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INSTRUCTOR
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PST 322-OL1
ASL 270-OL1 |
ASL and English: Comparative Analysis (3) |
1/22/13-3/15/13 |
TBA |
- PST 322/ASL 270 ASL and English: Comparative Analysis (3 credits)
This course covers areas of vocabulary, semantics, grammar and organization of ASL and English. Students look at the linguistic aspects of both languages and compare the two. The class also covers word classes and sentence structure of both languages. To assist students in understanding the structure of both languages, discussion of how languages work is included.
Prerequisite: permission of department is required; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST: $690: Undergraduate: $1864.50
RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies course is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Participants interested in CEUs will need to submit an Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.
Course Materials: PDFs and DVDs to be posted by the professor
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| PST 301-OL1 |
American Sign Language I (3) |
1/22/13-3/15/13 |
TBA |
| PST 301-OL2 |
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3/18/13-5/10/13 |
TBA |
- PST 301 American Sign Language I (3 credits)
This course introduces the basics of American Sign Language (ASL) and is designed for students who have little or no previous knowledge of ASL. Readiness for learning will be approached via visual-gestural communication techniques, visual discrimination, and visual memory exercises. ASL questions, commands, and other simple sentence structures are introduced to develop rudimentary conversational skills in ASL. Information about the Deaf Community and Deaf Culture will be introduced.
Prerequisite: None
Tuition: PST: $690
Course Materials: Lentz, E.M., Mikos, K., and Smith, C. 2008. Signing Naturally Units 1-6: Student DVD & Workbook
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| PST 302-OL1 |
American Sign Language II (3) |
1/22/13-3/15/13 |
TBA |
| PST 302-OL2 |
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3/18/13-5/10/13 |
TBA |
- PST 302 American Sign Language II (3 credits)
This course is designed to continue development of American Sign Language (ASL) skills with primary focus on refining the use of basic ASL sentence types. Pronominalization, classifiers, spatial referencing, pluralization, andtemporal and distributional aspects are introduced. Students will learn routine communicative functions of the language: asking, requesting, providing clarification, giving and asking for directions. Information about the Deaf Community and Deaf Culture will be included.
Prerequisite: ASL I with a grade of "B" or better, or equivalent and permission of program coordinator
Tuition: PST: $690
Course Materials: Lentz, E.M., Mikos, K., and Smith, C. 2008. Signing Naturally Units 7-12 Student DVD & Workbook.
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PST 955-OL1
FRE 111-OL1
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Basic French I (4)
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1/22/13-5/10/13 |
Mark Weinberg |
- PST 955/FRE 111 Basic French I (4 credits)
This is the first part of a two-semester course sequence. Intensive study of the principles of grammar and usage of the language. Basic vocabulary building, reading, composition, and translation of elementary texts. A contrastive grammar approach will be incorporated, drawing upon elements of English andASL. Expressive use of the target language will be supported by real-time conferencing software and/or simple fingerspelling-based activities. Students will also be exposed to aspects of the target culture(s), including information on the deaf community abroad, where feasible.
Here is a sampler of the course, along with student testimonials.
Prerequisite: None
Tuition: PST:$920; Undergraduate: $2486
Course Materials: Materials to be provided on Blackboard.
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PST 777-OL1
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Biopsychosocial Aspects of Hearing Loss (3)
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1/22/13-5/10/13
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Matthew Bakke
Katherine Groon
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- PST 777 Biopsychosocial Aspects of Hearing Loss (3 credits)
This course will explore the various aspects of the biopsychosocialmodel as it relates to hearing loss withparticular emphasis on the psychological (affective, behavioral, cognitive) and social impact of hearing loss on individuals, their families, and group contexts in which they communicate. Topics covered in the course include: the grieving process and crisis as it relates to progressive andsudden onset hearing loss, parallel reactions, the range of behavioralreactions as it relates to the Assertiveness Continuum Model, as well as social and psychological impact of hearing loss.
Prerequisite: Admission to Peer Mentor Certificate Program or permission of instructor. email matthew.bakke@gallaudet.edu or katherine.groon@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST: $690
Course Materials: Will be provided by the instructors.
