EDD 448/548 - ASL in the Classroom Setting

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites for this course include: Passing score on the FTCE General Knowledge Exam, SLS 201, SLS 202, SLS 301, and SLS 302.
This course is designed for students to improve conceptual accuracy in American Sign Language (ASL) vocabulary, translation, and instruction in the content areas. The course, designed for students majoring in deaf education, will also focus on educational techniques, lesson planning, and establishing an accessible bilingual classroom environment in the K-12 setting. As part of a comprehensive model in deaf education, the course will provide educational techniques for teaching children and young adults with a variety of hearing losses in different school settings and will explore other common communication modalities used in the classroom setting, with an emphasis on Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE), Sign Supported Speech (SSS), and Simultaneous Communication (SIMCOM).