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About Your Child
About Your Child
Codas in the United States Infographic.pdfChildren of Deaf Adults Infographic
Children of Deaf Adults Infographic
Source: Jeffrey Levi Palmer
Common Errors by Young Children Acquiring Sign Language
Common Errors by Young Children Acquiring Sign Language
Source: ASLized!
Resources to Share with Teachers & School Staff
Resources to Share with Teachers & School Staff
FOR TEACHERS
A Teacher's Guide to Working with Deaf Parents and Their Children
HOW to use this resource: Parents can give this resource guide to their child's teacher.
WHY use this resource: Teachers learn about Deaf culture and the family experience of hearing children (Heritage Signers) who grow up with Deaf parents; how to support Deaf parents: remove communication barriers, various communication methods; how to support Heritage Signers: as students, literacy and learning.
AUDIENCE: Teachers, Administrators, Counselors, Teachers Aides, IEP Team, and After School Program Staff
Source: Expression Australia Source Link
Lets Talk Teachers Guide VIC Deaf Society.pdfFOR SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS
Language Development in ASL-English Bimodal Bilinguals
HOW to use this resource: Parents can give this research chapter to their child's speech language pathologist.
WHY use this resource: Speech Language Pathologists will learn about your child's bimodal bilingual language use, how it is different than a monolingual child, and how to evaluate and support your child's language development.
AUDIENCE: Speech Language Pathologists, IEP Team
Authors: Deborah Chen-Pichler, James Lee, Diane Lillo-Martin (December 2014)
Source: Research Gate Source Link
Chen_Pichler_Lee_Lillo-Martin_2014_f.pdfEducational Programming
Educational Programming
Oragnization: Hands Land LLC
Website: http://www.handsland.com/
*Season 1 Program Available for Purchase Here
Mission: Hands Land’s primary goal is to expand educational resources through ASL rhymes and rhythms for young children that seamlessly integrate into family and school activities. Founders Leala Holcomb and Jonathan McMillan have unique knowledge and experience to bring this exciting resource to Deaf, Coda, and hearing children and their families.
Mission: STEMS is a social enterprise offering educational program via STEMS (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, & Sign Language), committed to closing the exposure gap for underrepresented populations in the sign language community of learners, and dedicated to preparing students to work in STEM fields across industries.
Support & Peer Organizations
Support & Peer Organizations
Organization: DMV Koda
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dmvkoda/
Mission: The District/Maryland/Virginia Kids of Deaf Adults (DMV KODA) promotes bicultural and bilingual heritage for hearing children of deaf parents by helping them establish their unique identities.
Organization: KODAHeart
Webpage: http://kodaheart.com/
Resources: http://kodaheart.com/resources/
Mission: KODAheart’s mission is to serve hearing kids of deaf adults (KODA) and their families by providing a variety of educational & recreational resources with the aim of encouraging the exploration of their multilingual/ multicultural/bimodal experience.
Organization: Whyisign
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whyisign/
Resources: www.whyisign.com
Mission: This website is dedicated to all the families and individuals who have learned ASL to communicate with their deaf family member, or deaf people in the community. They respect, value, and cherish ASL, deaf culture, and deaf people’s place in the world. This is a place where people can come to appreciate the different signing skills and experience of individuals who have braved and shared their videos and thoughts on why they learned to sign. We all are here because we believe in the power of communication based on love and trust.
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