Language Deprivation Syndrome Lecture

When:
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Where:
Metcalf Research Laboratory, Room 101, Friedman Auditorium
190-194 Thayer Street
Description:
Title: Language Deprivation Syndrome
By Sanjay Gulati, M.D., Harvard Medical School

When: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 from 6 PM to 7:30 PM EST

Where: Friedman Auditorium, Metcalf Research Laboratory, Room 101
Brown University, 190-194 Thayer Street, Providence, RI 02906

Live streaming is available! Just go here before the event starts: http://www.brown.edu/web/livestream/

Hosted by the American Sign Language Studies program at the Center for Language Studies and the Program for Liberal Medical Education.

Description:
The single greatest risk faced by Deaf people is inadequate exposure to a usable first language. Dr. Gulati will review recent research which validates the anatomical basis and time course of the critical period for first language acquisition, and which shows the risks to the development of empathic abilities among children who are language-deprived.

About the Lecture:
Sanjay Gulati, M.D. is a Deaf child and adolescent psychiatrist who works at the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Service at Cambridge Hospital and the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Program at Children's Hospital, Boston. He consults to a variety of Deaf-related programs. His primary area of research interest is the effects of language deprivation. He is co-editor of "Mental Health Care for Deaf People" (Erlbaum, 2003) and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Accessibility:
The lecture will be ASL interpreted and CART services will be provided. Friedman Auditorium is ADA accessible.

Contact: For more information, contact [email protected].
Contact:
Center for Language Studies
401-863-3043
Link:
http://www.brown.edu/web/livestream/