Friday November 4, 2011
07:45 a.m. — 08:30 a.m. Registration
08:30 a.m. — 08:45 a.m. Welcome
08:45 a.m. — 10:45 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
: Kristen Di Perri
“One Class: All Needs Met. Really?!”
10:45 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.
Session 1: Bureau of Exceptional Education & Student Services (BEES) Support to D/HH — Leanne Grillot
Session 2: Language of Conflict — Lynne Price
Session 3: Keys to Reading Success — Cindy Hebbeler
12:00 p.m. — 01:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
01:00 p.m. — 04:30 p.m.
Session 4: Language and Literacy Development in D/HH Learner: Research and Practice in a Changing Context — Connie Mayer & Linda Spencer
01:00 p.m. — 02:00 p.m.
Session 5: Psychology and Deafness — Dr. Ted Lombardo
Session 6: Educational Interpreting: Where are we now? — Shannon Simon
02:00 p.m. — 02:15 p.m. Break
02:15 p.m. — 03:15 p.m.
Session 4: Language and Literacy Development - Part 2
Session 7: Deaf Kids are Quiet, Right? — Dr. Ted Lombardo
Session 8: Navigating the IEP Process — Mark Keith & Anna Brynild
03:15 p.m. — 03:30 p.m. Break
03:30 p.m. — 04:30 p.m.
Session 4: Language and Literacy Development - Part 3
Session 9: Laying the Foundation For Inferencing Through Visual Text — Alissa Matiya
Session 10: An Introduction to Working with D/HH students for Speech-Language Pathologists Part 1 — Mandy Longo
04:30 p.m. — 05:30 p.m. Exhibits: Hors D'oeuvre Reception
Saturday November 5, 2011
08:00 a.m. — 08:30 a.m. Registration
08:30 a.m. — 09:30 a.m.
Session 11: FEHI Business Meeting
09:30 a.m. — 09:45 a.m. Break
09:45 a.m. — 10:45 a.m.
Session 15: National Deaf Agenda — Shelley Ardis
Session 16: Intentional Instruction of Social Emotional Skills in Early Education Classrooms for Children with Hearing Loss — Virgi Mills
Session 17: Q/A on IEPs, IDEA, and RtI — Mark Keith & Anna Brynild
Session 18: Deaf-Blind: When 1 + 1 = 3? 4 or More! — Emily Taylor-Snell
10:45 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.
Session 19: Deaf Education in a Mainstream Setting — Brian Newton & Mark Keith
Session 20: Open Discussion: RtI — Carmelina Hollingsworth
Session 21: An Introduction to Working with D/HH students for Speech-Language Pathologists Part 2 — Mandy Longo
Session 22: Combining Functional Sign Language with Visual Supports to Increase Communication Skills — Heather Stanaland & Cara Wilmot
12:00 p.m. — 01:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
01:00 p.m. — 02:00 p.m.
Session 23: Not Vanilla, but Rainbow Sherbert! — Angie Craft
Session 24: Have Car, Can Teach — Organizational & Instructional Strategies for Itinerant Services — Lynne Price
Session 25: Literacy for Those who do not yet Talk or Sign — Michelle Pearson
Session 26: Strategies to Strengthen Schema and Critical Thinking Skills in Reading — Ilene Horowitz-Ray
02:00 p.m. — 02:15 p.m. Break
02:15 p.m. — 03:15 p.m.
Session 27: Open Discussion - Itinerant Services — Cara Wilmot
Session 28: Technology? Is it just fun or can it REALLY improve FCAT scores? — Krista Phelps-Elliot
Session 29: Who's on First? Answers to Questions About Achieving Optimal Outcomes in Early Intervention — Gail Strassel
Session 30: Direct Text Marking and Other Reading Strategies
— Sherry Conrad
03:15 p.m. — 03:30 p.m. Break
03:30 p.m. — 04:00 p.m. Closing and Door Prizes
