FY 2008 Annual Report of Achievements - Gallaudet University

During the 2007-2008 academic year, the researcher engaged undergraduate recreation
majors in volunteering at a weekend program in Wisconsin, and plans are currently underway in fall
2008 to plan several new summer programs to address the needs of solitary and almost solitary
children and youth through Gallaudet’s Enrollment Marketing unit.
Funding source: GRI Priority Fund
FY 2007-2008 product(s):
Oliva, G. (2008, July). Summer programs for deaf and hard of hearing youth: Where they are, what they do, what they need.
Presentation at the National Association of the Deaf Youth Leadership Camp, Stayton, OR.
Oliva, G. (2008, September). Afterschool/weekend/summer/programs—Keys to healthy, happy hard of hearing and deaf children.
Presentation at the 5th annual banquet of WHOLE ME Inc., Syracuse, NY.
Psychology
Adolescents and Cochlear Implants: Psychosocial Issues
Status: Ongoing Begin date: August 1, 2002 End date: No set date
Principal Investigator(s):
Leigh, Irene – Psychology
Christiansen, John – Sociology
Maxwell-McCaw, Deborah – Psychology
Other Investigator(s):
Bat-Chava, Yael – Department of Youth and
Community Development, New York
City
Description:
This project compares the psychosocial adjustment of a sample of deaf adolescents who have
had cochlear implants for at least three years with nonimplanted adolescents. Having the implant, in
conjunction with several demographic variables, is hypothesized to correlate with deaf-hearing cultural
identity as well as social and academic functioning. This project is currently in press and will be presented
at a conference in October 2008.
FY 2007-2008 product(s):
Leigh, I.W., McCaw, D., Bat-Chava, Y., & Christiansen, J.B. (in press). Correlates of psychosocial adjustment among deaf
adolescents with and without cochlear implants: A preliminary investigation. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education.
Assessment of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Adolescents
Status: Ongoing Begin date: 2005 End date: No set date
Principal Investigator(s):
Miller, Margery – Psychology
Thomas-Presswood, Tania – Psychology
Other Investigator(s):
Hauser, Peter – Rochester Institute of
Technology (RIT)
Lukomski, Jennifer – RIT
Description:
The researchers are writing a book on cognitive assessment of deaf and hard of hearing children
based on current research. The project is still in progress.
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