Contact
Sandy Mosetick
Alternatives in Education for the Hearing Impaired
info@agbms.org
847-850-5490
When
Friday January 27, 2012 at 9:00 AM CST
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AEHI presents, with invaluable sponsorship from the Ronald and Mary Ann Lachman Foundation,
The Cutting Edge: Implants, Auditory Neuropathy,
Literacy, Visual Phonics, and Cued Speech
January 27-29, 2012, at the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Avenue
...a professional development seminar that will benefit deaf services professionals and the children that they serve -- as well as parents of deaf children and children with auditory neuropathy.
The topics that will be covered transcend traditional "boundaries" of philosophical and technological choices in deafness, and freely mix and match Cued Speech with other successful technological and educational tools, with the objective of helping children who are deaf or have auditory neuropathy to develop age-appropriate language and literacy skills as well as the best possible speech perception abilities.
Presenters include:
- Carol LaSasso, PhD, Professor, Department of Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences, Gallaudet, University: "Cued Speech and Cued Language: Relevance Today for Educating Deaf Children"
- Charles Berlin, PhD, Clinical Coordinator - Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder Program, All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida: "Diagnosis and Management of Auditory Neuropathy/Dys-synchrony (AN/AD) or Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorders (ANSD)"
- Nancy Young, MD, Medical Director, Audiology and Cochlear Implant Programs and Elizabeth Tournis, AuD, Doctor of Audiology and Coordinator of Cochlear Implant Program at Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital: "Cochlear Implantaion in Children with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder"
- Jacqueline Leybaert, PhD, Professor, Universite libre de Bruxelles: "Five Lines of Research Converging to Support Cued Speech with Cochlear Implants"
- Beverly Trezek, PhD, Assistant Professor, Literacy and Specialized Instruction, DePaul University with Allison Fraas and Nicole Frye from the Illinois School for the Deaf: "Introducing Cued Speech to Support Literacy Instruction in a Sign Bilingual Setting"
- Kelly Lamar Crain, PhD, Assistant Professor, Aural Habilitation/Deaf Education, University of South Florida: "Cued Speech Across the Lifespan"
- Robert A. Battista, MD, Otology and Neurotology, Ear Institute of Chicago: "The Latest Treatments for Single-Sided Deafness"
- T.J. DiGrazia, MBA, Director of Operations, Alternative Communication Services, LLC, "C-Print, CART, TypeWell - Communication Outside the Box"
Presentation Synopses
Seminar Flyer
Seminar Agenda
Seminar Agenda - Interpreter/Transliterator Track
Registration by Mail or Fax
Additional Opportunities Also Available
- Introduction to the profession of cued language transliteration by Lauren Tribby Pruett, TSC (nationally certified Cued Language Transliterator) and a qualified transliterator trainer and President of Language Matters, Inc.
- Pre-seminar activities on Friday, including: Open House to observe AEHI/AGBMS (Alexander Graham Bell Montessori School) model Cued Speech Inclusion Program; free transportation from AEHI/AGBMS to Hilton Chicago for 4-hour Cued Speech workshop at which you will learn to Cue; and "Cues on Tap" at a Hilton lounge where you can socialize and practice your Cueing with young deaf adult Cuers
- CEUs, CPDUs, and EI credit available for professional attendees
- Panel discussion including Cued Speech users of various ages and their families - with opportunities for questions
Register Now! Early Bird Discount of $150 for the entire seminar available through January 6, 2012. ($175 thereafter for full seminar.) Registration fees include all learning and socializing acitivities on chosen days, plus continental breakfast and networking plate lunch on Saturday and Sunday and a wine and cheese reception Saturday evening. A limited number of sleeping rooms are available at the Hilton Chicago for a discounted rate of $129/night. Please call hotel directly and mention AEHI seminar to reserve hotel room(s). Student rate of 50% off available -- call for details.