Conference Program
Program Day 1 (28th March 2025)
08:00 – 9:00
Registration
09:00 – 9:15
Welcoming and organizational matters
Doris Bednarek (mhDeaf) and Klaudia Grote (SignGes, RWTH Aachen)
09:15 – 10:15
Language deprivation syndrome (LDS) as a Spectrum Disorder
Sofia Wegner & Klaudia Grote
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee break
10:45 – 11:45
Attitudes towards Deaf service users in a mental health system that operates from a hearing frame of reference
Janet Fernando (London, UK)
11:45 – 12:45
Early intervention for deaf children - Prevention of language deprivation
Prof. Rosalind Herman & Kate Rowley (City, University of London, UK)
12:45 – 02:30
Lunch
02:30 – 03:30
The role of sign language in preventing language deprivation syndrome
Naomi Caselli (Boston University, USA)
03:30 – 04:30
New Research on Language Deprivation
Wyatte C. Hall (University of Rochester, USA)
04:30 – 04:45
Coffee break
05:00 – 05:15
Summary and Closing Remarks
Doris Bednarek & Klaudia Grote
05:00 – 06:00
Presentation of Workshop Topics and Questions for Day 2
Nina Dombrowski & Josephine Tanke
06:00
Workshop selection and registration
06:15 – 07:00
Evening break
07:00
Gala Dinner
(pre-registration only)
Program Day 2 (29th March 2025)
08:00 – 9:00
Registration
09:00 – 9:15
Plenary Welcome
Nina Dombrowski and Josephine Tanke
Assignment of the participants to the workshops
12:30 – 01:30
Lunch
02:30 – 03:00
Presentation of the workshop results in plenary
03:00 - 03:15
Summary and Closing Remarks
Josephine Tanke and Nina Dombrowski
03:15
End of the Conference
(The building of the RWTH SuperC will be closed at 4 pm. We would be grateful if you could leave the building by 4 p.m. Thank you very much for your understanding.)