Sharing Books Using ASL and Deaf Cultural
Literacy Practices
Friday and Saturday September 25 and 26, 2009
This workshop focuses on how to share books using ASL and deaf cultural literacy practices with young deaf and hard of hearing students. Ideal for Teachers, Parents, Librarians, Aides, Day Care Providers, Interpreters, and Future Teachers.
Participants will learn to:
• Share books as a visual and spatial experience
• Translate English text into ASL in comprehensible ways
• Scaffold children's learning during book sharing
• Make connections between ASL and English within this context
Each literacy practice will be introduced and demonstrated, followed by opportunities for collaborative, guided practice using excerpts from
various children's books. Additional topics will include selecting appropriate books and materials, elements of ASL, and topics based on the students'needs and interests.
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Date: September 25 and 26, 2009
Time:9 AM to 5 PM
Location:
Granite State Independent Living
21 Chenell Drive
Concord, NH 03301
Registration:
To register, please call the Gallaudet University
Regional Center at (978) 556-3701 (Voice/TTY) or mail this
form to Gallaudet University Regional Center, Northern
Essex Community College, 100 Elliott Street, Haverhill,
MA 01830.
Registration Deadline: September 3, 2009
This workshop will be presented in American Sign Language. Interpreters are available upon request. Please indicate below if you would like to request any additional special accommodations by September 3, 2009.
Questions?: If you would like further information, please contact:
Pauline M. Ballentine
Gallaudet University Regional Center
Northern Essex Community College
100 Elliot Street
Haverhill, MA 01830
(978) 556-3701 TTY/V
(978) 241-7057 VP
(978) 556-3703 FAX
Email: pballentine@necc.mass.edu
For additional information about the workshop: Go to the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/x18154.xml#SB
Driving Directions to Granite State Independent Living:
I-93 at exit 14. Turn Right after the exit into Rt. 9– Loudon Road. Turn Right into Blodgett Street. It becomes Pembroke Road. Turn Right into Chenell Drive. The building is on the left side.
Lodging Information:
HOLIDAY INN
172 NORTH MAIN STREET
CONCORD, NH
(603) 224-9534 Voice
(603) 224-8266 Fax
2.65 miles to GSIL. Call to reserve a room at (603) 224-9534
A block of rooms has been reserved at a special rate of $109 per night (September 24 and 25 only) plus tax. Reservations must be made no later than September 3, 2009 to receive the special group rate. When you book your reservation, please mention that you would like a room in the “Sharing Books” block.
Easy to find, located off I-93 at exit 14, the Holiday Inn Concord is the only
hotel steps away from Historic Downtown Concord and many New England style shops and restaurants. Click on www.holidayinn.com and go to the hotel website in Concord, NH.
About the presenters:
Janet S. Weinstock teaches ASL & English, Deaf Studies, and Creative Writing at the Clerc Center’s Model Secondary School for the Deaf. She was Lead Teacher for Kendall Teams 1-2 and 3-4-5. She has conducted workshops and presentations on American Sign Language and English bilingualism and Deaf Studies for parents, professionals, and school-age students. She has taught courses in Children’s Literature, Putting Deaf Studies into Practice, Methods of Teaching Language and Reading, Storybooksharing Techniques, and Foundations in Deaf Education at Gallaudet University and McDaniel College.
Lynne C. Erting, PhD, is a teacher/researcher at the Clerc Center. She has recently completed a DVD, Beyond Strategies: Book Sharing the Deaf Way, based on her doctoral research findings for early childhood teachers and future teachers that explains and demonstrates how to share books in American Sign Language using
Deaf cultural literacy practices.
The Weinstock and Erting team taught for three years at the Clerc Center’s Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and have conducted joint workshops and courses.
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