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Literacy Training
Opportunities 2002
SPONSORED BY GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
LAURENT CLERC NATIONAL DEAF EDUCATION CENTER
TRAINING PROGRAM
The Shared Reading Project: Keys to Success
This five-day training program is designed to prepare site
coordinators to establish a Shared Reading Project in their own
schools or programs. Of special interest to educators,
administrators, and parent leaders, this workshop is based on the
highly acclaimed program that matches deaf tutors with families
and arranges regular visits to family homes where tutors teach
parents and caregivers effective strategies for reading books with
their children.
This training program teaches participants to:
• Use 15 research-based principles for reading to deaf and hard of
hearing children
• Recruit, hire, and train deaf adults to be tutors
• Teach families how to participate in shared reading
• Work effectively with parents, caregivers, educators, and tutors
• Plan for and manage Shared Reading Project budgets,
personnel, and evaluations.
June 4–8. . . . . . . . . Rome, New York; Northeast Region
June 24–28 . . . . . . Colorado Springs, Colorado
Western Region
November 11–15 . . Schaumburg, Illinois; Midwest Region
TRAINING
WORKSHOP
Reading to Deaf Children:
Learning from Deaf Adults
This effective workshop teaches techniques known as “the 15
Principles for Reading to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children.”
These principles were developed through research that identified
the successful strategies that deaf adults use when reading to
deaf and hard of hearing children. Highly interactive, the
workshop is available in a three-hour or six-hour format.
Participants learn to recognize and apply the 15 principles,
practice the principles, and gain new skills that can be
immediately applied with their own children in the home or
classroom. This workshop is of special interest to parents,
caregivers, and educators. It available on request from the Clerc
Center and offered regionally.
March 22 . . . . . . . . Casper, Wyoming; Western Region
April 26. . . . . . . . . . Overland Park, Kansas
Midwest Region
April 29. . . . . . . . . . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mid-Atlantic Region
May 2 . . . . . . . . . . . Washington, D.C.
Mid-Atlantic Region
Video and
printed manual
for teachers and
parents are sold
separately and
may be ordered
directly from the
Clerc Center.
August 8 . . . . . . . . . San Antonio, Texas; Midwest Region
* Contact the Clerc Center or the Gallaudet University Regional Center
in your respective region (see sidebar) for more information and/or to
register for the training program or the workshops.
ODYSSEY WINTER 2002