Bilingual ASL/English Development, Assessment, and Planning for Deaf Children

SED DE 576

The second in a two-part sequence designed to develop an understanding of language development in deaf children. The second semester emphasizes application of concepts covered in the first semester to designing classroom environments, implementing instruction, and creating language assessments for deaf children from diverse backgrounds. Specific topics include classroom placement, assessment of ASL ability, application of bilingual approaches, and mediating between ASL and English in reading and writing development. Prereq: SED DE 575. 4 cr.