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Do you have any issues, concerns, or struggles? Do you have any questions for DeafConnect? What services do you wish DeafConnect could offer you? Do you want to meet the new Executive Director? If you waid "Yes" to any of the questions, please come to Deafconnect's Town Hall Meeting.
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Featuring Dr. Jan van Dijk
Registration Fee: $50.00. Lunch will be on your own.
Families with a child on the TNDB Census may attend free of charge. A limited number of hotel rooms are available at no cost to families.
Dr. Jan van Dijk is internationally renown in the field of DeafBlindness, pioneering the assessment and teaching processes for children with dual sensory loss and other disabilities.
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Kim Bianco-Majeri holds an M.B.A. degree from North Park University with an emphasis in Nonprofit Management and a Master's degree from New York University. With this education and over 20 years of experience in nonprofit and corporate settings, advocacy has always been a core principle of her work. Recent events have revealed the need to increase legislative advocacy skills within our community especially with respect to educating legislative officials on the needs and rights of deaf and hard of hearing adults and children.
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ASL Coffee Chat is a chance for anyone who enjoys American Sign Language to get together, chat, practice, meet new friends, and learn new signs. It doesn't matter if ASL is your first language or you only know a few signs. THIS IS THE SECOND EVENT FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY!
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An opportunity to learn about the SKI*HI Deaf Mentor Program at the 2016 Statewide Workshop for Teachers, Parents, and Other Professionals Serving Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
Deaf Mentor Program: Overview & History, Research & Benefits, Home Visit Scenes, Deaf Mentor in Action in the Home and Community, Simulation Experience, Implementation, Panel of Deaf Adults
Presenter: Jodee S.Crace, M.A., Indiana
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Who Should Attend? Teachers, parents and other professionals working with deaf and hard of hearing students.
Registration: Please complete the registration and return the form provided by November 1, 2016.
Fees: $35.00
*Scholarships available for Parents of a Deaf Child
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Continental Breakfast & Lunch are included in the registration fee.
(Vegetarian lunches and Gluten free lunches are available)
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The language differences in American Sign Language and spoken English require that interpreters employ various expansion and compression techniques to achieve message equivalency. Expansion techniques are
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This workshop will address the very heart of interpreting: Meaning. How do we manage the finer shades of meaning, address subtleties found in language and express the unspoken? As interpreters, we determine meaning through a combination of factors such as context, intonation, intent, setting, and other linguistic features. To accurately interpret we must look past the individual words to determine the intended meaning of the speaker.
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Come celebrate Deaf Awareness Month at Mud Island on September 17th from 10am-4pm for FREE! There will be museum tickets, educational and fun activities for adults and children, and more.
Contact DeafConnect for more information.
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Free workshops provided at DeafConnect for those seeking to improve interpreting skills, for both certified and not-yet certified, that are interactive, informative, and fun!
These workshops are not interpreted, as they are designed to improve ASL skills. We invite the Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and Hard of Hearing community to come and share their experiences and offer feedback to help us improve our skills!