***Pre-req: must have completed both Bloom & Lahey Workshops and Auditory Function Workshop***

Description:

Materials needed: Select one child's EC file from caseload and bring to workshop. Participants will utilize their own student's EC file to determine the student's present level of performance in language, audition, vocabulary and speech, then develop a long range plan to close the gaps in the identified areas of delay.  Participants will develop several lesson plans to address their student's needs.

Biographies:

Sharon Moore, CED, LSLS Cert AVT, NBCT received her Bachelor of Science degree and Hearing Impaired certification from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1985. She taught preschool, kindergarten and first grade at the Central North Carolina School for the Deaf from 1985-1996. Sharon worked as a resource teacher for Guilford County Schools in the Exceptional Children’s Program in 1996. In 2000, she worked with children in the Central North Carolina Early Intervention Program for Children Who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing. Sharon has her Birth through Kindergarten certification, C.E.D., Infant Toddler credentials and National Board Certification as an Exceptional Needs Specialist. Sharon is currently a Consulting Teacher for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Exceptional Children's Division of the Dept. of Public Instruction, offering a variety of services to parents, professionals and school systems related to the education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Michele Neal, B.S. received her Bachelor of Science degree and Hearing Impaired certification from Atlantic Christian College in Wilson, NC in 1985. She spent ten years working at the Schools for the Deaf in NC, four years as a high school history teacher at the Eastern NCSD, and six years as the elementary principal at the Central NCSD. Upon closure of the CNCSD Michele acquired her certification in Cross Categorical and worked in Rockingham Co. for one year as a 6th grade special education teacher and in Guilford County as a K-3 special education resource teacher. Michele joined the Office of Education Resource Support Program in April, 2003. Michele acquired National Board Certification in 2006 and became a certified See-The-Sound: Visual Phonics Trainer in 2007.

Aubrey Dubois-Quinlan, B.S., NBCT received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Deaf Education in 2002 from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She worked as an itinerant teacher for the public school system for six years, serving students ages 3-21. Aubrey received her National Board Certification as an Exceptional Needs Specialist in 2007. In 2008, she joined the Resource Support Program through the Office of Education Services to provide outreach services to professionals, parents, and school systems serving deaf and hard-of-hearing students across North Carolina.

Location:

The Gathering Place at the Downtown School
601 North Cherry Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101

1. There is NO COST for NC Professionals; $50 for out-of-state attendees
2. Non ASHA CEU’s will be offered for all workshops.
3. To Register: Visit www.med.unc.edu/earandhearing/registration (registration deadline = 1 week prior to workshop)

CEUs: 1.1 (LSLS Approved)