Working with the Experts

What?

Many teachers struggle to find adequate and appropriate tools developed for students who are DHH for monitoring progress of academic and linguistic skills. This fall, RMTC-D/HH will be hosting Working with the Experts - Watch Your Students Grow: Progress Monitoring featuring Sue Rose. This two-part professional development seminar reviews assessment principles, practices, and challenges experienced by teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing (ToDHHs). The primary focus of the first seminar will be on valid and reliable strategies that can be used to monitor students’ progress in language, reading, and written expression. In the second session, professionals will be provided with hands-on practice using the avenuePM website as a tool for monitoring students’ progress, IEP data application, problem-solving, and instructional decision-making. But that’s not all! Participants will also receive individual coaching from RMTC-D/HH staff under the direction of Sue Rose as part of the activity. This opportunity is possible through RMTC-D/HH’s work as a Florida Department of Education (FDOE) Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services (BEESS) discretionary project in collaboration with Sue Rose, who is delivering content designed and developed by researchers at the University of Minnesota and Penn State University (v.3.8.3) in collaboration with the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Ideas That Work.

Who? (Intended Audience)

• Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Exceptional Student Education Teachers Working with Students who are DHH

When?

Two-Part Series

• August 31, 2022, 2-3:30 PM EST (1-2:30 PM CT)
• September 21, 2022, 12:30-3:30 PM EST (11:30-2:30 CT)
• Follow up coaching

Where?

Virtual

What?

Please join RMTC-D/HH for an introductory professional development Working with the Experts (WWE): Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI). SIWI is an evidence-based framework for writing instruction specifically designed for students who are deaf/hard of hearing (DHH). SIWI is comprised of three main principles: (1) strategic instruction rooted in cognitive theories of composing, (2) interactive instruction based on sociocultural theories of teaching and learning, and (3) metalinguistic knowledge and linguistic competence drawn from language acquisition theory. 

Who? (Intended Audience)

Florida teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing (TODHH), speech-language pathologists (SLP), exceptional student education (ESE) teachers, or general education teachers working with students who are deaf/hard of hearing (DHH).

When?

Date(s): May 15, 2023, to May 25, 2023 

Time(s): 10 modules that include asynchronous work AND facilitated virtual synchronous sessions (60-90 minutes each)

The total time is approximately 30 hours.

Check dates and times before registration to ensure you can attend the professional learning series to be able to implement the program with fidelity.

Where?

Virtual

What?

This interactive professional learning activity will include instruction and practice with assessment and goal development for interventions related to emotional safety skills. Participants will complete an assessment on at least two students using the tools provided in the workshop, develop goals/objectives for an IEP/IFSP based on data collected in the assessment for at least two students, and implement the four-step method for incorporating emotional safety skills into the academic curriculum based on the IEP and task analysis.

Who? (Intended Audience)

• Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
• Program Specialists for D/HH
• Mental Health or School Counselors for D/HH

When?

Three-Part Series

Wednesdays: 9/1/21, 9/15/21, 9/29/21, 2:30PM - 4:00PM EDT 1:30-3:00 (CDT)

Where?

Virtual

What?

This intermediate-level course is designed to teach speech-language pathologists and teachers of the deaf/hard of hearing techniques for capitalizing on auditory information made available to children with a cochlear implant and/or hearing aid. This course features an overview of the CID SPICE 2nd Edition auditory training curriculum for children ages 2+. Topics include strategies for speech perception/auditory development and methods to improve perception from detection through comprehension of connected speech. The workshop includes video demonstrations and interactive activities.

Who? (Intended Audience)

• Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
• Speech and Language Pathologists working Students who are Deaf/hard of Hearing

When?

Friday, September 3, 2021, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EDT (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. CDT)

Where?

Virtual

What?

This intermediate-level course is designed to teach SLPs and teachers of the deaf/hard of hearing techniques to help children with hearing loss listen in everyday situations. Participants will learn an overview of skills including improving auditory memory, listening with technology, conversing, listening in noise, localizing sounds and more from the CID SPICE for Life auditory learning curriculum. Content is supported with video demonstrations, interactive activities for children ages 5-12 and data collection methods.

Who? (Intended Audience)

• Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
• Speech and Language Pathologists working Students who are Deaf/hard of Hearing

When?

Friday, September 17, 2021, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EDT (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. CDT)

Where?

Virtual

What?

RMTC-D/HH is pleased to host Monica Faherty from Rule the School to provide this two-part training on classroom-based intervention for students who are deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH). This service delivery approach takes the content presented in the general education classroom and uses it for explicit instructional activities specifically designed to close the achievement gap for students who are D/HH and remediate the skills necessary to achieve age- or cognitively-appropriate language and literacy developmental levels.

When?

October 9, 2020, 12 PM - 4 PM EST/ 11AM-3 PM CT

October 23, 2020, 12 PM - 4 PM EST/ 11AM-3 PM CT

Where?

Virtual

What?

Please join us for four half-day sessions presented by Jessica Wamsley, M.Ed. Foundations for Literacy is a one-of-a-kind, evidence-based curriculum designed specifically for preschool students who are deaf or hard of hearing. It can also be used as an intervention for kindergarten through 2nd grade.

For intervention-level results, educators will need to implement Foundations for Literacy an hour each day, four days a week throughout the school year. Targeted learning objectives include vocabulary, narrative skills, alphabetic knowledge, phonological awareness, and reading decodable words and short connected text. Each lesson includes strategies for differentiating instruction using fun, multi-sensory, age-appropriate, integrated activities.

Over 150 classroom teachers across the country have successfully implemented this intervention in listening and spoken language (LSL) and total communication (TC) classrooms. The Center on Literacy and Deafness (CLAD) has evidence that it is effective in improving children’s language and literacy skills.

Who? (Intended Audience)

• Prekindergarten Teachers of the D/HH
• Elementary Teachers of the D/HH
• Early Interventionists working with Students who are D/HH
• Exceptional Student Education Educators working with students who are D/HH
• Administrators of D/HH Programs (Will not receive materials)

When?

4 half-day live sessions (Not Recorded) 
Friday, January 22, 2021, 11:30 AM - 4:00 PM EST
Saturday, January 23, 2021, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST
Friday, January 29, 2021, 11:30 AM - 4:00 PM EST
Saturday, January 30, 2021, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST

Where?

Virtual