Course curriculum

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    Course content

    • PowerPoint slides

    • Vibrant Vocabulary

    • EOWPVT data

    • What's in a Word: Expanding Vocabulary for Deaf Children

    • Quiz

    • Evaluation

    • Continuing Education Credits

Course info

Course Description: This presentation will cover what vocabulary is and how to distinguish a word from a concept. It will propose a linguistic perspective to vocabulary when working with deaf children and will provide strategies for expanding vocabulary in this population. Last, considerations for assessing vocabulary in deaf children will be addressed. 


Agenda:

30 minutes: Words vs. concepts

15 minutes: Taking a linguistic perspective to vocabulary

30 minutes: Strategies for vocabulary intervention

15 minutes: Considerations for vocabulary assessment 


Learner Outcomes:

Participants will be able to:

  1. State the difference between a word and a concept

  2. Define sight words

  3. State at least 3 strategies for vocabulary intervention with deaf children

Instructor(s)

Kimberly Ofori-Sanzo

Kimberly Ofori-Sanzo is a speech-language pathologist (SLP) who has experience working at a school for the deaf, as well as presenting and publishing on topics related to language acquisition, bilingualism, and language deprivation. She earned her B.A. in Psychology and in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Vermont in 2010, her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from Gallaudet University in 2012, and her Doctor of Speech-Language Pathology (SLPD) in 2022. She is a board-certified specialist in child language (BCS-CL) through the American Board of Child Language and Language Disorders and is co-founder of the American Board of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialists (ABDHHS).

Speaker disclosures

Financial disclosure: The presenter is the owner and founder of Language First and is receiving payment for this course.

Nonfinancial disclosure: The presenter is a member of the American Speech and Hearing Association and the American Board of Child Language and Language Disorders.

Continuing Education

This course is offered for 0.15 ASHA CEUs.