything from sexuality to queer history to queer signs). I enjoy creating videos that educate people about many different subjects, and bringing in others for those that I cannot. How I identify: Queer, but I also use bi and pan. My pronouns are they/them and he/him. Created a few videos for Ai-Media and featured on the following - The Silent Grapevine: http://silentgrapevine.com/2016/12/exclusive-interview-with-rogan-shannon.html Deaf and HoH: http://deafandhoh.com/rogan-shannon.html WatchCut Deaf People Teach series: http://bit.ly/2HUcYtH

Sheena McFeelyKnowing what it was like to grow up as the only Deaf person in her hearing family and raising two young signers, Sheena felt something was missing from the internet. A place where everyone is welcome to learn ASL. Finding her inspiration from the Food Network Channel, ASL Nook came alive in 2013. Since that day everything changed! Little did the ASL Nook family know that it would have such a profound impact on people, especially on hearing families raising Deaf children. Our audience grew to where ASL classes – both high schools and universities – are using the videos as a part of their instruction. Today, ASL Nook has a huge following. This would have not been possible without the Deaf community’s support and loyal viewers.

Don't wait until the semester is almost over to go to ASL Club! It's a great way to practice ASL, make new friends and learn about Deaf Culture.

This video has good information on CL but it doesn't show them very well. That is why I also uploaded this video. >>>

This website has so many useful resources for ASL students. You can look up words, phrases, and other things. If you ever get stuck on something check this out.

Glossing

Have you seen or discussed glossing in your ASL course and confused on what glossing is or just need a refresher? This video is a introduction explaining what glossing is and some basic rules when "writing" in ASL.

ASL.MS

Looks a bit intimidating at first, but trust me, it is a good start to work on those fingerspelling-reading skills! They have four modes: easy, medium, fast, and Deaf. Keep in mind that, even once you manage the "Deaf" level, it still does not compare to fingerspelling in-person. People will not showcase every letter perfectly in the real world. This program still sets up a great base for those receptive skills!