Training Calendar: WSDS & Others

Following is a listing of upcoming state/regional training events on topics relating to hearing loss, vision impairment, or deaf-blindness. These are sponsored by WSDS or by other state agencies and programs serving children/youth with sensory disabilities in the state of Washington. In general, only those considered "open" to participants statewide are listed.

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June 2010

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July 2010

Date: July 12th-15th
Time: Begins Monday at 11:30 AM lunch with keynote, Greg Abell, Sound Options
Title: 2010 Combined Summer Institute (CSI) on Special Education – Team Collaboration for Student Success
Instructors (Facilitator): Numerous

Target Audience: Autism/ASD, Blind/Visually Impaired, Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Combined Vision and Hearing Loss, Traumatic Brain Injury and Multiple Disabilities
Location: Yakima Convention Center, 10 North 8th Street, Yakima, WA
Contact: Jackie Messer, NCESD 509.665.2630
Cost: $315/$200

Please check out our website at www.ncesd.org/csi.

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Date: July 25th-30th
Time: Regstration from 1:00-3:00 PM
Title: Summer Institute for Educator’s
Instructors (Facilitator): Washington State School for the Blind campus – Clock hours and Credit’s offered through Seattle Pacific University
Target Audience: Anybody who works w/ VI or blind children in public school and has had limited experience or education in the field of blindness. Typically participants include: teachers (classroom and special education), paraprofessionals, OT, PT and speech and language specialists, administrators, school psychologists and other related service personnel.
Location: Washington State School for the Blind
Contact: Dee Amundsen, 360-696-6321 ext. 124 or Dee.amundsen@wssb.wa.gov
Cost: $350

Attachment:

WSSB Summer Institute Registration Form

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August 2010

Date: August 6th-8th
Time: Weekend Event
Title: Baby Jamboree
Instructors (Facilitator): TBA
Target Audience: For families with infants and toddlers who are blind or visually impaired and their brothers and sisters.
Location: Washington State School for the Blind
Contact: Nancy Hatfield, 1-800-572-7000 or NHatfield@psesd.org.
Cost: Varies

Applications are out and due on June 10th! For more information about this event, check out the Birth-to-Three Activities under the Blind/Visually Impaired tab.

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Date: August 18th-19th
Time: Aug 18: 9 AM to 3:30 PM, Aug 19: 9 AM to 1 PM
Title: See the Sound; Visual Phonics
Instructor: Sonya Duncan, SLP and Certified Visual Phonics Instructor
Target Audience: Teachers of the Deaf, SLPs, Special Education Teachers
Location: Birney Elementary, 1202 South 76th St., Tacoma, WA 98408
Contact: Christy Camarata: camaratc@cwu.edu, 509.963.1670
Cost: $50 course fee, $50 optional materials fee

Attachment:

Visual Phonics Registration Form

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Date: August 25th-26th
Time: 9:30 AM to 4 PM
Title: Supporting Students with Hearing Loss in All Educational Settings
Instructors: Maura Berndsen, Kim Hamren, Sandy Robinson, Monika-Maria Oster
Target Audience: Audiologists, General Education Teachers, SLPs, Special Education Teachers, Teachers of the Deaf
Location: Central Washington University, 400 E. University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926 (Black Hall - Room 201)
Contact: Christy Camarata: camaratc@cwu.edu, 509.963.1670
Cost: $125