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PST 712-OL
EDU 772-OL |
Classroom Management (3) |
3/18/13-5/10/13 |
Christina Yuknis |
- PST 712/EDU 772 Classroom Management (3 credits)
This course introduces students to a variety of classroom management approaches andtechniques, withan emphasis on working with students who have disabilities. Students are provided with a foundation and background in behavior management and discipline in special education. They will also consider theories and techniques that apply to individual students, classroom communities, and school wide communities.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; christina. yuknis@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST: $690; Graduate: $2280
Course Materials: 1) Charles, C. M. (2011). Building classroom discipline,10th Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education. 2) Lane, K. L., Menzies, H. M., Bruhn, A. L., Crnobori, M. (2011). Managing challenging behaviors in schools: Research-based strategies that work.New York: Guilford Press.
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PST 652-OL1
CLOSED |
Coaching Development: Mindfulness and Presence (3) |
3/18/13-5/10/13 |
Deborah Mayer |
- PST 652 Coaching Development: Mindfulness and Presence (3 credits)
In the sequence of the Professional Coaching courses, this second online course is designed to continue individual development. Using full body presence students will explore and tap into the wisdom in the mind/body/emotion connection. The course will provide the students with skills and knowledge to incorporate mindfulness, presence, and somatic coaching practices. The course strives to create transformation learning through highly experiential components that focus on real-time coaching practice with consistent feedback and developmental plans. Upon successful completion of the course, students will receive International Coach Federation coach specific training hours and be able to:
- Recognize their own mindfulness and presence.
- Identify at least 5 ways by which their presence influences their coaching.
- Be able to analyze mindfulness and presence distinctions in their coaches.
- Explain strategies for how to begin coaching mindfulness and presence in others.
- Use their own experience of transformation to explain how personal transformation occurs.
- Demonstrate their ability to reflect, notice, and self-correct their roles in coaching sessions.
- Demonstrate core coaching skills, techniques, and ICF core competencies (Section B: Co-creating the relationship: (1) Establishing trust and intimacy with the client in their coaching process and (2) coaching presence; Section D: Facilitating learning and result: (1) Creating awareness.)
- Create action-plans for further learning and development of effective coaching skills.
Prerequisite: Must have successfully completed PST 651.
Tuition: PST: $690
Course Materials: 1) Laura Whiteworth, Karen Kimsey-House, Henry Kimsey-House (2007). Co-Active Coaching (2nd edition) Davies-Black Publishing ISBN: 978-089106198-4; 2) Tony Stolzfus (2008). Coaching Questions; A Coach's Guide to Powerful Asking Skills, Coach22 Publishing
Rent DVDs:
"King’s Speech" 2010
"Shall We Dance" 2004
"Eat, Pray and Love" 2010"
"The Soul Surfer" 2011
Video Lecture clippings, Handouts and articles will be posted in blackboard.
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PST 212-OL1
DST 201-OL2 |
Deaf Culture (3) |
1/22/13-3/15/13
3/18/13-5/10/13 |
Summer Loeffler |
- PST 212/DST 201 Deaf Culture (3 credits)
This is a survey of the various areas of study of deaf culture in the United States (history, folklore, anthropology, and sociology).
Prerequisite: permission of department is required; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST: $690: Undergraduate: $1864.50
RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies course is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Participants interested in CEUs will need to submit an Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.
