Living (and working) with hearing loss
A FREE workshop for:
-people with hearing loss, their family and friends
-Occupational therapists
-Hearing aid dispensers
-V R counselors
-Speech pathologists
-Audiologists
-social workers
Free CEU’s given**
Date: Wednesday 25 October 2006
Time: 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Held at: Sid Peterson Ambulatory Care Center
602 Cully Drive (next to the Post Office)
Kerrville, Texas 78038
FM system and chat-loop system provided-to be used with T-coil in your hearing aid.
RSVP:
DRS Kerrville Field Office-Brenda Espinoza
(830) 896-3144
Or Toll free- 1-800-896-9628
** International Hearing Society
** TSHA
** Hearing aid dispensers
** Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners
Description:
This is a free workshop for professionals, people with hearing loss and their friends and families. Attendees will gain a greater understanding of the emotional and psychological issues faced by people with hearing loss. We will look at psycho-social aspects, coping strategies and resources for hard of hearing people (including state programs). We will cover many “tips” for coping with a hearing loss in the workplace, training school or college. There will be a presentation of technology and an opportunity to “try the technology out.
PRESENTERS:
Carolyn Colley holds a B. A. in Anthropology and is currently taking the Hearing Loss Association of America’s Hearing Loss Support Specialist course. Miss Colley has a bilateral hearing loss and has worn hearing aids for most of her life. She has held many leadership positions and advocated for the rights of people with hearing loss. She co-founded Deaf Alliance- a support/advocacy group for Hard of Hearing students at Texas State University. She currently works at Communication Services for the Deaf in San Antonio as the Hard of Hearing Specialist.
Rick Webster, VRC holds a Bachelors Degree in Education and currently works for the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Division of Rehabilitation, Kerrville Field Office, as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor.
Agenda:
7:30 am – 8:00 am –registration and ice breaker
8:00 am – 9:00 am- psycho-social/cultural aspects of hearing loss
9:15 – 9:30 – break
9:30 am – 10:30 am – coping strategies
10:30 am – 10:45 am – break
10:45 am – 11:45 am – resources/DARS & Others
11:45 am – 12:00 pm – questions
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – “try it out” technology session.
Sponsored by:
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative services Department of Rehabilitative Services
Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
CSD of Texas – San Antonio
Funded by a grant from DARS-Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing services
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