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Sunday, 06 July 2008 |
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THE PRESENTERS
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Barbara Kannapell's Keynote Address |
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Sunday, 29 June 2008 |
"Bilingual Education of Deaf Children: A Movement Begins"
(The history of bilingual-bicultural education advocacy in the US)
Keynote address by Dr. Barbara Kannapell
Dr. Kannapell's address started off with this Power Point page:
--Convincing people about linguistics' discovery that American Sign Language is a bona fide language
--Attitudes toward Deaf people and ASL (ethnocentrism hinders progress)
--40% of children of children misdiagnosed as mentally retarded because
many teachers equate linguistic ability with intellectual ability. This statistic exactly parallels the misdiagnosis rate of mental retardation of Deaf students (See McCay Vernon's research)
--The real problem is the inflexibility of an orally-based program.
--10% to 15% Deaf teachers in the 1970s
Dr. Kannapell then discussed parallels between bilingualism in
Spanish-speaking community and the Deaf community, explaining: "The
Deaf child must WANT to learn English. They must not be forced or
coerced into using that particular modality."
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Read more... [Barbara Kannapell's Keynote Address]
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PowerPoint from Dr. Barbara Kannapell's Presentation |
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
Now Available: Dr. Kannapell's PowerPoint
You can view Dr. Kannapell's PowerPoint presentation as a PowerPoint show, or as a PDF - your choice!
Our thanks to Lloyd Ballinger for submitting the file. The presentation is reproduced with permission from Dr. Barbara Kannapell.
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Bobbie Beth Scoggins Keynote Address |
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 |
Title: "Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI), Deaf Babies,
and Language Development: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?"
Dr. Scoggins began her keynote address by explaining that past efforts
at identifying Deaf children after birth were called "High Risk
Registries", and they typically missed identifying 50% of the Deaf or
hard-of-hearing babies.
In the past, age 2 1/2 was the average age when Deaf babies were
identified. Hard-of-hearing babies were identified, on average, at age
4. These statistics represent huge gaps in children's
opportunties to acquire language.
Rhode Island was the first state to develop an EHDI system in 1993.
This led to other states copying their system. The Rhode Island system
led to what is called "UNHS", which stands for: "Universal Newborn
Hearing Screening". Dr. Scoggins explained: "It's critical that you
know that federal legislation has an impact on all of us," and so it is
very important to learn all the acronyms that are involved.
In 2000 new federal rules that mandated that all birthing
hospitals have hearing testing equipment began to be implemented
through the states. James Walsh, a representative from New York was
involved with creating the federal legislation.
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Read more... [Bobbie Beth Scoggins Keynote Address]
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PowerPoint from Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins' Presentation |
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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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You can now see the PowerPoint presentation used by Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins in her keynote presentation about EHDI - note, it's in PDF.
Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins' PowerPoint Presentation in PDF
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MJ Bienvenu's PowerPoint Presentation |
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
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You can now see the PowerPoint presentation used by Dr. MJ Bienvenu in her keynote presentation - note, it's in PDF.
Dr. Bienvenu's Keynote Presentation |
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Dr. Marlon Kuntze's Address |
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
"Learning to read: The story behind the stories"Presentation by Dr. Marlon Kuntze
Here are some excerpts/summaries of Dr. Kuntze's presentation:
About Deaf program at Boston University
--Guess who started it years ago? A.G. Bell. Very ironic!
A Biological Fact
--Everything in the biological world is a product of the interaction between the organism and the environment. (All of us have histories which contribute to who we are. How do we become who we are? It's the interaction with the environment that shapes the organism into its adult form.)
--How an organism reacts to the environment is a product of its genetic characteristics
--The quality
I'm a nature lover. I enjoy forests. I saw many parallels between trees and other organisms. Compare trees that are in a severe climate vs. trees in a more temperate climate. Those in the severe climate--much more difficult to grow. Trees in the temperate climate you'll see lush branches. Both a product of their environment.
The human brain
Here on this slide is a tree that is "bushy" with many branches, but as the tree grows taller there are fewer branches near the bottom. Why? Part of it is lack of sunshine--no access to the sun. Branches near the top do have access to the sun. There are different growing conditions, even though it's the same forest. Within one forest you can see a variety of trees, all naturally occurring, depending on their environment.
What's the point?
The brain is very complicated, and it's difficult to understand how it works. We can't remove a brain from a living person and look at it function.
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Read more... [Dr. Marlon Kuntze's Address]
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Keynote Presentations