Itinerant Teachers of the Deaf Conference (ITOD)

A one day conference for visiting teachers and other professional supporting students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in mainstream settings. Sessions will address a range of topics in the areas of: Deaf Education, Audiology and General Education/ Teaching Practice. This one day workshop will be of value to all itinerant Teachers of the Deaf supporting students in mainstream classroom settings.

ITOD 2016 Call for Papers

Expressions of interest are invited for presentations on the following topics:

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  Collaboration within multi-disciplinary teams
  
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  Trailblazing; new technology, new techniques, new research, new opportunities
  
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  Indigenous and Culturally Diverse Communities
  
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  The Role of the Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf
  

WHO CAN SUBMIT?

Researchers, practitioners and educators from all relevant areas are invited to submit abstracts for papers to be presented at the conference. Presentations may include research, descriptions of innovative practices or programs, or scholarly position papers.

PAPERS

1) Papers for presentations – 20 minutes

Presentations may include original research, innovative programs, professional practices, and theoretical and conceptual advances relating to the theme of the conference. Approximately 75 per cent of time should be spent on the presentation and 25 per cent of time dedicated to a question and answer session with the participants.

2) Poster presentation

Posters offer the opportunity to share research or innovative programs for discussion. The poster displays will be located in the Renwick Centre Foyer and be available to participants during each meal break.

PAPER WORD LIMIT Please submit a presentation title, 150 word bio and a 600 word summary of proposed content.

PAPER DEADLINES All abstracts, biographies and photos are due 20 June 2016.

SUBMISSIONS Please direct all enquiries and submissions to Trudy Smith (trudy.smith@ridbc.org.au)

Barriers to Rehabilitation in Adults

Presenter: John Newall

Date: 20 September

Fee: $50

Information:

Only a small fraction of older adults with hearing loss seek help for their hearing problems. Of those who seek help, a smaller proportion actually obtain an assistive device, and of those, up to half fail to become successful users of such devices. The factors underpinning, and possible solutions to the poor uptake and use of hearing rehabilitation will be discussed.   

Deaf History Workshop

Presenters: Dr Breda Carty and Darlene Thornton

Date: 26-30 September

Fee: $550

Location TO BE ADVISED

This week long workshop will present new information about Deaf History, and will include a ‘mini­conference’ where participants are encouraged to present their own work and receive constructive feedback. The workshop will also provide practical opportunities for learning how to find, analyse and share historical resources and research.

This event will be presented in Auslan only and interpreters will not be provided.

Presenters Bio:

Breda Carty, PhD, is a Lecturer in Special Education at the RIDBC Renwick Centre, affiliated with the University of Newcastle. She is a former Secretary of Deaf History International, and regularly publishes and presents on Deaf History.

Darlene Thornton, has studied and worked in the field of sign language linguistics, and is an experienced genealogist from an extended Deaf family. She uses her interest in genealogy and history to trace Deaf people in Australia’s past.

Intended Audience:

Those who teach and research in the Deaf History/Deaf Studies area (e.g., TAFE teachers in the Auslan Certificate courses – which include Deaf History modules), Deaf community, teachers of the deaf, parents and family members and those who work in Disability Studies.

Hearing Screening and Unilateral Hearing Loss in Neonates

Presenter: John Newall

Date: 13 October

Fee: $50

Information:

The relatively recent advent of universal neonatal hearing screening (UNHS) has led to great improvements in the age of diagnosis and of intervention in children with moderate or greater levels of permanent, bilateral hearing loss. The impact of UNHS on neonates with unilateral hearing loss has been less clear. Although outside of the stated goals of most UNHS programs, screening has allowed the early diagnosis of unilateral hearing loss. However, there has been less interest in the condition, and a less consistent decrease in age of intervention for these children. These findings will be discussed in the context of the literature surrounding the educational, social, and speech and language outcomes of children with unilateral hearing loss.    

IMPlementing the IMP: The What, Why, Who, When and How of the Infant Monitor of vocal Production

Presenter: Dr Robyn Cantle Moore

Date: 1-5pm 13 October and 9am-3pm 14 October

Fee: $250

Information:

Neonatal diagnosis and amplification of hearing loss (HA/CI) shines a spotlight on our professional obligation to help parents assemble the knowledge and skills they seek to develop their baby’s potential for language (speech and/or sign). Very early diagnosis also sharpens our clinical focus on the latent potential of other conditions—such oro-motor difficulties and Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD)—to frustrate an infant’s anticipated progression to spoken language.

The Infant Monitor of vocal Production (IMP) (Cantle Moore, 2004) was primarily conceived as a parent education tool, to scaffold parent understanding as to the nature and pace of their infant’s vocal progress toward speech. Clinically the IMP is a normed instrument which documents and assesses when (or whether) an infant’s innate vocal behaviours transition to audition-led imitations of speech and salient words. The resulting shared parent and professional knowledge aids timely decision-making with regard to intervention—appropriate device fitting and/or language habilitation approach.   

The training course IMPlementing the IMP details professional/clinical use of the Infant Monitor of vocal Production as an assessment instrument and parent support strategy.

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