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Signed Languages and Learning (People to admire (Dr Laura Ann Pettito…
Signed Languages and Learning
Visual skills
Tactile
eye gaze used to teach language and reading
Spacial
Better Science and Math using space
Visual
Develop cognitive and social skills faster
Increased ability with peripheral vision is an asset
Leroy colombo
People to admire
Dr Laura Ann Pettito
Cognitive neuroscientist
NeuroImaging Lab at Gallaudet University
McCay Vernon
Legal rights of Deaf people
Leroy Colombo
Deaf Lifeguard, saved more than 900 lives
Junius Wilson
incarcerated for 76 years and never declared insane
Memory
remember less about numbers and printed words
can recognize unfamiliar faces, and remember spatial and visual information
Metacognition
Ability to reflect on own thoughts
Theory of Mind
understand feelings, intentions, and emotions
Deaf parents who sign with Deaf children
Language pathways
access to language at birth are similar
Child directed speech
Child directed signs
Conversational Language
Academic Language
ASL VS. Bilingual Programs