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• Colorado Springs Hands & Voices Parent Meeting - Contact Sara Kennedy at sarak17@aol.com or 719-634-2328
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The Cutting Edge: Implants, Auditory Neuropathy, Literacy, Visual Phonics, and Cued Speech

January 27-29, 2012
Chicago, IL

*NCSA's Illinois affiliate, *
*Alternatives in Education for the Hearing Impaired (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

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:

• Dr. Carol LaSasso, PhD*, Professor, Department of Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences, Gallaudet, University: "Cued Speech and Cued Language: Relevance Today for Educating Deaf Children"
• Dr. Charles Berlin, PhD*, Research Professor, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of South Florida: "Diagnosis and Management of Auditory Neuropathy/Dys-synchrony (AN/AD) or Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorders (ANSD)"
• Dr. Nancy Young, MD*, Medical Director, Audiology and Cochlear Implant Programs and *Dr. 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"
• Dr. Jacqueline Leybaert, PhD*, Professor, Universite libre de Bruxelles: "Five Lines of Research Converging to Support Cued Speech with Cochlear Implants"
• Dr. 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"
• Dr. Kelly Lamar Crain, PhD*, Assistant Professor, Aural Habilitation/Deaf Education, University of South Florida: "Cued Speech Across the Lifespan"
• Dr. Robert A. Battista, MD*, Otology and Neurotology, Ear Institute of Chicago: "The Latest Treatments for Single-Sided Deafness"

Additional Opportunities:

• 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
• Panel discussion including Cued Speech users of various ages and their families with opportunities for questions
• CEUs, CPDUs, and EI credit available for professional attendees
• Register Now! [LINK ]
  

• Early Bird Discount available through December 31, 2011.* 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). Click here [ LINK ] to complete your registration online.

Pacific Rim International Forum

March 24 & 25, 2012

The Pacific Rim International Forum is a pre-event for the 28th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability & Diversity, aimed to highlight Human Rights' potential to transform human lives. And realizing the promise of rights enumerated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), as well as other international treaties, requires political will and the commitment of state actors, local government, and civil society. Our common vision—that each human being be treated with inherent dignity—is the foundation which inspires and facilitates the meaning of human rights standards, norms and procedures into transformative social change. The codification of rights lays the groundwork to realize an inclusive, equitable and just world; but human action is what makes it happen.

The 2012 Forum seeks to engage participants in a lively discussion on key areas that support and facilitate the realization of fundamental human rights for millions of persons with disabilities, as expressed in the CRPD.

For more information contact:

Charmaine Crockett
Center on Disability Studies
1776 University Avenue, UA 4-6
Honolulu Hawaii 96822

(808) 956-7539

www.pacrim.hawaii.edu

prinfo@hawaii.edu

This event is hosted by the Center on Disability Studies (CDS), a University of Hawaii Board of Regents recognized center of programs focused on the development and conduct of interdisciplinary education/training, research/demonstration and evaluation, through university and community service.

The 28th Annual  Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability & Diversity (Pac Rim)

The 28th Annual  Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability & Diversity (Pac Rim) will bring together a diverse international gathering of Specialized Professionals, Community Leaders, Self-Advocates and Distinguished Educators representing all disability areas to Honolulu, Hawaii on March 26-27, 2012. The goal of the conference is to provide action plans, aimed to meet human and social needs within a globalized world. Participants at the conference will explore global challenges, personal experiences and research advancements; all devoted to enabling humanity into “living to our complete potential”.

Support and actively participate in encouraging voices from diverse perspectives to formulate discussion and change within three of Pac Rim’s themed topics; the ‘Foundation’ topics on current CDS initiatives, ‘Exploration’ topics based on community initiatives; and ‘Innovation’ topics based on global challenges.

For more information contact:

Charmaine Crockett
Center on Disability Studies
1776 University Avenue, UA 4-6
Honolulu Hawaii 96822

(808) 956-7539

www.pacrim.hawaii.edu

prinfo@hawaii.edu

This event is hosted by the Center on Disability Studies (CDS), a University of Hawaii Board of Regents recognized center of programs focused on the development and conduct of interdisciplinary education/training, research/demonstration and evaluation, through university and community service.

Marion Downs Hearing Center

Campus Connections

We are now accepting applications for Campus Connections 2012.

Campus Connections is a part of the MDHC Teen Program that specifically focuses on preparing college-bound high school teenagers for the transition to college.

2012 SCHEDULE

Campus Connections 2012 will take place on July 19, 20, and 21 at University of Colorado, Boulder campus in Boulder, Colorado. Twenty-five (25) teenagers will be selected to attend camp at no-cost on a first come, first serve basis.

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