WisCorps Inclusive Crew - Now Hiring!
WisCorps is currently hiring Corps Members for its Inclusive
Crew Program. Through this program, youth with and without
disablities will work together to complete conservation
projects under the guidance of an experienced adult Crew Leader.
Application www.wiscorps.org/files/.../Inclusive%20Crew%20Application%202010.pdf
Monday, December 13, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
WESP-DHH 9th Annual Statewide Family Conference
WESP-DHH's 9th Annual Statewide Family Conference will be held March 11-13, 2011 at the Concourse Hotel & Governor's Club in Madison. They are proud to offer an event specifically FOR families of children with hearing loss and is planned BY family members.
The theme is "From Caterpillars to Butterflies." Please check their site periodically because they will have updates regarding the keynote presenter, workshops, childcare activities and entertainment planned for all families!
http://www.wesp-dhh.wi.gov/wesp/out_famcon.cfm
Our very own Educational Consultant, Karen Knopf, will be presenting Auditory Learning, during one of the break out sessions. A session designed to help parents realize how easy it is to incorporate auditory skills into their everyday activities.
Beginning and advanced level breakout sessions and discussion groups on practical topics are scheduled and tentatively include:
SCHOLARSHIPS: Partial Scholarships for families are available through Wisconsin Families for Hands & Voices, http://www.handsandvoiceswi.org/. All families with children who are hard of hearing, deaf, have combined vision and hearing loss, or are deaf with additional disabilities are encouraged to attend!
The theme is "From Caterpillars to Butterflies." Please check their site periodically because they will have updates regarding the keynote presenter, workshops, childcare activities and entertainment planned for all families!
http://www.wesp-dhh.wi.gov/wesp/out_famcon.cfm
Our very own Educational Consultant, Karen Knopf, will be presenting Auditory Learning, during one of the break out sessions. A session designed to help parents realize how easy it is to incorporate auditory skills into their everyday activities.
Beginning and advanced level breakout sessions and discussion groups on practical topics are scheduled and tentatively include:
- ASL Café - Friday afternoon (THIS IS A CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR)
- Getting to Know You Discussion Groups
- ABCs of Audiology
- Love, Language and Lullabies
- From Challenges to Charms: Kids Proud of their Hearing Aids
- Auditory Learning
- Thru the Eyes of the Deaf Student: Learning to Read Using Visual Strategies
- Real Life Skills for Real Life Success
- Telecommunications Technology - Accessibility to Empower Independence for People Who are D/HH
- Teaching Your Children the Red Flags of Dating
- Establishing a Dating Timeline
- Language & Literacy in the Secondary Setting
- Transition: From High School to Post-Secondary Schools with Resources Available for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- The View - Interactive Discuss with Parent Panel to Support Various Transitions
- Effective Strategies for Working with Children with Multiple Disabilities - with or without combined vision and hearing loss
- Well-supervised and fun-filled children’s activities while parents are in workshops
- Opportunities to meet other families around the state
- Opportunities to meet and learn from Hard of Hearing and Deaf adult role models
- Silent Auction to raise money for scholarships
- Workshops which are accessible to Deaf, Hmong and Spanish-speaking families.
SCHOLARSHIPS: Partial Scholarships for families are available through Wisconsin Families for Hands & Voices, http://www.handsandvoiceswi.org/. All families with children who are hard of hearing, deaf, have combined vision and hearing loss, or are deaf with additional disabilities are encouraged to attend!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Tips to offer the mainstream classroom teacher when working with a child with a cochlear implant
Strategies are taken from the Cochlear Workshop: What Children Cochlear Implants Need at School
By Donna L. Sorkin, M.A. and Jessica Melton, Au.D.
Share Hearing Loss Basics
*Show the child's audiogram and explain it
*Help them understand the benefits and limitations of personal hearing technology
* Show the child's technology and let them handle it
*Explain why the FM is important
*Determine who is in charge of troubleshooting and develop a plan for how that will work
Ensure Proper Classroom Seating
*Close to front but visually accessible to entire room
*Seat away from noise generators (HVAC fans, hall doors)
If unilateral CI, seat so CI ear away is opposite noise sources (HVAC fans, projectors) and towards center of room
*NO Aquariums!
