AustralianAssociationofTeachersoftheDeaf(VictorianBranch)Inc.

CONFERENCE

CelebratingDeafEducation

inVictoria

Friday28thAugust,2015

ManninghamFunctionCentre,699DoncasterRoad,Doncaster3108

Generouslysupportedby

CONFERENCEPROGRAM

Time / Presentation / Presenter
8.30-9.00 / Registration
9.00-9.15 / Welcomeopening ofconference / DrElizabethLevesquePresidentAATDVictoria
9.15-10.15 / Keynoteaddress
Mental Health in Children and Young Deaf/HI People: A Review of current Research & Practice / DrAndyCornes
10.15-10.50Morningtea
10.50-11.50 / Keynoteaddress
LongitudinalOutcomesofChildren with HearingImpairment (LOCHIstudy) / DrTeresaChing
11.50-12.10 / Parents’sensitivityto their deafchildren’sdiversecommunication needs / Elizabeth Levesque
ICED2015 Athens presentation
12.10-12.30 / Using theOneNoteapp asanote-taking recordsystemto improvestudentsupport / ClareQuirk
Charles LaTrobeCollegeDeaf Facility
12.30-1.30Lunch
1.30-1.55 / Teaching strategiesforclassroomteachersDVDproject / Karen Hulls
Visiting TeacherServiceNorth EasternVictoriaRegion
1.55-2.20 / High frequencywordmeaningsthrough Auslan / JanelleGiffin
GuthrieSt.SheppartonDeafFacility
2.20-2.45 / A Cross-Campusprogramme:FromAssessmenttointervention / Kate Leigh
St Mary’sCollegeforHearing ImpairedStudents
2.45-3.10 / Using YumimathstoteachDeafchildren / MelissaBrysonDavid BuchananFurlong ParkSchoolforDeafChildren
3.10-3.30Afternoon Tea
3.30-3.55 / Using Marzano'ssixstepstobuild highfrequencyacademicvocabulary in Deaf/HHstudents / AmandaPurcell
ForestHillCollegeDeafFacility
3.55-4.20 / My Story:A studentpresentation. A briefintroduction totheirindividualhearing loss / LyndaExell
MLCDeafIntegrationProgram
4.20-4.30 / Plenaryandcloseofconference / Elizabeth Levesque
Manythankstowordofmouth forassistivetechnology support

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TeacherofthedeafPresentations

Elizabethlevesque

Parents’sensitivityto theirdeafchildren’sdiverse communicationneeds

Thisstudyinvestigatedthewaysinwhichhearingparentsdemonstratedsensitivitytotheirdeafchildren’scommunicationneedsandtheimpactoftheirresponsivenessonthechildren’slanguageoutcomes.Theparents’sensitivitywasdeterminedbymeasuringtheirqualityoflanguageinput,Auslanproficiencyandadaptationtobilingualpractices,includingaccommodationoftheirchildren’smodalitypreferences.Thechildren’sbilingualskillsweremeasuredwiththeBimodalBilingualDevelopmentScale,whichwasdevisedspecificallyforthisresearch.Thestudyfoundthat thechildrenwiththestrongestlanguageskillsweresupportedbyhighlysensitiveparentswhochangedtheirmodalityofinputto match theirchildren’slanguagepreferences.

Clarequirk

UsingtheOneNoteapp asa note-takingrecord system to improvestudentsupportOneNoteisaMicrosoftprogramthatisavailableforbothWindowsandMac,whichcanbeusedtoorganiseyourfilesmore seamlesslyaswell ascollaboratewithstaffandstudents.Itislikeanelectronicnotebookthatmultiplepeople canaccessand edit.AtCharlesLaTrobeCollege,weprimarilyuseittonote-takeinmainstreamclasses,sothatinterpretersandTODscanpreparemoreeasilyand support studentseffectively.The program isflexibleenough tobe used inavarietyof waysin different Deaf Education settings, and this presentation will briefly explore some of theopportunitiesit couldprovideforyourteaching.

