Rice University engineering students are refining a vest that helps people born without hearing to “feel” speech.
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Link: http://www.khou.com/story/tech/2015/04/08/rice-students-develop-vest-that-allows-deaf-to-feel-understand-speech/25484667/
The April Edition of Probes and Tips is Now Available: American Indian Head Start Programs Gain Screening Skills to Share
Read the latest edition at the link below.
Link: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs154/1102782899287/archive/1120535024143.html
National Public Health Week starts Monday, April 6
Don’t miss Monday’s live event!
Live Webcast – Raising the Grade
Monday, April 6, 1 – 3 p.m. EDT
White House recognizes JHU biomedical engineering researcher for mentoring efforts
J. Tilak Ratnanather, an expert in brain mapping and a champion of people with hearing loss, is a recipient of the Presidential Award of Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
Link: http://hub.jhu.edu/2015/03/31/ratnanather-white-house-mentoring-honor
Bullying by students with disabilities reduced by social-emotional learning
Peer victimization — bullying — declined 20 percent among students with disabilities who participated in Second Step social-emotional learning curricula, authors of a new study report. More than 120 students with disabilities at two school districts in the Midwest United States participated in the research, which was part of a larger three-year clinical trial of the widely used social-emotional learning curricula Second Step.