Just In Time News & Information

Just In Time News and Information

August 13, 2021

RMTC-D/HH is pleased to share information on the following topics that relate to deafness and education in Florida. We hope you find it informative and helpful to you, your district, and the children.

- The RMTC-D/HH team

Working with the Experts Series

RMTC-D/HH is pleased to announce the 2021-2022 Working the Experts series of professional development opportunities. The project will continue to offer professional development training virtually (online) this school year.

In order to provide equitable access to the content and materials, the first registrant from each Florida school district serving students who are deaf/hard of hearing will be admitted to these opportunities, as determined by registration time stamps. Once RMTC-D/HH has received an application from a Florida school district, any additional registrants from that district will be added to a waitlist, in order of the registration time stamps. If space allows, additional district staff may be accepted.

Registration opened Friday, August 6, 2021, in The Buzz BESE Weekly Memo.

This information is being provided early for planning purposes and district selection of registrants.

Emotional Safety Skills Implementation in Deaf Education

Wednesdays: 9/1/21, 9/15/21, 9/29/21, 2:30PM - 4:00PM EDT 1:30-3:00 (CDT)

This interactive professional learning activity will include instruction and practice with assessment and goal development for interventions related to emotional safety skills. Participants will complete an assessment on at least two students using the tools provided in the workshop, develop goals/objectives for an IEP/IFSP based on data collected in the assessment for at least two students, and implement the four-step method for incorporating emotional safety skills into the academic curriculum based on the IEP and task analysis.

For more details see the registration link.

Foundational Auditory Training for Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Using the Central Institute for the Deaf Speech Perception Instructional Curriculum & Evaluation (CID SPICE) Curriculum

Friday, September 3, 2021, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EDT (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. CDT)

This intermediate-level course is designed to teach speech-language pathologists and teachers of the deaf/hard of hearing techniques for capitalizing on auditory information made available to children with a cochlear implant and/or hearing aid. This course features an overview of the CID SPICE 2nd Edition auditory training curriculum for children ages 2+. Topics include strategies for speech perception/auditory development and methods to improve perception from detection through comprehension of connected speech. The workshop includes video demonstrations and interactive activities.

For more details see the registration link.

Real World Auditory Learning for Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Using the CID SPICE for Life Curriculum.

Friday, September 17, 2021, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EDT (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. CDT)

This intermediate-level course is designed to teach SLPs and teachers of the deaf/hard of hearing techniques to help children with hearing loss listen in everyday situations. Participants will learn an overview of skills including improving auditory memory, listening with technology, conversing, listening in noise, localizing sounds, and more from the CID SPICE for Life auditory learning curriculum. Content is supported with video demonstrations, interactive activities for children ages 5-12, and data collection methods.

For more details see the registration link.

The Resources Materials and Technology Center for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing (RMTC-D/HH) - TA-Live! High Leverage Practices (HLP) for Students With Disabilities

Second Wednesday of the month from 2:00-3:00 p.m. EST (1:00-2:00 p.m. CST)

Join RMTC-D/HH for a new series starting on September 8, 2021. The center will dive deep into the understanding that exceptional student education (ESE) professionals can use high-leverage practices strategies to improve instruction through the lens of the highly-specialized knowledge of teachers for students who are D/HH. The center will post a video discussing a practice with recommended resources addressing each of the high-leverage practices for attendees to view and read before the scheduled virtual discussion. Then center specialists and stakeholders will meet as a group of experts to provide live technical assistance for each other to apply these practices.

For more information and to register for the dates please see RMTC-D/HH's TA-Live! Registration page.

For questions, contact Jennifer Coburn at jennifer.coburn@fldoe.org or Carmelina Hollingsworth at c.hollingsworth@rmtcdhh.org or 800-356-6731.

The Buzz

Click on the link below to view the Bureau of Exceptional Student Education (BESE) weekly memo.

"The Buzz"

RMTC-D/HH provides these informational emails as a free resource to teachers, professionals, and parents around the state in order to pass along potentially useful information and expand the knowledge and opportunities available to educators and families of children who have hearing loss. This email was funded by the Florida Department of Education Bureau of Exceptional Student Education through federal assistance under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), Part B funds. The information included does not reflect any specific endorsement by any parties involved.

RMTC-D/HH Help Line

To contact RMTC-D/HH for information or to request services, please email us at info@rmtcdhh.org or call at

(800) 356-6731.

Media & Materials Loan Library

Florida offers a FREE loan video library service for educators, interpreters, and other professionals serving students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Florida. Click here to visit the Loan Library.