Statewide

Event

22nd Annual Summer Institute for Educational Interpreters

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This institute is geared to people who are interpreting in Tennessee public schools, grades K - 12.  

Schedule
The Institute will begin at 2:00 pm on Monday and continue through noon Thursday.  There will be evening sessions on both Monday and Tuesday.  Participants who elect to stay in the cottages at TSD may check in on Monday between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm.

Curriculum

Event

FREE Interpreter Workshop

TITLE: “Music in ASL- How to JAM it” PRESENTER: Steve Dye CEU’s: .3 available (compliments of VCI) PRICE: FREE Workshop compliments of Visual Communication Interpreting . PRE-registration required for FREE registration. Cost at the door on the day of event is $10/person. Visual Communication Interpreting (VCI) is pleased to provide this FREE Sign Language Interpreter workshop to area sign language interpreters.

Event

TSD Class of 1942 Reunion

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This is the 5th reunion for the TSD Class of 1942.  On Thursday, June 26th there will be tours of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, morning or afternoon.  On Friday night, a 2-hr Tennessee Riverboat cruise complete with prizes and dinner will board at 6:30 pm and return at 9:00 pm. On Saturday, there will be both morning and afternoon tours of the TSD campus.  Then Saturday night, there will be a banquet dinner at the Knoxville Marriott at 6:00 pm.  See contacts listed for questions and/or more information.

Event

Music City Derby Day

On May 3rd, 2014, Bridges will start a new tradition and throw a Kentucky Derby Party, Nashville Style.  The Inaugural Music City Derby Day will be an afternoon to remember with mint juleps, finger sandwiches, fancy hats, stick horse races, live music and of course, complete coverage of the Kentucky Derby! 

Event

Better Speech & Hearing Month Picnic

What is better than food, fun, and friends? That is what will be at the Better Speech and Hearing Month Picnic. This is an opportunity for the Deaf and hard of hearing community to cross age and location boundaries to meet and learn from each other. Open to Deaf and hard of hearing children, their families, and siblings!

Event

Teaching Children with Hearing Loss to Listen and Talk: Working with Babies

  • Learn the advanced principles, concepts, and techniques of Auditory-Verbal Therapy as it relates to infants and toddlers.
  • Learn to assess infants/toddlers and formulate family-centered goals.
  • Learn specific auditory-verbal techniques for structured and natural environment activities that establish early listening and spoken communication.
  • Learn strategies and techniques for Parent Training.
  • Earn 0.6 ASHA CEUs!

Presenter: Pratibha Srinivasan, Au.D., CCC-A, LSLS-Cert.AVT

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Teaching Children with Hearing Loss to Listen and Talk: Activities Toolbox

  • Learn how to plan auditory activities efficiently using a limited set of materials ("toolsets")
  • Learn how to use each toolset for varied auditory skill levels (e.g., pattern perception, word-level, connected language, etc.)
  • Learn how to use the same toolset for different auditory skill types (e.g., auditory feedback, discrimination, comprehension, etc.)
  • Learn how activity templates can simplify planning and preparation for large caseloads
  • Earn 0.4 ASHA CEUs!

Presenter: Pratibha Srinivasan, Au.D

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Teaching Children with Hearing Loss to Listen and Talk: Children with Cochlear Implants

  • Learn how CI differs from hearing aids; Expectations for children.
  • Learn how to interpret the processor map in terms of speech acoustics.
  • Learn how to use therapy to ensure that the CI is adjusted appropriately.
  • Learn how to customize auditory activities for children with a CI.
  • Earn 0.4 ASHA CEUs!

Presenter: Pratibha Srinivasan, Au.D., CCC-A, LSLS-Cert.AVT