Please give us feedback about regional trainings for the 2015-2016 school year!

Resource Materials & Technology Center:

Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Outreach Services for the Blind/Visually Impaired
and Deaf/Hard of Hearing

207 San Marco Avenue

St. Augustine, Florida 32084

800-356-6731 (FL)

http://rmtcosbd.org

Have a great summer!

This is the last issue of Tech Notes for the 2015-2016 school year, but please check your email for any special announcements we send!

We hope you all have a relaxing and wonderful summer vacation!

News from the Loan Library

As the end of the school year approaches please take a look around your classroom, office, or home for any stray RMTC Loan Library materials (DVDs or Books) that may have been misplaced or pushed aside during the school year.

If you need a return label, please call 1-800-356-6731 or email Laura McDonald.
I will send you a prepaid label so there is no charge to you.

We appreciate your cooperation in getting our materials returned so others can use them.

Thanks and have a great summer!
Laura McDonald

Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Meeting 2016

The EDHI annual meeting was held in San Diego this past March. The goal of the annual EHDI Meeting is to enhance the implementation of comprehensive state-based Early HearingDetection and Intervention (EHDI) programs. After participating in the meeting, participants will be better able to:

Identify and promote knowledge and awareness of successful strategies for implementing comprehensive state-based EHDI programs that include screening, audiologic diagnostic evaluation, early intervention, medical home, reporting, tracking, surveillance, loss to follow-up issues, data integration, and other related surveillance components.
Interpret and describe current research and research methods related to EHDI.
Examine cultural competence of providers and assess their ability to work with children who are deaf or hard of hearing, their families, and communities.
Discuss the importance of enhancing and creating new and ongoing working relationships among federal agencies, non-profit organizations, state health departments and educational agencies, advocacy groups, families, and professionals.

Follow this link to the keynote speakers' presentations. Look to at the left side of the page for the 2016 EDHI Meeting Videos. Be sure to check out Plenary III: One Deaf Child: Creating a New Future for Deaf Children from Rachael Coleman, founder of Signing Time. This was quite an inspiring message.

Katherine Robinson, B.A. NIC
Language and Technology Consultant
Outreach Specialist RMTC/OSBD

Clerc Center Webcast Learning Opportunities

The Clerc Center, a federally funded national deaf education center, ensures that the diverse population of deaf and hard of hearing students (birth through age 21) in the nation are educated and empowered and have the linguistic competence to maximize their potential as productive and contributing members of society. This is accomplished through early access to and acquisition of language, excellence in teaching, family involvement, research, identification and implementation of best practices, collaboration, and information sharing among schools and programs across the nation.

The Clerc Center presents an exciting lineup of free webcasts to address your professional development interests. Their webcasts are a convenient way to meet professional development requirements, as well as supply families with needed resources. Without incurring traveling expenses or workshop fees, individual educators, professionals, and parents can interact with professionals in the field of deaf education from the comfort and convenience of their own office, school location, or home computer. It's also possible for groups of colleagues, teachers, and/or families to view the webcasts from one central location.

All webcasts can be accessed with American Sign Language (ASL), spoken English, and captions. For information about upcoming webcasts contact: training.clerccenter@gallaudet.edu or subscribe to their e-newsletter, News and Notables.

TA Live!

Did you miss one or more TA Live! presentations this year? You can view the archives at any time.

Watch the captioned version of the TA Live from March.

Upcoming Events: SAVE THE DATE!

May 2016

FLASHA 2016 Annual Convention
May 26-29, 2016
Caribe Royal Hotel, Orlando, FL

June 2016

The 18th Annual Family Cafe
June 10 - 12
Hyatt Regency Orlando, FL

Best Practice in Mainstream Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
June 25-25, 2016
Rochester, NY

July 2016

National Deaf Education Conference
July 6-8, 2016
Phoenix, AZ

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