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Paula Gross

Assistant Professor, Director Deaf Education Undergraduate

pgross@fontbonne.edu
314-889-1459
Office: East 208

Education:

BA Deaf Education, Fontbonne Univeristy

MA Special Education, Fontbonne University

Research Area/Scholarly Interest:

Literacy for deaf children

Children’s literature

Autism

Professional Organizations:

A.G. Bell

ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)

CEC (Council on Exceptional Children)

Pi Lambda Theta

Kappa Gamma Pi

Phi Kappa Phi

ILA (International Literacy Association

Certifications:

MO: Deaf and HEaring Impaired (K-12), Elementary Education (1-6)

Presentations

The Outcomes of a University Program to Support Literacy Skills of Children Using Cochlear Impants and Professional Competencies of Future Speech-Language Pathologists. American Cochlear Implant Alliance Conference, Nashville, TN. Dec 2014.

Autism: Finding a Path through the Maze. Missouri Council on Exceptional Children Conference. March 2011, with Dr. Margaret Gray.

Professional Activities

Camp Director (2012-Present) FIRE (Fontbonne Inspires Reading Excitement), a summer literacy camp for children who are deaf.

Action Research Project, Dec 2010: Assessing Fluency at St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf within the Wilson Curriculum

Courses taught:

DEA330 Mid-Level Experience in Deaf Education

DEA410 Language in Deaf Education

DEA430 Counseling in Deaf Education

DEA460 Reading and Writing in Deaf Education

DEA470 Clinical Experience 1 in Deaf Education

DEA480/481 Culminating Clinical Experience in Deaf Education

EDU394/595 Special Education Counseling

CDS531 Communication Development for Children who are Deaf of Hard of Hearing

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