Course Materials: 1) Bauman, D., Ed.(2007). Open Your Eyes: Deaf Studies Talking.Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press; 2) Nomeland, M. M. & R. E. (2011). The Deaf Community in America: History in the Making. McFarland Publishing.ISBN-10:078646397X | ISBN-13: 978-0786463978
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PST 665-OL1
ITF 706-OL1 |
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants and Toddlers and Their Families: Capstone, Part II (2) |
1/22/13-5/10/13 |
Beth Benedict
Marilyn Sass-Lehrer |
- ITF 706/PST 665 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants and Toddlers and Their Families: Capstone, Part II (2 credits)This course provides the opportunity for candidates in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and their Families: Collaboration and Leadership (ITF) Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program to engage in a capstone project related to deaf and hard of hearing infants, toddlers and their families.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Families: Collaboration and Leadership (ITF) Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program or permission of instructor; contact beth.benedict@gallaudet.edu or marilyn.sass-lehrer@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST $690; Graduate: $2280
Course Materials: TBA
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PST 222-OL1
DST 402-OL1 |
Deaf Women's Studies (3) |
1/22/13-3/15/13 |
Darlene Ewan |
- PST 222/DST 402 Deaf Women's Studies (3 credits)
This course will explore how the field of women's studies came into being by way of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention. Issues faced by both hearing and deaf women will be investigated: career, educational opportunities, reproduction, and patriarchy, among others.
Prerequisite: DST 201 or permission of department; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST: $690; Undergraduate: $1864.50
RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies course is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Participants interested in CEUs will need to submit an Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.
Course Materials: Breuggeman, B. J. and Burch, S., Eds. (2006). Women and Deafness: Double Vision.Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press; Kerber, L., and DeHart, J. (2004). Women’s America: Refocusing the Past. New York: Oxford; Von Garnier, K., and Goller, M. (2004). "Iron Jawed Angels" [DVD]. Articles/videos as posted on Blackboard.
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PST 260-OL1
DST 316-OL1 |
Disability Studies (3) |
3/18/13-5/10/13 |
Meredith Burke |
- PST 260/DST 316 Disability Studies (3 credits)
This course will introduce students to the field of Disability Studies. As an emerging interdisciplinary field of study, Disability Studies does not approach disability as a "medical condition, but as a human condition" (Charlton). Instead of studying the causes and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, we will explore the historical, social, political, religious, philosophical, and cultural influences that "construct" the category of "disability." We will also examine how persons with disabilities construct their own meanings and identities.
Prerequisite: permission of department is required; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST: $690: Undergraduate: $1864.50
RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies course is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Participants interested in CEUs will need to submit an Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.
Course Materials: 1) Davis, L.J., Ed. (2006). The Disability Studies Reader,2nd Edition; 2) Routledge and Valente, J.M (2011). d/Deaf and d/Dumb: A Portrait of a Deaf Kid as a Young Superhero. Peter Lang Publishing.
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PST 202-OL1
DST 311-OL3 |
Dynamics of Oppression (3) |
1/22/13-3/15/13 |
William Garrow |
- PST 202/DST 311 Dynamics of Oppression (3 credits)
Students are expected to produce a documentation that critically examine and discuss oppression as idea from more than one dimension along with case studies.
Prerequisite: permission of department is required; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST: $690: Undergraduate: $1864.50
RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies pcourse is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Participants interested in CEUs will need to submit an Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.
Course Materials: 1) Adams, et al (2010). Readings for Diversity and Social Justice. New York: Routledge 2) Tatum, Beverly (2002). Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?3) Komeraroff, Linda (2008). Disabling Pedagogy: Power, Politics, and Deaf Education. Gallaudet University Press.
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PST 713-OL1
EDU 773-OL1 |
Home-School Continuum: Collaboration with Families/Paraeducators and Professionals (3) |
1/22/13-3/15/13
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Raschelle Theoharis |
- PST 713/EDU 773 Home-School Continuum: Collaboration with Families, Paraeducators and Professionals (3 credits)
In this course students will examine current trends and concerns which characterize the changing American family and draw implications for education, students with disabilities and their families. They will examine family, community and school structures, patterns and relationships. Students will explore a variety of theories, concepts, principles, and models utilized when implementing effective family, school, and community partnership, in addition to collaboration among IEP team members and when working with other professionals, in regard to students and families with special and diverse needs. Students will identify and discuss the uses and applications of community and school resources in supporting families and students with disabilities. They will also learn and simulate techniques for interacting with parents and examine collaboration strategies for interdisciplinary team efforts. In addition, students will focus on topics/challenges that face families with children with disabilities such as: sibling support, respite care, financial planning, transition planning, independent living and IEP meetings.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor; raschelle.theoharis@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST: $690; Graduate: $2280
Course Materials: Ann Turnbull (2011). Families, Professionals, and Exceptionality: Positive Outcomes Through Partnerships and Trust 6E. Pearson.
