Dr. Rosenblum is a Research Professor in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies at the University of Arizona where she joined the faculty in August 1999. Until Fall 2016 she prepared teachers to work with children with visual impairments (TVIs) and coordinated teacher preparation programs in Arizona and Nevada. In July 2016 Dr. Rosenblum became […]
Kay Alicyn Ferrell, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita at the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, University of Northern Colorado (UNC), currently appointed as Research Professor to direct a study investigating independent mealtime skills for infants with visual impairment and their families. Dr. Ferrell has taught individuals of all ages with visual and multiple disabilities and […]
Charlie was a secondary Mathematics and Physical Education teacher for eleven years, then Vision Support teacher for the past fourteen years. Charlie was a teacher at the Royal Victorian Institute of the Blind (RVIB) school which became a Vision Australia school, and was a graduate of the Renwick Masters in Special Education (Vision Impairment) degree. […]
Rebecca Bull joined the RIDBC Renwick Centre as a part-time Conjoint Lecturer in Audiology in 2010. She is also employed as a clinical audiologist in private practice. Prior to this, Rebecca worked as an Educational Audiologist at the RIDBC Garfield Barwick Centre, and provided diagnostic, assessment and management services to infants and children at the […]
Sharon A. Sandridge, PhD, is currently Director of Clinical Services in Audiology and Co-Director of the Tinnitus Management Clinic and Audiology Research Lab at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Sandridge received her BA and MA from the University of Akron and her PhD from the University of Florida. Her primary clinical and research interests are in the […]
Cheryl DeConde Johnson provides consultation through her practice, The ADEvantage (Audiology, Deaf Education, Vantage) in various aspects of educational audiology and deaf education with a focus on accommodations and services to minimize the impact of hearing loss on communication, learning and social development. Dr. Johnson also has adjunct faculty appointments at the University of Colorado, […]
After graduating as a speech pathologist and audiologist from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, Sharon started working in a centre for hearing impaired and deaf children from socio-economically disadvantaged communities. She commenced a research project on services for these children and their parents and was awarded her PhD in 2005 on evaluation of […]
Maree Rennie is a Certified Infant teacher and a Certified Teacher of the Deaf. She began her career in South Australia as an early childhood teacher, and quickly moved to teaching hearing impaired children. She then trained as a teacher of the deaf in Melbourne in 1965. Since that time Maree has worked and studied […]
Andrea Gibbons is a Certified Auditory- Verbal Therapist (1998) and is the Senior Habilitationist at the Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre (SCIC-an RIDBC Service). After completing her training as a Teacher of the Deaf in 1991 she worked with the NSW Department of Education in various programs. While working in a Total Communication program (1992-1994) she […]
Elizabeth Rosenzweig is a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist in private practice. She provides auditory-verbal therapy, aural rehabilitation, and educational advocacy services to families around the world using teletherapy. Elizabeth also mentors aspiring listening and spoken language specialists and has worked to build the capacity of professionals in developing countries, especially in […]
Mainstream teachers will benefit from this one-day workshop by gaining a deeper understanding of the characteristics and learning needs of students who are blind or have low vision.
Mainstream teachers will benefit from this one-day workshop by gaining a deeper understanding of the characteristics and learning needs of students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
This course is intended to provide participants with the skills and knowledge required to assist in supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing students in the learning environment.
This course is intended to provide participants with the skills and knowledge required to assist in supporting learners who are Blind or have Low Vision in the classroom environment.
This training will introduce and examine the Developmental, Individual difference, Relationship-based (DIR) model, which is an established and recognized framework to understand a child’s development that was developed by Dr. Stanley Greenspan.