Content

The Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) at University College London is the largest research centre in Europe focused on sign linguistics, psychology and neuroscience. Over the past fifteen years, DCAL researchers have developed nine research-informed assessments suitable for use with the deaf population. The DCAL Portal provides access to these online assessments of sign language, speechreading and cognition for use by practitioners and researchers. In this talk, Fiona will introduce the DCAL Portal and the range of online tests that it offers. She will explain how to get started with using the Portal and give a walk-through demonstration of how to use it. This talk will be recorded and made available afterwards.

UCL Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre

Target Audience

Teachers of the Deaf (ToDs), Speech Language Therapists, Researchers, and qualified professionals who would use the DCAL Portal.

Presenter

Dr Fiona Kyle is a lecturer at the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) at University College London (UCL). She developed the Test of Child Speechreading (ToCS) which is suitable for use with deaf and hearing children and is available on the DCAL Portal. Fiona is a chartered psychologist and her research focuses on the acquisition and development of literacy, language and cognitive skills in both deaf children and hearing children. She is the director of The Literacy and Deafness Development Research Lab (The LADDER Lab).

Accessibility

BSL interpreters will be provided as well as automatic captioning via Zoom. If any of this applies to you, please get in touch by sending an email to sscmail@ed.ac.uk so we can facilitate access.

Technology

The event will take place on Zoom. You will receive details on how to join once you have registered via Eventbrite.

To join you will need a decent internet connection and a suitable device. Test your equipment using: https://zoom.us/test

SSC Webinar: Introduction to the DCAL Portal