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:

• 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

This affordable conference offers families (including grandparents and extended family)….

• 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!