Add an eventSessions at 51st Biennial National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Conference in KICC 209
Wednesday 4th July 2012
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Early Intervention NEEDS Your Involvement
by Beth S. Benedict and Leala Holcomb
The purpose of the Early Hearing, Detection and Intervention (EHDI), within the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) system is to identify deaf/hh babies and to provide families with information. But too often the expertise of people who know the best, deaf/hard of hearing people themselves, are not included or valued. Research shows the importance of deaf adults as language and role models for families. This workshop presents a history, an update of the system, programs and the need to include deaf/hard of hearing adults. Ideas and strategies from panelists will be shared on how you can make a difference in young deaf and/hard of hearing children’s lives in your hometown.
Track: Deaf Education
Type: Presentation -
Current State of Affairs-School Boards and Schools for the Deaf
by Alexis Kashar, Philip Bravin, Sonny Wasilowski and Chris Wagner
A panel of deaf members and officers who sit on various school boards will sit on this panel. Current issues such as communication issues, literacy issues and budget issues will be covered and addressed. A question and answer period will take place during the last part of the workshop.
Track: Deaf Education
Type: Panel -
Saving Deaf Culture and Saving Schools for the Deaf
Deaf Schools are under attack. Indiana is the most recent example. We must save them because they contribute to the preservation of Deaf Culture. This presentation will involve discussing the economics of educating Deaf children in a school for the deaf versus the mainstream. Not only does one have to consider the financial costs of educating a deaf child, the whole child must be considered. Included in this presentation is a discussion of preserving Deaf Culture and how schools for the deaf are natural reservoirs to promote and enhance Deaf Culture.
Track: Deaf Education
Type: Presentation
Thursday 5th July 2012
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American Sign Language Assessment Instrument
There are no measures of ASL available for schools and programs serving Deaf children. Boston University’s Center on the Study of Communication and the Deaf (CSCD) received funding to develop a measure of normative information of ASL knowledge by age in Deaf children. The overview will present the purpose, the structure of the test, its subtasks, and the administration of the American Sign Language Assessment Instrument (ASLAI). All those involved with training educators of the Deaf should be aware of the variation in the ASL knowledge of Deaf children and its relationship to academic success.
Track: Deaf Education
Type: Presentation
RID CEU: .15 -
How to Understand Policy Development Theories and Leverage It for Success
by David Bahar and Fred Weiner
This workshop will focus on several theories of the public policy development process as espoused by renowned public policy expert Paul Sabatier. Given the multifaceted nature of government systems in the United States, it is critical that advocates understand how to best work within the system and to identify target of opportunities to affect positive change. By better understanding various policy development models, they will be better able to conduct a situational analysis and determine the best course of action to take.
Track: Grassroots and Legislative Advocacy/Deaf Education
Type: Presentation
RID CEU: .15 -
Taking Leadership in Early Language Access
by Jaclyn Vincent, Terrylene Sacchetti and Marla Hatrak
Take leadership in providing early language access, awareness, and support towards familIes with deaf infants in your state. Participants will learn briefly about systemic structure of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, its Newborn Hearing Screening management and the lobbying of bills in this hearization framework. Participants then are empowered with tangible plan and action steps to establish the Early Language Access Network. This State to State network support creates one consistent national agenda which leads to possible healthy solution that has realistic and effective impact on school readiness among the deaf infants and toddlers.
Track: Deaf Education
Type: Presentation -
Deaf Leadership in the 21st Century
by Kelby Brick
NAD President, Dr. James L. Smith (MN), issued a call in 1904 for the preservation of sign language. The challenges that faced Dr. Smith in the 20th century are vastly different from the challenges that face deaf leaders in the 21st century. However, basic essence of fighting for language and human rights and the rights of the deaf to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness remains the same. Brick will discuss the evolving challenges and how deaf leaders today can unite to advance our collective civil rights.
Deaf people are in a better position to judge these issues than the hearing. They know what it is to be deaf. They know what it is to be forever blocked in their legitimate demands.
However, we still have hearing people deciding what the lives of deaf people should be like.
We have reacted in many different ways---ranging from adopting the methods of so-called radicals or extremists to the moderate methods of collaborators and bridge builders. Our community advocates have criticized each other and argued that a particular method is a better way.
In reality, we need all those methods and we need the community to play all those different roles.
In order to better understand oppression and what we need to overcome oppression, we need to better understand Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and how it applies to us. We also need to better understand where our community fit in this hierarchy a century ago and how that has evolved over the years.
We also need to recognize the change continuum and how we can maximize opportunities to affect changes we want to see in society.
This presentation will serve to inspire and challenge audience to re-think the current advocacy paradigm and how we can collectively move forward.
Track: Grassroots and Legislative Advocacy/Deaf Education
Type: Presentation
RID CEU: .15
Friday 6th July 2012
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EHDI: Where Hearing People Make Decisions About Deaf Babies
by Beth S. Benedict and Leala Holcomb
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention is a coalition of organizations that focus on identifying Deaf babies and providing interventions. The annual EHDI conference brings together top professionals who work in fields related to "hearing loss," especially audiologists. Deaf professionals and allies make up a minority of those in attendance at the conference. This presentation will provide an opportunity for the Deaf community to strategically respond to the injustice imposed on Deaf babies.
Track: Deaf Education
Type: Panel -
11 Best Practices for Deaf Schools
by Janet Dickinson and Alexis Kashar
What are the "best practices" in Deaf schools? "Best practices" are considered leading edge or exceptional models for others to follow. In this interactive presentation, you will discover ten proven strategies to boost the overall success of your school. In a generation when Deaf schools are facing a plethora of challenges, we can still create dynamic and sustaining schools. Take the pulse of your own school with the “best practices checklist”.
Track: Deaf Education
Type: Presentation -
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and Everything in Between about AB2072 and HB1368
by Kim Bianco Majeri and Marla Hatrak
Get an inside scoop about how both bills got the deaf community united and organized. We will talk about the game, how persistent legislative opposition changed the bill and lessons learned during the whirlwind of political activism. We also will offer pointers for future political strategies and the importance of the statewide coalition that was formed to continue future legislative actions.
Track: Deaf Education
Type: Presentation
51st Biennial National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Conference
United States United States, Louisville
3rd–7th July 2012
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