Language and Literacy in Deaf Children - Research to Practice Conference
Schedule
Sat Mar 08 2025 at 09:30 am to 03:45 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children | London, EN
About this Event
The Ladder Lab at the UCL Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) is excited to showcase the latest research on reading and language development in deaf children. Researchers from DCAL and City St George’s will present their findings and discuss implications for practice. There will be opportunities to discuss research findings.
This is a free one-day event for practitioners and teachers working with deaf children.
Lunch and BSL/English interpreters will be provided
Presenters: Fiona Kyle, Ros Herman, Katie Mason, Kate Rowley, Patrick Rosenburg and Mairéad MacSweeny.
Draft Programme
9.30am Registration
10.00am Introduction to the day and the Preschool Lanugage and Literacy study
10.20am Preschool spoken English outcomes in deaf children
10.55am The home literacy environments of deaf children
11.30am A preschool screener for language and literacy difficulties for deaf children
12.05pm Discussion and questions
12.30pm Lunch
13.30pm Visual communication and reading in deaf children
14.05pm BSL comprehension and reading in deaf children
14.40pm Introducing the Understanding Reading Success study
15.00pm Panel discussion
15.45pm Close
Where is it happening?
Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children, 4 Wollstonecraft Street, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 0.00
