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2008 EHDI Conference in New Orleans
On February 25-26, New Orleans hosted the 2008 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI)
Conference attended by over 500 participants representing all 50 states & territories and 11 international locations. The conference was cosponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the National Center on Hearing Assessment and Management. The EHDI conference provided participants with the opportunity to interact
with experts in the field of early hearing detection and intervention. Over 90 topical sessions presented current and practical information, the latest research and discussion of “hot topics” in the field. It was evident from browsing the agenda of topics that the focus of EHDI is now on the “I” -- INTERVENTION!
Many of the informative presentations focused on the need for appropriate and quality early intervention and reported on successful EI components across the country.
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AG Bell Writing Contest for Kids
Renowned Chicago-based theater company “Barrel of Monkeys” (BOM) will present an original adaptation of stories written by children from the AG Bell community at the Opening Ceremony. BOM is an ensemble of actor-educators that take stories written by kids and transforms them into a sketch comedy and musical performance. Get your children involved by submitting their story and have a chance to see it acted out on stage in front of the whole convention! Visit the link below for entry details!
AG Bell Writing Contest
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Dear Members,
Winter is moving on out and with that comes planning and preparation for the Louisiana Chapter of AG Bell’s Spring Family Event!!!
Attention, baseball fans! This year, we will be meeting to enjoy America’s Favorite Pastime at Zephyrs Field in Metairie, Louisiana. Be ready to cheer on the New Orleans Zephyrs as they take on Oklahoma on Sunday, June 8. Game time is 2:00, but come early to have fun at Kids Day and stay after to run the bases!
Admission is free for AG Bell members and their families. If you are not a member, read on how to join AG Bell
and/or be on the lookout for upcoming mailings containing ticket information for our LA AG Bell sponsored Spring Family Event.
Sincerely,
Dana Carlisle-Hubbard, M.Ed.
(985) 871-1661Download complete newsletter here | | | | Do you know a family whose child has been recently diagnosed with a hearing loss?If so, contact us at laagbell@bellsouth.net and let us know about them!
When a family of a newly identified youngster joins Louisiana A.G. Bell, they will be provided with their very own copy of My Baby and Me by Betsy Moog Brooks.
My Baby and Me has been written for parents of young deaf and hard of hearing children and for professionals helping these parents. Developed with the comments and guidance of many parents of children with hearing loss, it offers strategies and techniques for helping children develop spoken language skills, ideas and suggestions for language learning activities, as well as answers to questions about hearing and hearing loss. | | | | SITEings Recently reported SITE on the Internet at http://www.cochlearamericas.com/Support/2294.asp
From Cochlear™ HOPE: Habilitation Outreach for Professionals in Education Speech Sounds: A Guide for Parents and Professionals Speech Sounds is used as a supplement to the developmental way children who are deaf learn speech sounds through listening. The units serve as a guide to professionals for planning therapy sessions and classroom activities. Parents use the overview and the cards as a resource for active and effective home carry-over. This is an excellent resource for both professionals and parents. It contains information, activities and resources all available for free download. At this site you will find the 6-page Introduction to Speech Sounds written by Nancy Caleffe-Schenck and Dian Baker, both certified Auditory Verbal Therapists. This introduction provides practical ideas and advice for integrating listening, speech, language, cognition and literacy into a child’s communication-learning experiences. Speech Sounds also contains individual units for 20 English consonant sounds on printable cards. Each unit provides 1) child friendly word lists for vocabulary, 2) daily routines, 3) activities, 4) games and toys, 4) songs, rhymes and fingerplays, 5) children’s books. Thanks to Jill Guidry, a Parent Advisor with the Parent-Pupil Education Program for this SITEing!!! Do you have a SITEing you’d like to share with the Louisiana Chapter membership in the newsletter? Please send your SITEing to our email : laagbell@bellsouth.net |
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