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PST 275-OL2
DST 595-OL2 |
Introduction to ASL Writing: si5s System (3) |
3/18/13-5/10/13 |
Robert Arnold |
- PST 275/DST 595 Introduction to ASL Writing: si5s System (3 credits)
This 8-week online course introduces beginning-level fundamentals of si5s (American Sign Language) writing for students whose first or primary language is ASL and students learning ASL as a second language. Students will learn the elements of the written system and will be able to write American Sign Language with emphasis on reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar. Poetry and other visual arts will be transliterated.
Prerequisite: Fluency in ASL either as a first or second language
Tuition: PST: $690; Undergraduate: $1864.50
RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies course is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Participants interested in CEUs will need to submit an Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.
Course Materials: 1) Arnold, Robert W., The Official American Sign Language Writing Textbook, produced by Elsie Ritchie and Suzanne Stecker - www.si5s.org
2) Digibet Left Hand, Right Hand & A to Z charts - www.si5s.org
3) A to Z digibet font installed in your word program
4) Internet connection (DSL, LAN, or cable connection desirable)
5) Webcam, digital cam (camera or phone camera) and video capability
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PST 213-OL1
DST 202-OL1 |
Introduction to Cultural Studies (3) |
1/22/13-3/15/13 |
William Garrow |
- PST 213/DST 202 Introduction to Cultural Studies (3 credits)
This course investigates how culture shapes the way people see the world. Students will explore cultural readings and examine various texts around us to understand how culture,identity and history frame experiences. Traditional courses in cultural studies assume that the meanings in this world are central in creating us -- individually and collectively. Students will examine how culture transmits a view of the world and power through critical analysis.
Prerequisite: Permission of department is required; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST: $690; Undergraduate: $1864.50
RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies course is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Participants interested in CEUs will need to submit an Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.
Course Materials: Giroux and Nealon (2002 ). The Theory Toolbox: Critical Concepts for the Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences (Culture and Politics Series), 2nd Edition. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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PST 325-OL1
CLOSED |
Introduction to Interpreting (2) |
2/18/13-3/15/13
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Jeremy Brunson |
- PST 325 Introduction to Interpreting (2 credits)
An introduction to the basic theories, principles and practices of interpreting, this online course will address the history of the profession, interpreters’ roles and responsibilities, and national/local organizations for interpreters. It is appropriate for beginning interpreters, advanced sign language students, and professionals who work with deaf people. Information is divided into four units: the field, the process, the ethics and the setting.
Prerequisite: None
Tuition: PST: $460
RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies course is offered for 3.0 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Participants interested in CEUs will need to submit an Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.
Course Materials: Stewart, David A, Jerome D. Schein, and Brenda E. Cartwright (1998). Sign language interpreting: Exploring its art and science.Allyn and Bacon: Needham Heights, MA. The instructor will attach additional readings when appropriate on the Blackboard during the semester.
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PST 229-OL1
DST 410-OL1 |
Multicultural Deaf Lives (3) |
3/18/13-5/10/13 |
Elena Ruiz |
- PST 229/DST 410 Multicultural Deaf Lives (3 credits)
This course will focus on cultural issues, values, behaviors,identities and language of Deaf people from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds. Students will examine autobiographies, documentaries, films, videos, and academic literature to help understand the contributions and historical development of the emerging majority of the Deaf community that is underrepresented in the United States and the world. Course may be repeated as topics change.
Prerequisite: DST 201 or permission of department; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST: $690; Undergraduate: $1864.50
RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies course is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Participants interested in CEUs will need to submit an Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.
Course materials: TBA
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| PST 170-OL1 |
NAD/RID NIC Test Preparation: Written (1) |
4/15/13-5/10/13 |
Carol Tipton |
- PST 170 NAD/RID NIC Test Preparation: Written (1 credit)
This course will prepare potential RID certification candidates to pass the written component of the National Interpreting Certification examination. The course will cover the ten content domains tested in this examination and techniques for handling the type of multiple choice test questions utilized. Students will take several practice tests to gauge their readiness for the actual examination. This course has pass/fail grading.
