Training & Certification Links

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.

Two noncredit online courses that can be taken on your own schedule.

January 2008

 

Date: Series begins January 28, 2008 (first of ten consecutive Monday classes)
Time: 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Title: ASL for Educational Interpreters - Series of 10 Classes
Instructor: Sue Washington
Target Audience: Educational Interpreters currently employed in ESD 123 and ESD 105
Location: ESD 123, Pasco
Contact: Nancy Graham, 509-963-1670 V/TTY or grahamnan@cwu.edu
Cost: Fee waived

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February 2008

 

Date: February 28-29, 2008

Title: IDEAS Conference

Instructors: TBA

Target Audience: This conference is for families, educators, and professionals of children with all disabilities. It consists of multiple break-out sessions on a variety of topics centered around disabilities.

Location: Spokane Convention Center, Spokane, WA

Contact: ESD 101, 509-789-3800

Cost: TBA

 

Date: February 19, 2008

Time: 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Title: Providing Speech, Speechreading and Auditory Training Services to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

Instructors: Marian Wiggins

Target Audience: SLP's

Location: Videoconference - sites to be determined by registration (originating at ESD 114)

Contact: Nancy Graham, 509-963-1670 V/TTY or grahamnan@cwu.edu

Cost: $10.00

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March 2008

 

Date: Saturday, March 22, 2008

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Title: Advanced ASL for Educational Interpreters

Instructors: Lance Forshay

Target Audience: Educational Interpreters

Location: ESD 105, Yakima

Contact: Nancy Graham, 509-963-1670 V/TTY or grahamnan@cwu.edu

Cost: fee waived

 

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April 2008

 

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May 2008

Date: May 3-4, 2008...NOTE...NEW DATES!!

Title: Spring Family Weekend

Instructors: see information in .pdf below

Target Audience: This weekend is for families with Deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Come for the fun, come for the networking, and come for the time set aside just for parents.

Location: Lazy F Ranch, Ellensburg, WA

Contact: Carol Carrothers, carolc@cwu.edu, 509-963-1131

Cost: Download your application packet here (8 pages).

 

 

Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Title: Advanced ASL for Educational Interpreters

Instructors: Lance Forshay

Target Audience: Educational Interpreters

Location: ESD 105, Yakima

Contact: Nancy Graham, 509-963-1670 V/TTY or grahamnan@cwu.edu

Cost: fee waived

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June 2008

 

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July 2008

Dates: July 14-17, 2008

Time: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Title: 2008 Combined Summer Institute
Communication and Language: Bridge to Success

Instructors: Multiple

Target Audience: Autism, B/VI, D/HH, Deaf-Blind, Multiple Disabilities, and Assistive Technology

Location: Yakima Convention Center, Yakima, WA

Contact: Jackie Messer, WSDS/NCESD, 509-665-2630 or jackiem@ncesd.org

Cost: $300

For more information and registration papers see: http://www.ncesd.org/csi

 

 

Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008

Time: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Title: ViSioN Program: Vision Skills in the Natural Environment, published by Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind

Instructors: Barbara Petersen and Diane McCutchen

Target Audience: Birth to Three, Deaf and Blind

Location: Yakima Convention Center, Yakima, WA

Contact: Jackie Messer, WSDS/NCESD, 509-665-2630 or jackiem@ncesd.org

Cost: $100

 

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August 2008

 

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September 2008

 

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October 2008

 

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November 2008

 

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December 2008

 

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