These courses are delivered Face to Face and are open to everyone to attend; parents, teachers, school executives, principals, allied health and medical professionals as well as students. These courses are held at RIDBC Renwick Centre, around Australia and in some international locations.
Many of these sessions are available through remote access from around the country and world.
These sessions offer the research and practical skills as well as networking opportunities.
Living and learning with Assistive technology
This two day course will provide participants with the opportunity to hear from keynote presenters as well as break off into streams that focus on deaf hard of hearing students/clients, blind and low vision students/clients.
Growing Small Talk into Big Ideas: Advancing Listening and Spoken Language Outcomes through Family-Centred Practice
Join this engaging session to explore how auditory verbal practitioners, speech-language pathologists, special educators, and early intervention practitioners can apply research on the importance of parent talk to meet the needs of the families of children who are deaf/hard of hearing (DHH) they serve. Evidence-based practices and developmentally appropriate activities aimed at building listening and spoken language (LSL) skills for young children who are DHH will be identified.
SCIC – Preserving Residual Hearing Seminar
The SCIC Cochlear Implant Program will be hosting a research seminar focusing on preserving residual hearing of cochlear implant recipients. Dr Catherine Birman and Dr WaiKong Lai will present on the latest techniques to preserve hearing during implantation. Audiologist Nick Baulderstone will outline the process of fitting hybrid electro-acoustic devices.
When Sally meets Harry, audiological testing of complex children
In this course you will gain an understanding of Autistic spectrum disorder, red flags and challenges to look for, screening tools to inform discussions with family or caregivers, as well as tips and strategies for discussing results and further investigation.
2019: Auslan 1 – An Introduction
In this three day workshop participants will engage in interactive and fun activities to learn how to communicate using Auslan.
2019: Auslan 2
This interactive course provides participants with an opportunity to build on the foundations that they learnt in Auslan 1.
