The Cognitive and Social Impacts of Early Language Experiences of Deaf Children (Live Stream)
Channel: ASL Exchange
Date: 16/10/2016

We are excited to release a live stream video of Dr. Amber Martin's talk at the Center for Anxiety (Brooklyn office). Dr. Martin participated in the Center for Anxiety Free Community Lecture Series on September 28, 2016 at 12:30, at The Center for Anxiety (Brooklyn), 3692 Bedford Ave P2, Brooklyn, NY 11229.

This is the latest development in latest development an ongoing collaboration between ASL Exchange and the Center for Anxiety.

NOTE: Captions and a transcript are being prepared for a video recorded version of the talk that will include captioning, a transcript and voice over. While that is being prepared we are releasing this unedited live stream, mimicking the live event. The lecture is in American Sign Language and voice interpreted into English.

Lecture slides can be obtained at this link: tinyurl.com/hax9qwt
Lecture references can be obtained at this link: tinyurl.com/hjmuoxb

ABSTRACT
Early language experience is important for both setting children up on the path to fully acquire a language, and for ensuring access to information from others around them. However, many deaf children lack access to a language they can easily acquire. This lack of access is due to widespread misinformation about what language is, how it is acquired, and what we use it for. In this talk I will discuss the impacts of early language exposure on deaf children in both cognitive and social domains. I will also suggest ways that we can improve early language experiences to improve wellbeing in deaf children, adolescents and adults.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Amber Martin, Ph.D. is a faculty member in the Hunter College Psychology Department—City University of New York— where she teaches courses in Child Development, Cognitive Processes, and Emotion (CLAS Lab- Dr. Amber Martin Hunter College). She received her B.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development. She completed her post-doctoral studies at Barnard College where began her current work studying deaf children in Nicaragua. Her research focuses on the relations between developing language and cognition, and the impact of early language deprivation and delayed acquisition in deaf children.