Total Communication is an approach that many families of children with hearing loss choose for their child. By definition, total communication is using any means to communicate – sign language, fingerspelling, lip reading, writing, listening, and spoken language. Children often enter total communication classrooms with parents stating they are eager for their child to learn …
Focus: Understanding how cultural awareness (or lack of), economic differences, and personal bias (conscious and/or unconscious) can affect parent/teacher relationships and family participation. This presentation will emphasize effective coaching techniques to help families take charge of their child’s development through encouraging active participation and parental empowerment. Presenters: Fanny Heninger MS. DEHS and Michelle Shaffer, M. …
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In this interactive workshop, participants will learn how to incorporate safety skills and methodology into their classroom in order to foster positive safety skill development. Topics will include addressing safety in the IEP/IFSP in ways that fit within the legal framework as well as incorporating safety into the existing curriculum, resources, methods and routines. Participants …
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