Karenhulls

Teachingstrategies for classroomteachersDVDProject

TheproductionofaDVDabouthearinglossforsecondaryschoolteacherswasmadepossiblebyfundingprovidedbyVDEItotheVisitingTeachersHearingTeamNorthEasternVictoriaRegion.TheplanwastoproduceanupdatedversionofDVDsalreadyinexistence,incorporatingstrategiesforsecondaryschoolstudents.TheprojectworkingpartydecidedthattheDVDwouldhavefourcomponents:technicalinformationconcerningahearingloss,asimulationofahearingloss,primaryclassroomstrategiesandsecondaryclassroomstrategies.Theprocesswaspainstakingbutsuccessful,asausefulDVDwasproduced.ThispresentationwillexplaintheprocesswefollowedandwillshowexcerptsfromtheDVDtodemonstratehowitisusedasaneducationalresource.

Janellegiffin

HighfrequencywordmeaningsthroughAuslan

Whentranslatingabook intoAuslan,thereaderneeds tounderstandeachwordinthetextandhowitfitsintoitssentencecontext.TheKANOprogramexposesstudentstothevariousmeaningsthatwordscanhave,thestrategiestodeterminewordmeaningincontextandappropriatewaystoexpressthemeaningsinAuslan.TheKANO programcentresaroundahighfrequencywordlistwhichintegratesvariouscommonwordlistsusedinVictorianschools(Oxford,M100W,Fry).Thewords aregroupedintothemeswithinlearningphases,designedtobecomeprogressivelyharderasstudentsdeveloptheirunderstandingofEnglish,Auslan and reading.Theprogramisdesignedfor both hearingandDeafstudentswhohave accesstoAuslan.

Kateleigh

A cross-campus programme:From assessmentto intervention

ThissessionwillincludeasnapshotofdifferentteachingstrategiesusedacrossStMary’sfrompreptouppersecondary.Thediscussionwillcoverhowassessmenthelpsustoknowourstudents;howweteachtosupportarangeofgoalsforindividualstudentneeds;andtheroleofevidencebasedpracticeanduniversaldesignforlearningineducationfordeafstudents.Studentvoiceinself-perceptionoflearningandsupportpreferenceswillalsobebrieflyexplored.

MelissaBryson DavidBuchanan

UsingYumiMathstoteachDeafchildren

From2012to2014,MelissaBrysonandDavidBuchananparticipatedinavaluableandworthwhileprofessionaldevelopmentprojectconductedbythe UniversityofQueensland. TheprojectwasbasedonYumiDeadlyMaths(YDM), aprograminitiallydeveloped to teachteachersofindigenous studentshowtoteachmaths.Theaimofthisprojectwastoincreaseteachers’capacitytoenhancethemathematicslearningoutcomesoftheirstudentslinkingwithAustralianCurriculumMathematics.ThisapproachismostappropriateforDeafandHardofHearingstudentsgiventhatitfocusesonreality,visualandkinestheticlearning.

AmandaPurcell

UsingMarzano's sixsteps to build highfrequency academicvocabularyin Deaf/HHstudents

Maintainingage-appropriatevocabularyandlanguagecomprehensionisoneofthemostchallengingtasksforTeachersoftheDeafasstudentsmovethroughtheirprimaryandsecondaryyearsofeducation.Linguisticdeprivationorfailuretomaintainadequateexposuretolanguageinputcanresultinearly gainsslippingasdemandfromthecurriculumcompeteswithinterventiontime.Utilizing Tier2vocabularyinconjunctionwithMarzano’sSixStepstoEffectiveVocabularyInstructioncanprovidearobustandeffectiveteachingframeworktomaintainandpotentiallynarrowthelanguageacquisition gapwhilst strengtheningthescaffoldrequiredforsuccessinalldomains.

Lyndaexell

MyStory:A student presentation.A briefintroductionto theirindividualhearinglossStory’isexactlywhatitsays.Itisanongoingstorypresentedasavideobythestudentsthemselvesanddescribestheirownindividualhearinglossanditsimpactontheircommunication,learningandinclusionatMLC.Wedecidedtoformalisethisinsuchawaythatithasnowbecomeateachingtoolandaninformationpackageforallteachersinvolvedineducatingthe deaf students at ourschool.Thisisan annualupdate which empowersthe students to informothersabout theirdeafnessandstrengthenstheiridentityasyoungdeaflearners.

exhibitors

acerbookshop
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  • Hearforyou

  • Australianhearing
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  • Peoplemakingbooksresources

  • Cochlear
  • Conexu
  • Deafnessfoundation
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  • Speechproductionresource
  • Vdei
  • Word ofmouth