Prerequisite: Must have completed PST 325, Introduction to Interpreting, or completion of an ITP Program or permission of instructor; contact carol.tipton@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST: $230
RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies course is offered for 1.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Participants interested in CEUs will need to submit an Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.
Course Materials: Please click on each of links below for reading materials.
NIC Test Outline
NIC Candidate Bulletin
NIC Knowledge Test References
Veditz, George, “Preservation of the Sign Language”
Code of Professional Conduct
RID Standard Practice Papers (16)
*Pareja, Shonna (2009) Master the NIC: Written Workbook,published by Shonna Pareja LLC, www.shonnapareja.com, ISBN 978-0-615-30437-3
*Sample Generalist Written Test, published by RID
*Must be purchased before start of course.
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| PST 326-OL1 |
NAD/RID NIC Test Preparation: Interview/Performance (1) |
2/18/13-3/15/13 |
Carol Tipton |
- PST 326 NAD/RID NIC Test Preparation: Interview/Performance (1 credit)
This course will prepare RID test candidates to take the interview and performance components of the NEW National Interpreter Certification examination. For the interview portion, students will practice responding to ethical scenarios as they are presented in the new test. They will practice with hypothetical questions and record themselves responding to a mock exam. For the performance portion, the ten skill domains will be covered. Students will record themselves taking a mock performance exam and analyze their work. This course has pass/fail grading.
Prerequisite: passed the NIC Written Exam, or permission of instructor; contact carol.tipton@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST: $230
RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies course is offered for 1.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Participants interested in CEUs will need to submit an Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.
Course Materials: *You must purchase the following item before class begins: CCBC NIC Practice DVD, contact carol.tipton@gallaudet.edu for ordering information. The book, Encounters With Reality, 2nd Edition, by Brenda Cartwright, http://www.rid.org/ and RID NIC Practice DVD https://www.rid.org/.
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PST 203-OL1
DST 314-OL1 |
Oral Traditions in Deaf Community (3) |
3/18/13-5/10/13 |
Benjamin Jarashow |
- PST 202/DST 314 Oral Traditions in the Deaf Community (3 credits)
The dynamics of oral cultures and their traditions will be introduced in this course by studying the development of oral literature and literary artists in other cultures. Then using this as background, attempts will be made to study ASL literary tradition by looking at life histories, narratives, and poetry performances.;
Prerequisite: permission of department is required; contact h-dirksen.bauman@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST: $690; Undergraduate: $1864.50
RID CMP: Gallaudet University is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies course is offered for 4.5 CEUs at the introductory content knowledge level. Participants interested in CEUs will need to submit an Academic Coursework Activity Report Form.
Course Materials: Bauman, H-Dirksen L., Rose, Heidi M., and Nelson, Jennifer L., eds.(2006). Signing the Body Poetic: Essays on American Sign Language Literature. University of California Press. ISBN-10: 0520229762 | ISBN-13: 978-0520229761
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PST 780-OL1
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Peer Mentoring for Hearing Loss (3)
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1/22/13-5/10/13
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Matthew Bakke
Kaitlyn DeFonzo |
- PST 780 Peer Mentoring for Hearing Loss (3 credits)
This course will focus on the mentoring process, applying all information learned up to this point. Boundaries for mentors will be explored, clearly defined, and contrasted with those of counseling professionals. A needs assessment format will be explored for application to the peer mentoring experience. Problem-solving models will be introduced and practical solutions will be discussed. The assertiveness continuum will be applied to communication strategies and effective use of these methods will be covered.
Prerequisite: Contact matthew.bakke@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST: $690
Course Materials: To be provided by instructor.
