Statewide August Conference

Description

This annual conference is a FREE, all-day workshop held on the campus of the Illinois School for the Deaf and is open to any professional who works with students with hearing loss. CEUs and CPDUs are provided!

We are very excited about this year’s list of presentation topics!
•Skill building, discourse mapping and creating a Professional Development Plan
•Story signing
•Mentoring tips
•Multi-cultural perspective to working with families
•Transition from IFSP to IEP
•Current research on the topics of Lipreading, Working Memory and Visual Language Learning
•ISD Outreach Update


*THE FOLLOWING SESSIONS ONLY ARE APPROVED FOR ILLINOIS EI:

*My Background: Goals, Challenges, and Successes-1 WWF

* Session 1: How to Improve Your Story Signing Skills-2.5 INT-[double session – you must attend BOTH sessions for any
credit]

*Session 2: The Buzzing, Blooming Confusion of the Visual World -0.25 TYP, 0.25 ATY, 0.25 INT

*Session 3: Current practices for working with students targeting listening and spoken language skills- 0.75 INT

* Session 1: Multicultural or Cross-cultural: The path to accessing, accessing, utilizing and benefiting from health care services-1.25 WWF

* Session 2: Protecting the Message: How Vision, Audition, and Working Memory Support Speech Understanding-0.25TYP, 0.25 ATY, 0.75INT

*Session 3: Transitioning from IFSP to IEP- 2.5 WWF-double session – you must attend BOTH sessions for any credit]

Location Illinois School for the Deaf
125 S. Webster Ave.
Jacksonville, IL 62650
Date 8/4/2014 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM (Check in 7:30 AM)
Sponsor Illinois School for the Deaf Outreach Program
Contact Tina Childress (217) 479-4393 tina.childress@illinois.gov
Principles 1. Support families
2. Active participation
3. Collaborative relationships
5. Comprehensive plans
6. Periodic monitoring
Credit Hours 0
Cost Free
Status Closed