Visual Language Associates
Profile
About Dr. Morere
Dr. Morere brings over 30 years of research and assessment services with deaf and hard of hearing populations. She began studying American Sign Language in 1985 and Cued American English in 1993, and her roles span researcher, professor, clinician, and parent of a deaf adult son.
She has been a core faculty member in the Clinical Psychology Program at Gallaudet University since August 1990, where she has trained and supervised both deaf and hearing graduate students.
Research
Research focus areas
- Cognitive processes of deaf learners
- Language and neurocognitive predictors of print literacy development
- Neuropsychological measure adaptation for deaf individuals
- NSF-funded Science of Learning Center for Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2) Psychometric Toolkit involvement
- Early Education Longitudinal Study (EELS-I)
- Extended Education Longitudinal Study (EELS-II)
Clinical Services
Assessment across languages and modalities
Dr. Morere provides Clinical Neuropsychology services to deaf and hard of hearing individuals utilizing American Sign Language, Cued American English, and oral communication. She specializes in the assessment of deaf children with complex special needs, particularly those affecting language development, including primary language disorders, visuospatial processing deficits, and ADHD.
Consultation & Education
For schools, families, and professionals
She provides consultative services to schools, families, and professionals, and offers workshops and presentations at professional meetings addressing neuropsychological assessment, measure adaptation, reading development in deaf children, and bilingual language access through Cued American English and American Sign Language.
Selected Publications
Publications
- Winthrop, D., Jaeger, M., Allen, T., Morere, D., & Miller, C. (2019). Identifying language delays among deaf children (Research Brief #12). Washington, DC: Science of Learning Center on Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2).
- Morere, D.A. (2019). "Cued Speech." In J.S. Damico & M.J. Ball (Eds.), Encyclopedia of human communication sciences and disorders, pp. 28–31. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publishing.
- Morere, D.A. (2018, May). "General principles in assessment of deaf children 1: Why deaf children may need testing and who should test a deaf child?" (Assessment Brief No. 1). Visual Language and Visual Learning Science of Learning Center. 4 pp. Washington, DC.
- Morere, D.A. & Pick, L. (2016). "Psychological Evaluations and Testing." In G. Gertz, P. Boudreault, & G. Golson (Eds.), The deaf studies encyclopedia, pp. 750–753. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publishing.
- Pick, L. & Morere, D.A. (2016). "Neuropsychology." In Genie Gertz, Patrick Boudreault, & Geoffery Golson (Eds.), The deaf studies encyclopedia, 715–720. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publishing.
- Allen, T.E., Morere, D., Clark, M.D., & Murphy, L.N. (2014). The VL2 Early Education Longitudinal Study: Rationale, Methods, and Participant Characteristics. Available at http://vl2.gallaudet.edu/files/2914/1045/8608/EELS_Methods_Paper.pdf
- Leigh, I., Morere, D., & Pezzarossi, C.K. (2014). "Deaf Gain: Beyond Deaf Culture." In H. Dirksen Bauman & Joseph Murray (Eds.), Deaf Gain: Re-imagining Human Diversity, University of Minnesota Press, pp. 356–371.
- Sligar, S.R., Cawthon, S., Morere, D.A. & Moxley, A. (2013). "Equity in Assessment for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing." Journal of the American Deafness & Rehabilitation Association (JADARA), 47(1), 110–127.
- Morere, D.A. (2013). "Methodological issues associated with sign-based neuropsychological assessment." Sign Language Studies, 14(1), pp. 8–20.
- Witkin, G.A., Morere, D.A. & Geer, L.D. (2013). "Establishment of a phonemic clustering system for American Sign Language." Sign Language Studies, 14(1), pp. 21–38.
- Morere, D.A. (2013). "The Signed Verbal Learning Test: Assessing verbal memory of deaf signers." Sign Language Studies, 14(1), pp. 39–57.