Don't assume the front tow is the best seat for the child. After taking the noise generators into consideration, talk to the child about the best seat for them to access speech. It is not always the front!
Speak so he can understand
*Always face forward when talking
*Stay within the child's vision
*Closer is better
*Don't "bounce" around
*Speak clearly, naturally and directly to the child
*Make sure she's looking at you when you begin speaking (have lead ins to cue the child)
*Ensure volume is appropriate
*Speak just a little slower-too slow is not natural and will make understanding harder
*View HOPE Online on Clear Speech
What if (s)he doesn't understand?
*Don't ask her directly "Did you understand that?"
*Learn to recognize "the look" that means he didn't get it
*Repeat once, then paraphrase
*Explain things a different way
*Encourage him to ask
*Use a signal or "secret sign" so she can tell you she missed something (this way the child doesn't have to raise his hand to have information always repeated, it is just between you and him)
*Write difficult (key) words on the blackboard
Other Communication Strategies
*Provide key new words/concepts to parents or team members in advance
*Use concrete materials or natural gestures to illustrate points
*Write assignments and direction on the board
*Point to the speaker
*Repeat Classmates' questions through the FM
*If you think she might have missed a comment, rephrase or restate what another child has contributed
By Donna L. Sorkin, M.A. and Jessica Melton, Au.D.
Share Hearing Loss Basics
*Show the child's audiogram and explain it
*Help them understand the benefits and limitations of personal hearing technology
* Show the child's technology and let them handle it
*Explain why the FM is important
*Determine who is in charge of troubleshooting and develop a plan for how that will work
Ensure Proper Classroom Seating
*Close to front but visually accessible to entire room
*Seat away from noise generators (HVAC fans, hall doors)
If unilateral CI, seat so CI ear away is opposite noise sources (HVAC fans, projectors) and towards center of room
*NO Aquariums!
Don't assume the front tow is the best seat for the child. After taking the noise generators into consideration, talk to the child about the best seat for them to access speech. It is not always the front!
Speak so he can understand
*Always face forward when talking
*Stay within the child's vision
*Closer is better
*Don't "bounce" around
*Speak clearly, naturally and directly to the child
*Make sure she's looking at you when you begin speaking (have lead ins to cue the child)
*Ensure volume is appropriate
*Speak just a little slower-too slow is not natural and will make understanding harder
*View HOPE Online on Clear Speech
What if (s)he doesn't understand?
*Don't ask her directly "Did you understand that?"
*Learn to recognize "the look" that means he didn't get it
*Repeat once, then paraphrase
*Explain things a different way
*Encourage him to ask
*Use a signal or "secret sign" so she can tell you she missed something (this way the child doesn't have to raise his hand to have information always repeated, it is just between you and him)
*Write difficult (key) words on the blackboard
Other Communication Strategies
*Provide key new words/concepts to parents or team members in advance
*Use concrete materials or natural gestures to illustrate points
*Write assignments and direction on the board
*Point to the speaker
*Repeat Classmates' questions through the FM
*If you think she might have missed a comment, rephrase or restate what another child has contributed
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
CI Picnic
August 7th 11-2:30
Please join us for our annual Cochlear Implant Picnic!
There will be food, games, face painting, and fun!
Please join us for our annual Cochlear Implant Picnic!
There will be food, games, face painting, and fun!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Encourage Children to read and write over the summer
Be a reader and writer yourself. When you spend time reading books during your free time or even reading directions for how to put together the grill this summer, you demonstrate for your child that reading is both fun and useful.
Set aside a consistent time each day for reading. Depending on your family's schedule reading time might be in the morning, afternoon, or before bed. Whatever time you choose, stick to it, but also remember that flexibiliy around trips and special family events is OK.
