Language Therapy in British Sign Language v1

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Language Therapy in British Sign Language - a pilot study to explore the use of therapeutic strategies and resources by Deaf adults working with young people who have language difficulties in BSL.

• IRAS ID

  133326

• Contact name

  Bencie Woll

• Contact email

  b.woll.ucl.ac.uk

• Research summary

  In the UK, the language of the Deaf community is British Sign Language (BSL). A small proportion of Deaf young people who use BSL as their first or dominant language have specific language difficulties and would benefit from language therapy provided in sign language by adults who are fluent in BSL and may be Deaf. Some Deaf adults are currently employed in education and health services to support children’s BSL development. However there is little training or information available to these adults about language assessment, diagnosis of language difficulties or intervention strategies.
  Recent studies have highlighted language difficulties and therapy in sign as an issues and begun to explore Deaf adults understanding of language difficulties and disorder. This project aims to extend knowledge in this area by supporting Deaf practitioners to understand and develop language therapy skills and co-develop language therapy intervention resources. The study will pilot training for practitioners and language therapy interventions for young people.

• REC name

  London - Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  14/LO/1045

• Date of REC Opinion

  6 Jun 2014

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion