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Maine Educational Center For The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bilingual/Bimodal Inclusive Early Childhood Program
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Maine Educational Center For The
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Bilingual/Bimodal Inclusive Early
Childhood Program
Early Childhood Program
Evolution of an ASL/English
Bilingual Bimodal Approach
Growth as an organization.Early Childhood and Family Services
Parent Infant Toddler (B-2)
Preschool
Early Childhood Elementary (4-6 years)
Digital Hearing Aids/Cochlear Implants –Technology is here to stay.
Bilingual/Bimodal…
How does this work?
• Positive Attitude
• Deaf/Hearing Team….
• TWO Classrooms
• Purity of Languages
• Remember the classroom is the children’s space
• Respect for family and child choice of modality
• Team planning time
• Trust within team
• Trial and error accepted
Positive Attitude…..
Negative Impact Positive Impact
• Voice Off ASL Use ASL
• Speech Spoken Language
• Simultaneous Comm. Bimodal
• Hearing loss Hearing Levels
• L1/L2 Primary Language
• Delayed Language Developing Language
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Gallaudet University
Teamwork and Time….
Planning –
– Curriculum and Lesson Planning
– Portfolio Development
– IEP planning
– Language and Communication Planning
– Assessments
– Team Meetings
Assessment –
– Classroom based
• Portfolios (Maine Early Learning Guidelines/Common Core Standards)
• Observation data
– Standardized Assessments
• Developmental
• Communication and Language
• OT and PT
Our New Portfolios…
• Maine Early Learning Guidelines
• Common Core Standard
– American Sign Language
– Spoken Language
– Language Planning
Portfolio Samples
Who Are We?
Oct. 10, 2013
We drew our
faces and
wrote our
names.
We know our
names.
We know our
classmate’s
names.
Deaf/Hearing Teaching Team
• Role Models
• Native Language Models
• Specialists in each modality
– Training and Support from extended team
• Team Teaching
• Respect for both cultures and both modalities
• Identity
• Clarity of Language
Bilingual Bimodal Storytime
Two classrooms…one group of learners
• Two classrooms
• Two distinct languages
–purity of languages
• Separation is critical
• Child Choice
Choice Process…
Communication Survey
• Family Choice
– Morning arrival
– Instructional time
• Child Choice
– Center Time
• Team Observations
– Observations
– Data collection to share with IEP team and family
– Change...sometimes the information learned will change
the family’s choice for their child.
Language Planning
• What is included:
– Family Communication Survey
– Description of current language use
– Background information
– Assessments
– Profile Summary
– A-V continuum
• The Plan Guides….
– Language Allocation
– Student Grouping
– Student and Family Supports
– Goal Development
Language Planning Process
Nussbaum, D., Scott, S., Waddy-Smith, B., & Kock, M. (June 2004). Spoken Language and Sign: Optimizing learning for children with cochlear implants. Paper presented at Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, Washington, DC.
American Sign Language
Spoken Language
Developmentally Appropriate
Center Based Learning
• Learning Centers– promote independence
– foster decision making
– encourage involvement
• Readiness through Play – centers aligned with:
– Maine Early Learning Results
– Common Core Standards
• Balance– teacher instruction
– child exploration
We explored shapes in our
environment during learning
center time.
Oct 28-Nov.4
Gavin built a house with squares and a triangle.
Learning Centers
We measured, poured and
played with water.
Hearing Peers & Siblings
American Sign
LanguageSpoken Language
What have we seen with language growth?
• Important to teach the program
• Access is critical – visual and auditory
• Bilingual Bimodal Language growth comes with time
– Code switching
– Communication preferences emerge
– Ability to communicate in both languages
• Primary language development
– Once one language emerges...the other quickly follows.
– Confidence is the key!
Thank You!
Contact Us…..
Karen Hopkins
Director of Early Childhood Education and Family
Services
207-781-6335
Cathy Lushman
Teacher of the Deaf
Corri Saunders
Teacher of the Deaf
