Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adolescents: Leaving No One Behind Conference

[Guest guest]

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adolescents: Leaving No One Behind!

September 18-20, 2006

Keynote presenters:

Dr. Martha Sheridan, author, " Inner lives of deaf children:

Interviews and Analysis "

Dr. I . King Jordan, Outgoing president of Gallaudet University.

Location: Memphis Marriott Downtown Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee

About the Conference

In the 1980's, a series of conferences was held to focus on the

habilitation and rehabilitation of deaf and hard of hearing

adolescents. The Gallaudet University Regional Centers, in

collaboration with the University of Arkansas Rehabilitation Research

and Training Center for Persons Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, are

offering " Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adolescents: Leaving No One

Behind " to focus on the educational experience of deaf and hard of

hearing adolescents. With the increase in mainstreamed education

programs, advances in technology, and newly identified effective

classroom teaching practices, this conference will allow the

opportunity for education professionals and parents to network and

increase awareness of new programs and practices.

The goal of the conference is to provide information to enhance the

education experience of deaf and hard of hearing teenagers and to

assist them in preparing for their life after high school. The

conference will provide information on effective practices currently

used in the classroom, appropriate assessment tools, and allowing

students to develop autonomy and self-determination.

Conference supporters include the Conference of Educational

Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf (CEASD) and Hands

and Voices, an organization for parents of deaf and hard of hearing

children.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following

website: www.Flagler.edu/about_f/gallaudet.html or contact Southeast

GURC Director Steve Larew at GRCDirect@...; 904-819-6216 V/TTY.