Strategic and interactive approaches driven by sociocultural, cognitive, and language theories have accumulated a large body of evidence documenting improvements in more complex oral and written language skills. Growing evidence demonstrates that more complex sign language skills positively predict literacy skills and may lead to improved health outcomes. This project involves new applications of theory-driven strategic and interactive approaches in an intervention program to target sign language development in deaf children between 5 and 8 years old who are at high risk of language delays.
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Sign Language Skills
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of treatment 9 academic months later.
Teaching Behaviors
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of treatment 9 academic months later.