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Doing it all: How to adapt Preschool Activities for both ASL & LSL Development
Tina Shartzer, MA, ASL Teacher of the Deaf
Michelle Ahern, MA, LSL Teacher of the Deaf
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2. Introduction Why “ASL” & “LSL”?
Our preschool program facilitates language through sign and spoken means.

3. History & Background What is LSL? The Moog approach
Adapting LSL for ASL
Molding LSL model to merge with ASL

4. Focused, Specific & Intentional
Specific goals
Focused time (structured syntax work)
Intentional instruction yields results

5. Vocabulary Real objects Picture cards Receptive/Expressive practice
EVERYDAY!

6. Data Collection Examples, 2 CE’s
ASL:
Same CL HS; things
People/animals
Same CL HS; Verb/prep
CL:B-table
boy
CL:V-bent-sit-on
girl
CL:V-bent-sit-under
dog
cat
table boy, girl, dog, or cat [CL:B-table CL:V-bent-sit-on]
table boy, girl, dog, or cat [CL:B-table CL:V-bent-sit-under]
LSL:
Boy
Cat
Dog
Bunny
The sits the table. On
Under
(J.Schwalbach-ASD)

7. Two Critical Elements Next steps Two critical elements Video Model
Practice

8. Data Collection Examples, 3 CE’s2
Data Collection Examples, 3 CE’s
ASL:
Same CL HS; things
People/animals
Same CL HS; Verb/prep
CL:B-table
boy
CL:V-bent-sit-on
 CL:B-bed
girl
CL:V-bent-sit-under
dog
cat
table boy, girl, dog, or cat [CL:B-table CL:V-bent-sit-on]
bed boy, girl, dog, or cat [CL:B-bed CL:V-bent-sit-on]
table boy, girl, dog, or cat [CL:B-table CL:V-bent-sit-under]
bed boy, girl, dog, or cat [CL:B-bed CL:V-bent-sit-under]
LSL:
Boy
Cat
Dog
Bunny
The sits the On
Under
Table
Bed
(J.Schwalbach-ASD)

9. Three Critical Elements
Three CE’s
Video
Model
Practice

10. What questions do you have?
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What questions do you have?

11. Thank You!!