Research on Adults Reading to Deaf Children
I thought you would be interested in hearing some of the newer research on reading to deaf and hard of hearing children. Every once in awhile, when I find a new article related to research on adults reading to deaf children, I will let you know. Please feel free to add more if you find others!
-David Schleper, Clerc Center
-David Schleper, Clerc Center
2 Comments:
At 12:00 PM, David Schleper said…
Here is one article related to reading to deaf children:
Plessow-Wolfson, Sabine, and Epstein, Flavio (2005). The Experience of Story Reading: Deaf Children and Hearing Mothers' Interactions at Story Time. American Annals of the Deaf, 150 (4), 369-378.
This study examined scaffolding interactions (remember ZPD??) between deaf children and hearing mothers in which story reading was used as a tool to aid in the development of narrative comprehansion and linguistic reasoning. The sample goup consisted of 7 dyads of hearing mothers and their deaf children ages 4.2 to 9.5 years (Note: What about those fathers??!!!). The researchers found that story reading provides an excellent framework for both cognitive and emotional growth within the parent/child dyad. Mothers who engaged their children in mutural dialogue also used elaboration (one of those 15 principles!!). This was reflected in their children's linguistic reasoning.
The article includes a few examples of children and mom's signing.
One section of the article talks about the Shared Reading Project. According to the article:
"In 1996, in an effort to help and encourage hearing mothers with their reading to their deaf children, Gallaudet University implemented a large research study that, in part, involved sending deaf tutors to the homes of hearing parents with deaf children and coaching the parents in the signing of stories to their deaf children. The study showed that the support given to the parents through the shared reading project led to an increase from 42% to 74% in the rate of participation in reading on a weekly basis (Delk & Weidekamp, 2001). Given these findings, it is important to consider the development of inner speech and the vital role it plays in reasoning. When a child is deaf, because of generally decreased communicative input and interactions, dialogue and the child's comfort level with his or her mother are of heightened importance."
It is a good article!
-David Schleper, Clerc Center
At 5:58 AM, Anonymous said…
It coul dbe argues better deaf children wqere taught more than just sign language sothey could interact with parents, the current policies seem to be to tecah children regardless if that communication will help the parrents/siblings talk to them. Where possible more effort needs to be put into hearing-deaf interaction, not, deaf-deaf interaction.
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