Ways to Improve Reading Achievement for Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Dr. Jennifer Kilpatrick with Michelle Andros

Reading achievement for students with hearing loss has certainly changed since the introduction of newborn hearing screenings, and identifying students with hearing loss earlier than before. However, there are still learning gaps that affect instructional practices and outcomes for students with hearing loss. Listen to Dr. Jennifer Kilpatrick, a seasoned teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing, and now literacy professor at University of Northern Florida, as she walks participants through various literacy and writing strategies to help students with hearing loss enhance their skills in phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and ultimately comprehension. Dr. Kilpatrick will explain how writing and literacy should be integrated and taught strategically to target areas of needs.

Course curriculum

    1. Course Handouts

    2. Ways to Improve Reading Achievement for Children Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Full Interview - 1:12

    3. Quiz-Ways to Improve Reading Achievement for Children Who are Deaf and HH

    4. Course Evaluation - Ways to Improve Reading Achievement for Children

    5. ASHA-Directions on How to Use the ASHA Form

    6. ASHA Verification Form - Ways to Improve Reading Achievement for Children Who are Deaf and HH

    7. LSLS CEU Letter - Ways to Improve Reading Achievement for Children Who are Deaf and HH

    8. ISBE Professional Development Hours

    9. Completion of Approved Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) Hour(s) Certificate

    10. RID Professional Development Hours

3 Learner Outcomes

  • 1. Participants will be able to identify methods of instruction to help target specific areas of literacy and writing needs.
  • 2. Participants will be able to identify assessments that will help teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing target areas that will need specific targeted instruction, and establish baselines for instructional purposes.
  • 3. Participants will be able to identify specific literacy skills that are impacted by hearing loss, and introduce new methods for instructional strategies.

Meet your Instructor

Jennifer Kilpatrick

Jennifer Renée (Jen) Kilpatrick is an Associate Professor of Deaf Education at University of North Florida. Before transitioning to higher education, Jen spent a decade teaching in a variety of K12 settings in Virginia, Tennessee, and Florida. In addition to preparing future teachers of the deaf, she provides professional development and coaching for teachers of the deaf as a part of the Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI) team. Jen’s primary professional goal is increasing accessibility and inclusion in education. She is interested in the intersections of UDL and issues of accessibility related to both disability and language. Her research is focused on the language and literacy development of deaf students and preparing teachers to provide accessible language and literacy instruction for all students.

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