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PST 639-OL1
CLOSED |
Project Management for Beginners (3) |
3/18/13-5/10/13 |
Nicolah Alharazim |
- PST 639 Project Management for Beginners (3)
This course covers the philosophies, principles, and practices adopted by the Project Management Institute (PMI). As one of the fastest growing professional disciplines in North America, project management helps participants get a firm grip on an unwieldy workload by breaking it down into manageable steps. This course will provide participants with fundamental project management knowledge and skills, including the use of tools and techniques that prepare them to be able to support their organization projects. Course content will cover a broad, yet complete overview of the project management life cycle phases: Initiation, planning, implementation and closing. Participants will learn to develop project management documents, including a project charter, project plan, and scope; and requirement documents and communication, quality, risk management, and procurement plans.
Prerequisite: None
Tuition: PST: $690
Course Materials: A Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge, 4th Edition. (2008) Project Management Institute
Note: Students hoping to pursue Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam administered by the Project Management Institute are advised to take professional PMP-Prep, or PMP Boot camp courses to better prepare them for the exam. This is an introductory project management course and will not provide all the needed tools, techniques and skills needed to pass the exam.
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PST 895-OL2
CLOSED |
Social Work Licensure Preparation (1) |
3/25/13-4/19/13 |
Ellen Schaefer-Salins |
- PST 895 Social Work Licensure Preparation (1 credit)
This online course has been designed for social work students, graduates and professionals who want to prepare before taking the social work licensing exams. The course is totally accessible to deaf and hard of hearing participants and will focus on some testing issues that impact this population. You will learn about the requirements for taking the exam, how to apply, what study materials are helpful, how to benefit from licensing practice materials, the content areas of the exam, important social work vocabulary, test taking strategies, special accommodation issues and more.
Prerequisite: None
Tuition: PST: $230
Course Materials: DSM IV TR, Social Work Dictionary, ASWB Study Guide
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PST 663-OL1
ITF 703-OL1 |
Strategies for Developing Communication, Language and Cognition for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants and Toddler (3) |
1/22/13-5/10/13 |
Beth Benedict
Brenda Seal |
- PST 663/ITF 703 Strategies for Developing Communication, Language and Cognition for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants and Toddler (3 credits)
This online course is the fourth course in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Families: Collaboration and Leadership Interdisciplinary Certificate Program. The course addresses the methods, strategies and techniques for developing language, communication, cognition and literacy for infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families. Candidates will acquire knowledge of assessments used to describe the strengths and needs of these children. The course emphasizes an interdisciplinary collaborative approach and the roles of related professionals (e.g., audiologists, early childhood educators, speech-language pathologists, social workers, psychologists, etc.). Strategies and resources will address the continuum of communication and language opportunities including the development of spoken English and American Sign Language.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Families: Collaboration and Leadership (ITF) Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program or permission of instructor; contact beth.benedict@gallaudet.edu.
Tuition: PST $690; Graduate: $2280
Course Materials: Bodner-Johnson, B and Benedict, B. S. (2012). Bilingual Deaf and Hearing Families:Narrative Interviews.Washington, D.C: Gallaudet University Press. This textbook is available at www.amazon.com or www.gupress.gallaudet.edu.
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PST 599-OL1
ADM 794-OL1 |
Successful Grant Writing (3) |
3/18/13-5/10/13 |
Audrey Foster |
- PST 599/ADM 794 Successful Grant Writing (3 credits)
Working in a highly interactive environment, participants gain hands‐on experience in how nonprofits,state and federal agencies, and schools can develop successful grant applications for funding. This eight-week professional development/graduate level session is designed for individuals working in the nonprofit or educational sectors (i.e. program staff, university faculty and professional staff, executive directors, school administrators and program directors). Topics will include: * In-depth coverage of the grant writing process * Components of a proposalready for submission * Building relationships with funders * Identification of funding opportunities * Development of an evaluation plan * Creation of a need statement * Resources for tracking grant proposals
Prerequisite: Transcript required if taking course for graduate credit
Tuition: PST: $690; Graduate: $2280
Course Materials: 1) Geever, J. (2007). The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing.New York: The Foundation Center; 2) Margolin, J. (2008). The Grant Seeker’s Guide to Winning Proposals.New York: The Foundation Center. Both textbooks are available at www.foundationcenter.org or on www.amazon.com.
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