Course curriculum

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    Course content

    • PowerPoint

    • BADE

    • Know Thyself: Linguistic Bias and Awareness of Skill Sets

    • Quiz

    • Evaluation

    • Continuing Education Credits

Course information

Course description: 

Whether you are brand new or a veteran in early intervention and deaf education, your journey of professional growth is never over. While many of us feel we are self-aware of our skills and biases, neutral self-assessments are key in shedding light on areas we may not be able to see within ourselves (or, perhaps, do not want to see). Taking a risk to see where we can grow -- and having tough conversations with ourselves, our colleagues/programs, and our families -- is essential to those we serve. As part of a self-assessment commitment, participants in this workshop will complete the Beliefs About Deaf Education scale. Developed by the Science of Learning Center on Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2), “the BADE scale provides a mechanism to frame future opportunities for deaf and hard of hearing children who most often are born to hearing families. This scale can help parents, early interventionists, and teachers analyze their own attitudes and beliefs in order to better meet the needs of young deaf learners.” In addition to analyzing one’s individual BDAE scores and how that impacts work with families and colleagues, we will talk about the value of assessing linguistic competence in ASL, which can impact the personal biases that infiltrate our work. This workshop is applicable to providers of any discipline, regardless of years of experience, hearing status, primary language, language goals for families/children. Come ready to look within yourself, both past and present, to see how it can shape your professional practice in the future.


Agenda:

20 minutes: Bias in deaf education, including parent stories

10 minutes: Intro to the BADE and its applications

15 minutes: How to take/score the BADE. Self-test and obtain 4 subscores

15 minutes: Trends and open discussion

30 minutes: The why’s of ASL assessments for hearing providers

30 minutes: The SLPI and the ASLPI


Learner outcomes:

Participants will be able to:

  1. Complete the BADE (Beliefs About Deaf Education) questionnaire and obtain four sub-scale scores

  2. Analyze their personal BADE scores to shed light on their own beliefs and how they influence work with families and children

  3. Name two ASL assessments for their own use and discuss the accountability that ongoing self-assessment provides

Instructor(s)

Claire Lombardo Miller

Claire Lombardo-Miller, CCC-SLP, NIC, is a Speech-Language Pathologist and ASL-English Interpreter. She earned a BA in Early Childhood Education at Smith College and an MS in Speech-Language Pathology from Boston University. Since 2004, she has worked at The Learning Center for the Deaf as an SLP, early intervention provider, educator, and mentor. Claire presents at state and national conferences in the field of deaf-focused early intervention, linguistic bias, and bilingual-bimodal development. She provides consultative services to SLPs within public schools as well as district-wide/system-based consultative guidance to impliment evidence-based and culturally sound practices for deaf/hard of hearing students in mainstream settings. The Deaf community has been a beacon of her learning and personal and professional growth. Allyship and continued growth is at the center of her professional practice. Outside of work, Claire finds herself happiest with her family, in her garden, attending live music, and eating ice cream.

Speaker disclosures:

Financial disclosures: The presenter receives royalties for this course.

Nonfinancial disclosures: The presenter has no relevant nonfinancial disclosures.

Continuing Education

This course is offered for 0.20 ASHA CEUs.
This course is available as a PINRA through WisRID. Please reach out to WisRID BEFORE taking this course for more information about receiving CEUs. Head here for more information: bit.ly/LLRIDCEUS

This course is licensed for individual use only. Group viewing, sharing access, or distributing course materials is strictly prohibited. Each participant must have their own registration to attend or view.