Deaf Education Emphasis								04/28/04
Students will demonstrate through individual and group processes:	ComD/DE Course Numbers
	5610	4630	4770	4750	4780	4790	2910	3910	3080	2500
An understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the hearing and speech mechanisms	X		X
An understanding of the various types of hearing loss	X		X
An understanding of the effects of hearing loss on all aspects of child development	X			X	X	X				X
An understanding of basic audiometric principles and types of tests; the ability to conduct hearing screening using a portable audiometer			X
An understanding of hearing aids, cochlear implants, and FM systems	X		X
An understanding of normal language development including syntax, semantics, and pragmatics				X						X
An understanding of how to administer formal and informal language and speech assessments		X		X
An understanding of the methods for teaching language to deaf children including strategies to develop spoken, signed, and written language	X	X		X
The ability to converse in American Sign Language (ASL) including the use of grammatical structures of ASL, numbering, finger spelling, and idioms							X	X	X
An understanding of the demography of deafness and history of education of the deaf	X				X		X
An understanding of the impact of deafness on the family					X
An understanding of societal, educational, and religious views about deafness including issues related to bias					X	X
An understanding of socio-cultural models of deafness and therapeutic models for the deaf	X				X	X
An understanding of Deaf culture and the Deaf community	X				X		X	X	X
An understanding of strategies to teach speech to children with hearing loss		X
An understanding of educational assessment processes and appropriate follow-up educational services	X					X