Workshop for HIP Parents & Teachers

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A Statewide Workshop for Teachers, Parents &

Other Professionals Serving Children Who Are Deaf & Hard of Hearing November 12, 2011at the Tennessee School for the Blind 
115 Stewarts Ferry Pike Nashville , Tennessee 615.231.7300

Who Should Attend?

Teachers, parents and other

professionals working with deaf and

hard of hearing students.

Registration

Please complete the registration and

return the form provided by

November 7, 2011.

Fees

$35.00

For additional information call: Elaine Alexander - 865.579.2410

or email: elainea@tsd.k12.tn.us

Program Saturday, November 12, 2011

7:30 - 8:30 Registration / Exhibits & Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:00 Opening Remarks Alan Mealka - Superintendent, Tennessee School for the Deaf

9:00 - 10:00 Concurrent Session I (sessions to be repeated)

Check In/ Check Out – A Behavior Strategy

Anne Martin, Tennessee School for the Deaf

School Wide Positive Behavior Supports – an Overview

Susan Martin, Connections for Education Outreach

Deaf Culture

Dr. Steve Farmer, Tennessee School for the Deaf

Cochlear Implants 101

Theresa Matuszak, Cochlear America

10:00 - 10:30 Break / Exhibits

10:30 - 11:30 Concurrent Session II (Session I topics repeated)

11:30 - 12:30 Luncheon

12:30 - 1:30 Concurrent Session III (Sessions to be repeated)

Functional Behavior Assessments/ Behavior

Improvement Plans

Lynette White, Adrienne Coscia, Nashville Metro Schools

Reading Across the Curriculum

Laura Bledsoe, Tennessee School for the Deaf

Preparing the Deaf Student for Higher Education

Brenda Stephenson, University of Tennessee

Family Support/ Information: What Families Need Along Their

Journey

Melanie Bacon, Lead Parent TN Hands and Voices; Whitney Spurgeon,

Lead Parent TN Hands and Voices; Jenny Williams, Family Voices Newborn

Hearing Parent Consultant / TN H & V Board Member: Tonya Bowman,

Family Voices Newborn Hearing Parent Consultant/ TN H & V Board

Member: Julie Beeler, Audiology Consultant with UT Center on Deafness;

Susan McCamy, Deaf Education/ Family Outreach UT Center On Deafness

1:30 - 1:45 Break - Refreshments Courtesy of Tennessee Hands & Voices

1:45 - 2:45 Concurrent Session IV (Session III topics repeated)

INTERPRETERS WORKSHOP in the ATRIUM

12:30 – 2:45 TOPICS “What’s Deaf, What’s Not?’”

The Educational Interpreter’s Role in Classroom Management

Interpreting for Counseling Sessions

Interpreting for Students with Cochlear Implants

This is a State Department of Education approved in-service. TASL and CEO credit is available