Conference 2020
Trends in Deaf Education
Willie Ross School for the Deaf hosted
Trends in Deaf Education
on November 3, 2020.
Trends in Deaf Education
was a conference for educators, special education directors, parents, school counselors, and school administrators designed to share information regarding current and emerging best practices in deaf education.
Conference Speakers
Thangi Appanah, PhD—Universal Design for Learning in Deaf Education
Dr. Appanah is an Associate Professor and Interim Undergraduate Program Director of the Department of Education at Gallaudet University.
Dr. Appanah's background can be found at her Gallaudet page:
https://my.gallaudet.edu/thangi-appanah
The PowerPoint Dr. Appanah used for her live presentation is available for review below. Click the image and you will be prompted to download the PDF version of the PowerPoint.
Barbara Raimondo, Esq—Optimizing Outcomes for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Barbara is the Executive Director of CEASD.
In her pre-recorded video, Barbara discussed optimizing outcomes for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Todd Czubek, PhD—What We Know and What it Means for Us Going Forward
Dr. Czubek is a lecturer at Boston University's Deaf Studies department.
His extensive deaf education background can be found on his Boston University profile: https://www.bu.edu/wheelock/profile/todd-czubek/
The full video of his presentation is linked below.
Sponsors
Without our sponsors, this event would not have been possible. A big thank you to all of our sponsors.
People's Bank
Sprint Relay
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Sorenson
Gallaudet
Lightspeed
Dawn Sign Press