The Family Resource Group Sept 2022
August 12th, 2022
Fall has Started
Hopefully, school is off to a wonderful start for your child! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at any time. To be sure that you continue to receive all future updates, or information, directly to your email address, sign up on the Family Resource Group mailing list.
Erin Campion
Family Resource Group Editor
PaTTAN conferences: Parent Scholarships to Attend due in Oct Sign up NOW!
There are many conferences, through PaTTAN, during the 22-23 school year. Several of them offer scholarships for families to attend. Details will be on the separate conference pages.
- HELIX, November 14-16, 2022.
High Expectations for Students with Low Incidence Disabilities
HELIX has sessions specifically designed for students who are deaf, deafblind, blind, visually impaired, and hard of hearing . It is being held in a hybrid format with in-person sessions at State College and online sessions, too. Registration will be opening soon. HELIX: Parent Scholarship applications are due Oct 25, 2022.
- PA PBS Implementers' Forum, November 29-December 2, 2022 at the Hershey Lodge & Convention Center. The focus of the Forum will be on Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) to improve behavior outcomes for all learners. Registration will be opening soon. PA PBS Parent Scholarship applications are due Oct 4, 2022.
- PA Department of Education (PDE) Conference, March 1-3, 2023. The PDE conference will be held in a hybrid format with in-person sessions at the Hershey Lodge & Convention Center and online sessions, as well.
AG Bell Learning Experience and Adventure Program (LEAP) for Middle School Students
"Fun, interactive virtual program designed for middle school students with hearing loss who use listening and spoken language as their primary mode of communication. This offers the opportunity to meet and interact with other middle school students from across the U.S. and around the world. This is our first LEAP for middle school students! Attendance will be capped at 20 participants."
Saturday, October 8, 2022 12:30-4:30pm Eastern – registration deadline 10/1/2022
New Educational Module from the National Deaf Center: Deaf 101
"This FREE self-paced online course is designed to provide participants with resources to increase their awareness of the ethnic and cultural diversity within the deaf community; and that there is not “one” deaf community but rather many. This module examines identity and intersectionality among deaf people from lived experiences of deaf people. This module is designed for anyone who wants to engage with deaf people. It provides participants with fundamental knowledge of identity and intersectionality as well as some tools to engage with deaf people."
DHCC Announces New Text Advocacy Hotline!
"Thanks to donor support, the Deaf-Hearing Communication Centre (DHCC) is happy to announce a text hotline for advocacy! The number is 610-756-0330 – it is monitored from 9am-5pm Monday through Friday. You can also email our advocacy department, advocacy@dhcc.org, or call 484-471-3001."
Casual Conversation with Deaf and Hard of Hearing People in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
"...offered by Hands & Voices in partnership with the Rochester Institute of Technology
Hands & Voices, in partnership with a sponsorship from the NTID Regional STEM Center at RIT/NTID, created opportunities for Deaf/Hard of Hearing teens to connect with Deaf/Hard of Hearing adults working in the STEM field. Each one of the videos is a free-flowing conversation with a variety of questions about career, home, and fun! Transliteration in Cued American English offered for all videos."
Parent Advocacy App
"A collaboration between the National Association of the Deaf - NAD, Gallaudet University Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, American Society for Deaf Children, and Hands and Voices.
The Parent Advocacy: D/HH app helps you to understand your child’s rights and prepares you to work with the school in the best interest of your child."
Search “parent advocacy: d/hh” on Google Play or the Apple App Store
Addressing Social Obstacles for School-Aged Children who are D/HH
- October 11, 2022
- 7:00-8:30 pm ET
- Questions? Email commteam@clarkeschools.org
It’s a Noisy World! We CAN Improve Listening in Noise Ability
"We listen in the presence of competing noise all the time, in places like sporting events, restaurants, large group settings, concerts, work/school, or family functions. Environmental noise, as well as competing background noise from people talking at the same time, creates a big challenge in which the desired speech may be the same loudness as the unwanted noise. The ability to listen in the presence of noise creates an access barrier, especially for students with hearing loss. This article will describe the challenges related to listening in noise, and strategies for teaching students to cope in these conditions."
The mission of the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) is to support the efforts and initiatives of the Bureau of Special Education, and to build the capacity of local educational agencies to serve students who receive special education services.