FY 2008 Annual Report of Achievements - Gallaudet University

The Training of Social Workers to Meet the Educational and Emotional Needs of
Deaf Children in Schools
Status: Ongoing Begin date: August 15, 2006 End date: No set date
Principal Investigator(s):
Betman, Beth – Social Work
Description:
The goal of this five-year U.S. Department of Education grant is to train school social
workers to address the unique learning and emotional needs of deaf and hard of hearing children in
schools, whether in residential or mainstream settings. With ever higher numbers of deaf children in
the public schools, there is a greatly increased need for professionals to have knowledge about the
implications of deafness for performance in the classroom and for family cohesiveness, as well as in
the formation of meaningful peer group relationships and a solid sense of identity. During the
previous year, funds were made available to the Social Work Department to support the needs of
participating graduate students and to enhance the school social work preparation program.
Funding source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Personnel
Preparation Grant
FY 2007-2008 product(s):
Betman, B. (2008, June). Sandtray therapy techniques with deaf and hard of hearing children. Presentation at the Clerc Center
Summer Institute, Washington, DC.
Betman, B. (2008, June). To see a deaf child’s world in a tray of sand. Presentation at the conference of the National Deaf
Counselors Association, Washington, DC.
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Sociology
Adolescents and Cochlear Implants: Psychosocial Issues
See Psychology.
CDI Training
Status: Ongoing Begin date: September 2008 End date: No set date
Principal Investigator(s):
Brunson, Jeremy L. – Sociology
Other Investigator(s):
Gouby, Gina – Phoenix College, Interpreter
Training Program
Description:
This project explores the effective techniques used to train Deaf Interpreters to become certified.