Associate Professor Catherine Birman, MBBS, PhD, FRACS, GAICD, is an Ear, Nose and Throat surgeon at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead and a number of other public and private hospitals. She has extensive experience in cochlear implant surgery and research in this area. She is the Medical Director of the SCIC Cochlear Implant Program, an RIDBC service. […]
Coordinator Alternative Format publication (RIDBC) President : Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities (Round Table) Sonali is passionate about access to information for people with a print disability, in traditional formats such as large print, braille and audio, or in newer and emerging electronic technologies. Sonali coordinates the Alternative Format Production […]
Dr. Connie Mayer, EdD, OCT
Professor, York University, Toronto
Honorary Professor, HCD/Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester
Dr. Connie Mayer, EdD, OCT
Professor, York University, Toronto
Honorary Professor, HCD/Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester
Mike Corrigan is a member of the RIDBC VisionEd Access Technology Team. Prior to joining RIDBC over 17 years ago, Mike worked in TAFE supporting students with vision impairment to use technology to undertake vocational qualifications for employment. Prior to that, he worked in the NSW public service in the technology field. Mike has been […]
Rebecca Claridge is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist and Listening and Spoken Language Specialist Certified Auditory Verbal Therapist. She has more than 25 years’ experience working with adults and children who use cochlear implants and their families. She has worked at the Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre, Brisbane’s Hear and Say Centre and run her own […]
Dr Emily White is a research fellow and sessional lecturer at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, a vision impairment specialist and physical education teacher at the Statewide Vision Resource Centre in Melbourne, and an independent consultant. Emily has over fifteen years of experience in disability-specific and inclusive education in a range of settings. She […]
Dr. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano is a Professor Emerita and Research Professor of Audiology, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, faculty of the Institute of Cognitive Science, Centre for Neurosciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Otolaryngology and Audiology at the University of Colorado, Denver and the Marion Downs Centre. She developed the Marion […]
Trudy Smith has been a teacher of the Deaf for 20 years and has worked in inclusive classrooms in Queensland and New South Wales. She is an LSLS Cert AVT. and has mentored and trained teachers, related health professionals around the world. Trudy is the Manager of Continuing Professional Education at the RIDBC Renwick Centre […]
Inge Kaltenbrunn, BSp&Aud, MCommunication Pathology, LSLS Cert. AVT, is the Best Practice Lead: Early Learning (Deaf/Hard of Hearing Children) at RIDBC in Sydney, Australia. She is a qualified speech pathologist, audiologist and LSLS Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist with more than 20 years of experience in the field of hearing loss and cochlear implants. She has worked […]
Kim Ter-Horst is a experienced paediatric audiologist with a particular interest in working with children for whom audiometry doesn’t come easily. Undergraduate qualifications in professional Psychology lead to postgraduate studies in Audiology at Macquarie University, after which Kim joined NAL and later Australian Hearing in a mixed paediatric / adult role. In 2003 Kim moved […]
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.