Fall 2007 Oral Deaf Education Workshops  
St. Louis, Missouri    

A HEARING-IMPAIRED CHILD IN THE MAINSTREAM
FOR SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS 
September 28, 2007 $150    .6 ASHA CEUs

This workshop is designed for speech-language pathologists who work in a variety of settings with students with hearing impairments. The course includes lectures, video, interactive activities and demonstration.
         Topics include types of hearing loss and appropriate devices, speech and language errors associated with degree of hearing loss, a hands-on look at choosing the proper assessment tools, factors to consider before mainstream placement, targeting phonological awareness and pre-literacy skills, goal writing and therapy planning.
    

SPICE-PLUS: Auditory Management of Children
with Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids  
October 25-26, 2007 $350    .1.3 ASHA CEUs (to be confirmed)

This newly revised workshop features live demonstrations, video, classroom observation, hands-on practice and expanded activities for the CID SPICE curriculum, including new activities for use with older children and children whose skills have advanced beyond the scope of the SPICE.
        Topics include current HA and CI technology, effective team audiologic management for audiologists, SLPs and educators, and techniques, activities and materials for capitalizing on the auditory information available to a child with hearing aid/s and/or cochlear implant/s. Workshop to be held at CID. The SPICE curriculum is available to participants for the reduced price of $200.  >MORE ABOUT SPICE-PLUS


EARLY INTERVENTION FOR CHILDREN WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT
November 8, 2007 $150   .6 ASHA CEUs   

Widespread early identification laws have made it necessary for today's service providers to be trained to work with infants and babies with hearing impairment in their natural environment. This workshop is designed to help speech pathologists, early childhood special education teachers and audiologists feel more confident working with a very young population and their families. The participants will be given resources to use when supporting families, through the process of audiologic testing and amplification, and information on parent education. They will also learn about evaluating children and tracking their progress. Additional topics include: the benefits of small group instruction, activities for developing beginning communication skills and serving children who may have additional disabilities. >MORE ABOUT THE EARLY INTERVENTION WORKSHOP

THE NEW AUDITORY-ORAL PRESCHOOL  November 9, 2007 
$150   .6 ASHA CEUs   

With more than 90 years of experience, and in correlation with recent research findings, the CID auditory-oral preschool program has been designed to foster the global development of hearing-impaired children and their hearing peers. Components of this successful program include speech, language and auditory curricula, an early childhood curriculum designed to foster the development of the whole child, integration of hearing children to foster pragmatic language development, a strong focus on early literacy and theme-based learning. Additional program components include assessment practices, occupational therapy and mainstream support.
           This workshop will provide teachers and administrators practical information with which to design or enhance their own auditory-oral preschool programs. The workshop includes an explanation of the rationale behind the development of the New Auditory-Oral  Preschool at CID and its success. Participants will have an opportunity to observe CID's preschool program and network with professionals in the field of auditory-oral deaf education.

ANNOUNCING SPRING 2008
CID DEAF EDUCATION WORKSHOPS:

Tools and Techniques for Assessing and Teaching Language
and Make It and Take It!
March 5-6-7, 2008
 
Contact Dianne Gushleff, dgushleff@cid.edu 
Toll-free: 1.877.444.4574, ext.133   314.977.0133, fax: 314.977.0016
 

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