Oberkotter Foundation Fall 2020 Grant Cycle
The Oberkotter Foundation’s Fall 2020 Program Support grant cycle will open June 1, 2020. The Trustees are seeking applications for projects that will assist in achieving their goal to increase access to coordinated listening and spoken language and audiology early intervention services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families.
Interested applicants may submit a Letter of Inquiry between June 1, 2020, and June 30, 2020, through the Foundation’s online application. Please visit www.oberkotterfoundation.org for more information about the Foundation’s focus and the application process.
AG Bell Global LSL Symposium – Virtual Conference
The AG Bell Global LSL Symposium will be held as Virtual conference July 9-10, 2020.
Great session topics and presenters: See the detailed schedule here: https://agbellsymposium.com/detailed-symposium-schedule/
No travel required! Learn from where you are on your computer, tablet or phone.
Live and on-demand learning both available and eligible for CEUs: All sessions, except for “Happy Hour” sessions, will be recorded for viewing up to 3 weeks after the live Symposium.
CEUs offered from the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language (LSLS CEUs), the American Academy of Audiology (AAA CEUs) and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Certificates of Learning also available.
Pricing for professionals as well as parents and other individuals.
The conference fees are $199 for professionals and $99 for students, parents and other family members until July 1 (registration jumps slightly after July 1, $249/$149). The official languages are English and Spanish (oral and captioned).
While the live sessions are being broadcast from the United States in EDT (UTC-4) time, many sessions will be recorded and offered “on demand” for viewing later by registered professional attendees at no additional costs. Most sessions will also be eligible for continuing education credits (CEUs) in both the live and recorded formats.
A detailed schedule is available on the Virtual Symposium website.
Tip from Hear to Learn
Children use bone conduction hearing aids when their outer and/or middle ear are not able to send the sound to the inner ear.
Register for Webinar on 6/18
Register Now for the Webinar on 6/18 – Tips & Tools to Support Effective Telepractice Sessions presented by K. Todd Houston.
https://usu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_86OqtHkXlP4QEKx
ONLINE FEATURE | Newborn Hearing Screenings and Follow-Up: Essential During a Pandemic?
Sesame Street Town Hall in ASL
For those families with children who use ASL, D-PAN: Deaf Professional Arts Network has made the Sesame Street Town Hall on racism accessible in ASL.
WEBINAR Q/A: Providing Early Intervention to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Babies during COVID-19
FREE WEBINAR Q/A: Providing Early Intervention to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Babies during COVID-19
Wednesday, June 17, 3 – 4:30 PM EST
https://www.nad.org/webinar-providing-ei-to-dhh-babies-during-covid19/
https://mailchi.mp/nad/free-webinar-qa-providing-early-intervention-to-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-babies-during-covid-19?e=59b529c23c
“Sesame Street” and CNN Town Hall
Did you watch CNN’s Van Jones and Erica Hill partner with “Sesame Street” for Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism, a town hall for kids and families? Read more and watch the town hall at the link below.
https://www.parents.com/syndication/watch-sesame-street-cnn-town-hall-on-racism/?utm_campaign=parents_parentsmagazine_trueanthem&utm_content=internalsyndication_EW&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=5edee7bacfd0260001fe49a8
Tip from “Hear to Learn”
Using Expansion to Teach Vocabulary
This activity uses an art project to embed new vocabulary words, the letter “F”, and fine motor skills.
http://www.heartolearn.org/materials/docs/flower%20handprint_ENGLISH.pdf
