Visual Language Associates
Profile
About Dr. LaSasso
Dr. LaSasso served as Professor in the Department of Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. She is affiliated with the Science of Learning Center on Visual Language and Visual Literacy (VL2) at Gallaudet University and with the Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown University, which employs fMRI and behavioral methods to examine language and cognition of deaf individuals from oral, signing, and cueing backgrounds.
She has served as President of the Special Interest Group in Reading and Deafness for the International Reading Association, and has directed diagnostic reading clinics for over 400 deaf and hard of hearing children from ASL, MCE signing, oral, and Cued Speech backgrounds across Washington D.C., Connecticut, and North Carolina.
She currently mentors Ph.D. students, guides dissertation research, teaches seminars, and directs federal personnel preparation grants.
Focus
Publication & clinical focus
- Phonological abilities of deaf children and youth
- Vocabulary development
- Reading comprehension
- Test-taking abilities
- Diagnostic reading clinics for deaf and hard of hearing children
Selected Publications
Publications
- LaSasso, C. & Metzger, M. (1998). "An Alternate Route for Preparing Deaf Children for BiBi Programs: The Home Language as L1 and Cued Speech for Conveying Traditionally-Spoken Languages." Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 3, 265–89.