CDIS 2033: Deaf Communication & Education
General Education - Diversity course
Sample course info
This course has two main topics:
- Issues surrounding communication options for deaf children, with emphasis on sign language, alternate sign systems, and facilitating communication in family and school settings, including:
- Challenges and decisions facing hearing parents of deaf children
- Sign vs speech vs both (RE communication and development)
- School, learning to read, assistive technology, independent living
- Deaf culture, perspectives of Deaf community
- American Sign Language (ASL) vocabulary and introductory grammar. Why?
- Understanding grammatical concepts of a sign language and how it differs from a spoken language like English will help you understand the debates about sign vs speech.
- Speech therapists, audiologists, teachers, etc. can use signs to augment communication with a variety of students/patients with difficulties with receptive or expressive speech.
- ASL is integral to Deaf culture and an avenue for increasing your sensitivity and awareness of Deaf issues.
- A basic foundation eases further ASL language study.
Syllabus/Schedule
| deafcommed.pdf |
Outside Experience & Reflection
Pick your own topics to learn more about outside of class, then reflect on your experience
Pick your own topics to learn more about outside of class, then reflect on your experience
| reflections.pdf |
