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Deaf Children Development ConferenceDeafness, Cognition and Language Research CentreTuesday, September 11, 2012 from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM (BST)London, United Kingdom |
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DCAL is six and half years old now, we have carried out a lot of research and we want to share it with you. How much do you know about us? How much does our research inform your work with deaf children? Are you interested in what else we are planning to do in the next four years?
Then come along to our one day research update and discussion conference at City University, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB at 9.30am – 4.30pm.
We will be explaining our findings from our past research in an accessible and relevant way with suggestions for practice and policy making. We will be chairing a question and answer session with leading experts and asking you your opinion and advice on what we should be doing in the future. Plus we will have information stalls, interesting research demonstrations, freebies and lots more to do and find out about!
Amongst some of our invited speakers will be Sue Archbold from the Ear Foundation, Gwen Carr from the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme, Hilary Sutherland a Deaf Research Consultant, Ian Noon Head of Policy and Research for the National Deaf Children’s Society, Brigitte Francois a Director from SignVideo, Robin Ash a Community Development Team Manager for the British Deaf Association, Ros Herman Senior Lecturer in Deafness and Hearing Impairment at City University and other experts. Simonetta Agnello-Hornby President of the Special Education Needs and Disability Court and a noted international lawyer and author will be chairing a 'Question Time' session with our speakers.
Who should attend?
Teachers of the Deaf
Speech and Language therapists
Audiologists
Parents of newly identified deaf babies
Parents of deaf children
Professionls working with deaf children
Deaf or hearing people interested in DCAL's latest research
Come along to share your ideas, find out about research and see what DCAL has been up to. We will have BSL interpreters available all day.
Register here, it's FREE – and don’t forget to submit your burning questions regarding any area of a deaf child’s development for the panel!
THE PROGRAM
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9.30am |
Doors open (stalls with information and interactive items) |
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10am |
Introduction: Lilli Risner & Gary Morgan
DCAL Research Findings and Recommendations
1. Lipreading, reading and the brain. Mairead Macsweeney (UCL) 2. Language disorders in deaf children. Ros Herman and Kate Rowley (City University London and UCL) |
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11.15am |
Break – (stalls with information and interactive items) |
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11.45pm |
3. Sign and Speech links. Gabriella Vigliocco (UCL) 4. Deaf children’s cognitive development. Gary Morgan (City University London) |
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12.45pm |
Lunchbreak |
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2pm |
Question Time Chair:- Simonetta Agnello-Hornby – President of the Special Education Needs and Disability Court Speakers:- Ian Noon (NDCS), Hilary Sutherland (Research Consultant), Robin Ash (BDA),Sue Archbold (Ear Foundation), Gwen Carr (New Born Hearing Screening Programme), and Brigitte McWhinney (SignVideo) |
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3.15pm |
Tea and Coffee (stalls with information and interactive items) |
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3.45pm |
WHAT NEXT? INFLUENCE OUR RESEARCH
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4.45pm |
Conference closes. Opportunity for networking. |
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5.30pm |
Doors close |
When & Where
Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre, City University London
Northampton Square
EC1V London
United Kingdom
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM (BST)
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Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre
Welcome to the Deafness Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre, based at University College London and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
DCAL brings together leading Deaf and hearing researchers in the fields of sign linguistics, psychology, and neuroscience.
DCAL started its research in 2006 and is funded by the ESRC until December 2015.
It is the largest research centre in this field in Europe with nearly 40 staff and research students, about 1/3 of whom are Deaf.
You can read about our research team and many research projects by clicking on the links at the left of this page.
The vast majority of research studies on language and thought are based on languages which are spoken and heard.
DCAL's research provides a unique perspective on language and thought based on Deaf people's communication.
DCAL places sign languages and Deaf people in the centre of the general understanding of how language and communication work within linguistics, psychology and child development.
Deafness is an important model for exploring questions in linguistics, cognitive sciences and in neuroscience, and this is now much more widely recognised (thanks in large part to DCAL's research efforts over the last five years).
Clinical developments in relation to hearing intervention, especially cochlear implantation, are also changing the experience of deafness and consequently our research programme.