See What’s New at WA Hands & Voices!

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Hello friends,

We are now in the midst of summer and with it comes some warmer temps and mounting trepidation about what will happen this fall. School districts are just beginning to roll out their plans for the start of the 2020/21 school year with Seattle, Tacoma and Sedro Woolley School districts all starting their year with remote learning models for the students and families. 

At Washington Hands & Voices we have been connecting with families during the summer, yet referrals are still a bit low. All of our new Parent Guides are starting to work with families individually now that they have completed their initial training and time shadowing our experienced guides. To read up on our team of Parent Guides, click here. 

Below are some new resources and upcoming events we wish to share with you.

EVENTS

New Workshop: Home Schooling 101 

August 6 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Online Discussion: Back to “School”: What’s Your Vision for Your Child’s Learning This Year?

Wednesday, Aug 12 @ 7:00 PM

ASL interpreting and captioning available

To access this event click this link: https://zoom.us/j/95084847461?pwd=NHVCdDBPY3VMNGJMU3RmaEt3WEswQT09

Meeting ID: 950 8484 7461 Passcode: 510640

Washington Hands & Voices’ Guide By Your Side Program invites parents and caregivers of children who are Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing to an online discussion. This discussion will help your family to plan and create ways to support your child’s learning. Joining the discussion are:

• Cathy Corrado, Teacher of the Deaf, Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth (CDHY)
• Katie Humes, Director of the DeafBlind Project, Washington Sensory Disabilities Services (WSDS)
• Kimberly Peters, WWU Professor, Department Chair, SLP Program Director, AR Clinic Director and Parent
• Our team of Parent Guides 

For questions, contact info@wahandsandvoices.org or call 425-268-7087

RESOURCES

Two New Resources: Masks and Educational Considerations

There are two new resources for families on the WA Hands & Voices website. We wish to thank our extended Hands & Voices extended family at Colorado Hands & Voices for the research on much of this information.

• Sources for Transparent Masks & Shields for Better Communication Access
• Effective Communication in School Settings for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students and Others: Face Masks and Face Shields

Developmental Milestones Family Resource

The Hands & Voices Family Leadership in Language and Learning (FL3) Center is excited to share our newest guidebook on Developmental Milestones. This information was developed and compiled by the FL3 Scientific Language and Literacy Advisory Board over the last year. The goal is to provide information for parents and caregivers raising children who are D/HH and D/HH Plus on how to:

• Understand the importance of developmental milestone checklists.
• Utilize these types checklists, created for typical development, in context of your own child’s development.
• Employ these checklists for beginning and deepening conversations with your Early Intervention providers.

As well, included is a sampling of accessible, web-based checklists and resources which were chosen and vetted by the FL3 Language and Literacy Advisory Board, to do just that, with a special focus on language, literacy and social emotional development for children birth to three years of age. Find this under the Language/Literacy/Social and Emotional Development heading, as well as many other resources in the Hands & Voices FL3 Center Resource Toolbox.

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