Accessibility

Upcoming Events

• Unpacking the Code: Braille Mathematics in the Secondary years

  
  • August 21, 2018
    9:00 am - 4:00 pm

  This workshop will identify all relevant principles essential in having a true understanding of braille transcription of mathematical material 7 - 12. It will address the various braille code signs and modes at this level and give a comprehensive understanding of why things are brailled as they are when an almost identical item is brailled differently.

• Simple steps to improved adult audiological rehabilitiation

  
  • August 29, 2018 - August 30, 2018
    9:00 am - 4:00 pm

  In this workshop we will discuss the common barriers to both uptake, and success of audiological rehabilitation. Theoretical discussion will be scaffolded by implementing tools and strategies with simulated patients, aimed at reducing barriers and achieving successful outcomes.

• AAC – Communication in Action

  
  • September 6, 2018 - September 7, 2018
    9:00 am - 4:00 pm

  Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) are the communication tools, systems and strategies that can replace or supplement natural speech. There are many reasons that a person may not be able to communicate using speech. AAC is the tool that can give a person with little or no speech a way to communicate their needs, their thoughts and ideas, tell stories, and interact with the world around them.

• Do you want to be my friend? That depends .... Thinking socially: tools for making and keeping friends

  
  • September 11, 2018 - September 12, 2018
    9:00 am - 4:00 pm

  This course will provide current research and perspectives into the strengths and gaps that children with hearing loss have when it comes to thriving socially.

• Teacher of the Deaf Conference

  
  • September 21, 2018
    9:00 am - 4:00 pm

  This is a one day conference for visiting teachers and other professionals supporting students who are deaf or hard of hearing in schools