Am-4: 30pm atlanta Century Center Marriott Total Cost: $150

Total Cost: $150

Prices includes: Expert Panel, Workshop Materials, CRC & RID CEUs, Access to Exhibitors, and Luncheon.

Group pricing available for groups of 5 or more.

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  Are you experiencing an increase in service outreach to clients, consumers, and employees with hearing loss?
  
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  Do you wish you knew more about the culture of people living with hearing loss and how to adequately accommodate people with hearing loss?
  
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  Do you desire to work more effectively and confidently with this population?
  

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  Participants will beceome more knowledgeable on the accommodation needs related to languageand technology as it relates to hearing loss.
  
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  Participants will learn more about the cultural implications of Deafness.
  
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  Particpants will increase their knowlege of the impact hearing loss has on life.
  
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  Particpants will learn techniques to increase the effectiveness of communication with people that have hearing loss.
  

Tracy Bumgarner

Karen Clark serves as a Special population’s consultant in the eastern quadrant of our state with GVRA. Her background includes a Bachelor’s in Social Work from Eastern Kentucky University, a Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Kentucky, (Go Wildcats), and Orientation to Deaf-Blindness Graduate Certificate from Northern Illinois University.

Durkhy Haque is an Employment Specialist at Georgia Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Decatur, Georgia. She assists Deaf-Blind, Deaf, and hard of hearing clients in gaining job readiness training and personal social adjustment training. She educates employers on how to work with Deaf and/or hard of hearing employees at the job site. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from University of Georgia.