Just In Time News and Information
August 31, 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 
See the Sound: Visual Phonics

RMTC-D/HH is excited to offer See the Sound: Visual Phonics on October 5-6, 2021, virtually in real time. 

Each training day will begin at 9:30 AM EDT (8:30 AM CDT), and participants must attend both days. 

In this training, participants will learn the sounds of English and how to represent them visually via hand movements and symbols. This training will provide methods for implementing the use of Visual Phonics in the classroom as well as progress monitoring tools for tracking student progress in learning phonemic awareness, phonics, and sounding out words. Visual Phonics is not an additional curriculum, but is a strategy that can be integrated into existing phonics-based curricula or interventions. 

For more information visit the See the Sound: Visual Phonics Registration page.

For questions contact Jennifer Coburn or Carmelina Hollingsworth.
See the Sound: Visual Phonics REFRESHER

RMTC-D/HH is offering an update to previously-trained completers of See the Sound: Visual Phonics on October 6, 2021, from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT (12:30 PM to 2:30 PM CDT). The Refresher will be presented virtually in real time.

Participants must have proof of previous completion of a full See the Sound: Visual Phonics training.

Participants will review sounds of English and visual representation via hand movements and symbols, including the updated r-controlled vowels. This training will include discussion of methods for implementing the use of See the Sound: Visual Phonics in the classroom as well as progress monitoring tools for tracking student progress in phonemic awareness, phonics, and decoding words.

For more information and to register, go to the See the Sound: Visual Phonics Refresher Registration page.

For questions contact Jennifer Coburn or Carmelina Hollingsworth.
The Buzz

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

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. 
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Carmelina Hollingsworth
Project Director
904-827-2660



Sherry Conrad
Deaf Education and Training Specialist





Mark Keith
Training Coordinator for Parents
904-827-2731




Laura McDonald
RMTC Distribution Coordinator
904-827-2663





Nancy McFalls
Deaf Education and Training Specialist





Candace McIntire
Deaf Education and Training Specialist





Scott Walsh
Deaf Education and Training Specialist






Cara Wilmot
Deaf Education and Transition Coordinator
904-827-2642