What’s Happening!

Listed below are some statewide events and trainings for families and/or professionals related to deaf and hard of hearing topics.

SAVE THE DATE!

Texas Hands & Voices

In partnership with the

Educational Resource Center

On Deafness

present:

Working Together for our

Children’s Success!

Join us for a day of Family Fun and Learning!

Program for parents, deaf and hard of hearing children and hearing brothers and sisters!

Saturday,

Nov. 15, 2008

11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

at First Baptist Church, 301 E Texas St.

Grapevine, TX 76051

Come join us for lunch and social time with your families! After lunch, the younger children (deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing) can attend children’s programs, while parents and high school students attend a presentation on self-advocacy skills with input from Deaf and Hard of Hearing adults.

Sign language interpreting and assistive listening devices will be available. If other special communication accommodations are required, requests must be made by November 1^st

Please see the Texas Hands & Voices website to download this flyer at www.txhandsandvoices.org

Registration Information:

Childcare registration must be received by Nov. 1^st in order to guarantee a space, after that childcare will be based on availability. To register, contact Lisa Crawford at 512-462-5447 or email at lisa.crawford@tsd.state.tx.us . Provide name, phone number, email address, number of adults and children attending, ages of children and any accommodations needed.

Many thanks to the First Baptist Church for use of their facility and childcare support!

Oct. 9-11 – McAllen: Texas Latino Council of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (TLCDHH) 2nd Biennial Conference For more info go to www.tlcdhh.org

Nov. 15 – DFW area (Grapevine): TX Hands & Voices Family Event. Hold the date!  Details TBA.  Check the website at www.txhandsandoices.org for updates or email tamara@txhandsandvoices.org for more info or to volunteer to help!

Nov. 20-22– Houston: Addressing the Needs of Students Labeled Deaf and Low-Functioning, At-Risk, or Deaf/Blind Conference. Intercontinental Hotel. Contact Theresa Johnson at tjohnson@esc4.net or Hazel Semper at 713.744.6376 for more information or go to http://events.ichotelsgroup.com/DPRD-7H2QLT/HOUPO/website/

Jan. date TBD for Houston area: Negotiation Strategies Training for Parents. Sept. date was cancelled due to Hurricane Ike effects. 

Feb. 14-15 – Austin:  Negotiation Strategies Training for Parents.

Go to http://www.dars.state.tx.us/dhhs/trnganded.shtml  for registration info.

The DARS Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services is sponsoring this 2-day training from 9am-5pm, both days. The presenter is Jamie Ruppmann, nationally renowned child advocate. The target audience is for parents who have children with hearing loss, but many of the strategies will cross disability lines. Contact Randi Turner for more information at 512-407-3250 (V) or 512-407-3267 (VP)

March 9,10 – Addison:  EHDI Conference – Intercontinental Dallas Hotel. A national conference focused on Early Hearing Detection and Intervention. Go to http://www.infanthearing.org/meeting/ehdi2009/index.html for more info.

April 3-5 – Killeen: Spring Discovery Retreat. For 9-10^th grade students. Info will be posted soon on the ERCOD webpage at http://www.tsd.state.tx.us/outreach/index.html .

June 24-28 – Sulphur, OK: American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC) Family Conference. –. Oklahoma School for the Deaf (It’s not in Texas but it’s within driving distance!) Go to http://www.deafchildren.org/convention.aspx for more info. Register by May 30^th.

June 26-27, Austin: Texas Parent to Parent (TX P2P) Family Conference . Go to www.txp2p.org for more info.

Past Events

March 29th - Kick Off Picnic in San Antonio

This picnic was a huge sucess for our first TX Hands & Voices Event.  There were over 50 atendees and people came in from all over Central and South TX; Blanco, Comfort, Beeville, Austin and Laredo.  Thank you to everyone that came out and supported the New TX Hands & Voices Chapter.

This is some of what is going on in the state.  If you have events, conferances, training or workshops  to add please contact info@txhandsandvoices.org