Call for Presentations

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❋ Accepted Presenters Will

  • Record a 45-minute presentation with ASL staff virtually

  • Participate in a life Q&A session in May 2026 (date/time coordinated in advance)

  • Receive a free registration to the 2026 Language & Literacy Symposium

Presentations will be available to attendees as part of the symposium experience beginning April 1, 2026. Presentations will be available to attendees for a period of 1 year.

Call for Presentations

The 2026 Language and Literacy Symposium is a virtual symposium highlighting practical, evidence-informed strategies that strengthen language and literacy for deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind children through ASL and English. Presentations will be pre-recorded and paired with a live Q&A session with each presenter during the month of May 2026.

We welcome proposals that reflect a range of perspectives - including families, Deaf community members, educators, early interventionists, clinicians, researchers, and advocates.

❋ Quick Facts

  • Format: Virtual Symposium

  • Session length: 45 minutes (pre-recorded presentation

  • Live Q&A: Scheduled with each presenter during prior to the Symposium

  • Symposium opens: April 1, 2026

  • Live Keynotes: April 30 and May 7, 2026

  • Proposal Deadline: January 30, 2026

  • Acceptance Notification: February 15, 2026

  • Recording Sessions: February 20 - March 15, 2026

  • Early language foundations (Birth-5) and early literacy development

  • ASL/English bilingual development

  • Family-centered language & literacy routines

  • Emergent literacy, shared reading, storytelling, and print awareness

  • Supporting children with additional disabilities, DeafBlindness, and diverse learning profiles

  • Supporting multilingual families and culturally sustaining approaches

  • Classroom and intervention strategies that build language, comprehension, and vocabulary

  • Coaching caregivers and strengthening home-school partnerships

  • Language access, inclusion, equity, and systems-level solutions

  • Technology, media, and tools that support accessible language and literacy learning

  • Assessment, progress monitoring, and meaningful outcomes

❋ Topics We Are Seeking
❋ Notes

  • Presentations should be original and appropriate for a professional/family audience

  • Presenters are responsible for securing permissions for any copyrighted materials or identifiable participant images used in slides/handouts

  • If using examples of children/families, please protect privacy and confidentiality.

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