Where Do I Start: Vocabulary Development with Children Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

This introductory level course is intended for speech-language pathologists and teachers of the deaf working with students with hearing loss who are developing their listening and spoken language skills. This course provides video excerpts and discussion of vocabulary lessons with students at varying ages and at varying levels in their listening and spoken language development.  Participants will learn characteristics of audiological factors that influence vocabulary; characteristics of different learner types; assessment methods; and treatment strategies to develop the vocabulary skills of children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Learning Outcomes 

Participants will be able to: 

• • Explain the impact of audiological factors on vocabulary.
  • Describe characteristics of the different types of learners. 
  • Identify informal assessment methods for evaluating vocabulary skills.  
  • Analyze student errors to develop appropriate IEP goals. 
  • Differentiate activities for vocabulary instruction to students of varying levels. 
  • Identify methods of prompting newly learned vocabulary corrections to students of varying levels. 

Continuing Education Credit(s)

1.5 LSLS CEUs, AG Bell Academy