Writing Instruction with Deaf Students
Writing Instruction with Deaf Students
This webinar will be hosted via Zoom for national and international attendees on Sunday, February 9th, 2025 from 1:30 - 3:30 pm ET.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial disclosures: Dr. Wolbers receives a salary from UT and payment for SIWI professional development. She is receiving an honorarium from Language First for presenting.
Nonfinancial disclosures: Dr. Wolbers is a developer and researcher of SIWI.
Content disclosure: Dr. Wolbers will be discussing SIWI.
Course Description:
This presentation will share motivating and research-based approaches to writing instruction that can be used with multilingual Deaf students across the grade span. The presenter will introduce principles from the Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI) framework, which provides guidance for planning sign-multilingual instruction and making instructional decisions during writing.
Agenda
1:30-1:45: Introduction to framework and research to support it
1:45-2:05: Strategic Instruction with Visual Supports
2:05-2:25: Guided Interactive Instruction
2:25-2:45: Responsive language instruction
2:45-3:00: Authentic and Balanced Instruction
3:00-3:15: Research and professional development
3:15-3:30 Q & A
Learner Outcomes:
Participants will be able to:
Describe principles of strategic writing instruction
Describe principles of interactive writing instruction
Describe principles of responsive language instruction
Registration information:
This is a digital purchase only; no physical ticket is provided. A form will populate for you to complete your registration and then your purchase will be added to your cart in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. You will receive an email with instructions on how to participate as well as a Google Calendar invite with the Zoom link one week prior to the event. Registration ends one day prior to the webinar. All registrants will receive a copy of the presenter’s PowerPoint, the presentation recording. Please email info@language1st.org with any questions.
COntinuing Education:
This event is offered for 0.20 ASHA CEUs. Only participants who attend the live event will receive a certificate of attendance. Participants who attend the entire webinar and fill out the self assessment form will be considered eligible to earn ASHA CEUs.
Accommodations:
This event will be in ASL with English interpreters and captions. Please email info@language1st.org with requests for additional accommodations at least 14 days prior to the event.
course availability:
This course will be available in the Language First Learning Library after the live event is over.
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