Course curriculum

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    Course content

    • Linguistic Equity in Action: Supporting Nonmainstream Dialects and DHH Language Development

    • PowerPoint

    • Quiz

    • Evaluation

    • Continuing Education Credits

Course information

Course description: 

This session will explore the intersection of nonmainstream dialects (e.g., AAE, Southern White English, Chicano English) and Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) language development. It will highlight the implications of dialectal bias, audism, and language deprivation and provide clinical and educational strategies to affirm all language varieties in DHH students and clients. Lastly, it will discuss how clinicians and educators can collaborate with Deaf professionals and families to support authentic language development.


Agenda:

10 minutes: Language and Power

15 minutes: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Language Development 

15 minutes: Intersection: D/HH + Nonmainstream Dialects

20 minutes: Equity in Assessment and Intervention 

10 minutes: Partnerships and Advocacy 


Learner outcomes:

Participants will be able to:

  1. Define key concepts related to nonmainstream dialects, language deprivation, and DHH language development, including how these intersect with race and ethnicity

  2. Describe the impact of linguistic and cultural bias on the assessment and support of racially and ethnically diverse DHH children who use nonmainstream dialects

  3. Identify at least two equity-centered strategies that affirm both the linguistic and cultural identities of DHH children from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds

Instructor(s)

Alexis Lawton

Alexis Lawton, MS+30, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist in Walterboro, South Carolina. She is an adjunct professor in the speech-language pathology program at West Coast University. She's also a PhD student in the literacy, language, and culture program at Clemson University. Her interests include: nonmainstream dialects, culturally sustaining literacy pedagogy, technology, language, literacy, etc.

Speaker disclosures

Financial disclosures: Alexis Lawton receives a stipend as a doctoral student at Clemson University and a salary as an adjunct professor at West Coast University. She is also receiving royalties from Language First for this course.

Nonfinancial disclosures: Alexis Lawton is the assistant director of programming at South Carolina Multilingual Learner Network.

Continuing Education

This course is offered for 0.10 ASHA CEUs.
This workshop is available as a PINRA through WisRID. Please reach out to WisRID BEFORE taking this workshop for more information about receiving CEUs. Head here for more information: bit.ly/LLRIDCEUS