Read aloud to your reader. As school-aged children become better readers, parents often stop reading aloud to them. However, by reading more difficult books aloud to your reader, you help him learn new vocabulary words, concepts and ways of telling stories or presenting informaiton. You also enjoy the closeness of sharing a book with your child.
Connect read-aloud choices to summer activities. Read your child books about camping, such as Webster and Arnold Go Camping, before or after a camping trip. When you read and discuss books about things your child has experienced, you help her learn important vocabulary and extend her understanding of experiences.
Take books along on outings. Pack books in your beach bag or picnic basket, and bring a stack on long car rides. You and your child can enjoy books together anywhere you go this summer.
Encourage your child to write this summer. From writing postcards to friends and relatives to keeping a journal while on a trip, summer presents unique ways for your child to write about his own experiences. Have your child pack a disposable camera on vacations or day trips and ehp him create a book about his experiences.
Set aside a consistent time each day for reading. Depending on your family's schedule reading time might be in the morning, afternoon, or before bed. Whatever time you choose, stick to it, but also remember that flexibiliy around trips and special family events is OK.
Read aloud to your reader. As school-aged children become better readers, parents often stop reading aloud to them. However, by reading more difficult books aloud to your reader, you help him learn new vocabulary words, concepts and ways of telling stories or presenting informaiton. You also enjoy the closeness of sharing a book with your child.
Connect read-aloud choices to summer activities. Read your child books about camping, such as Webster and Arnold Go Camping, before or after a camping trip. When you read and discuss books about things your child has experienced, you help her learn important vocabulary and extend her understanding of experiences.
Take books along on outings. Pack books in your beach bag or picnic basket, and bring a stack on long car rides. You and your child can enjoy books together anywhere you go this summer.
Encourage your child to write this summer. From writing postcards to friends and relatives to keeping a journal while on a trip, summer presents unique ways for your child to write about his own experiences. Have your child pack a disposable camera on vacations or day trips and ehp him create a book about his experiences.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Milwaukee Walk4Hearing May 16
The Walk4Hearing™, produced by the Hearing Loss Association of America® (HLAA), is the largest walk of its kind in the country. The HLAA Walk4Hearing is held in cities nationwide with at least 5,000 people walking and raising money for programs and services for people with hearing loss and their families. Proceeds are shared between the national organization and local HLAA affiliates or Walk4Hearing Alliance Groups to benefit national and local programs. Since 2006, more than $2 million has been raised.
HLAA launched the Walk4Hearing™ to:
*increase awareness among the general public about hearing loss and the 36 million Americans who have hearing loss
*minimize the stigma associated with wearing hearing aids, cochlear implants, and other assistive technology by educating people about hearing loss
*raise funds to expand services and programs for people with hearing loss and their families at the national and local levels
empower the HLAA state organizations and chapters to work with community leaders to organize walks for fundraising and local outreach
Walk Details
Date:
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Location:
Veterans Park
1010 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr.
Milwaukee, WI
Directions
Schedule:
9am - Registration/Check-in
10am - Walk begins
Distance: 5K (3.1 miles)
Walk Chairs:
Jean Szabo / Caroline Ludka
Milwaukee Walk4Hearing information page:
http://hlaa.convio.net/site/TR?fr_id=1670&pg=entry
HLAA launched the Walk4Hearing™ to:
*increase awareness among the general public about hearing loss and the 36 million Americans who have hearing loss
*minimize the stigma associated with wearing hearing aids, cochlear implants, and other assistive technology by educating people about hearing loss
*raise funds to expand services and programs for people with hearing loss and their families at the national and local levels
empower the HLAA state organizations and chapters to work with community leaders to organize walks for fundraising and local outreach
Walk Details
Date:
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Location:
Veterans Park
1010 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr.
Milwaukee, WI
Directions
Schedule:
9am - Registration/Check-in
10am - Walk begins
Distance: 5K (3.1 miles)
Walk Chairs:
Jean Szabo / Caroline Ludka
Milwaukee Walk4Hearing information page:
http://hlaa.convio.net/site/TR?fr_id=1670&pg=entry
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