This course provides practitioners with an analysis of how Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and No Child Left Behind Act affect the education of deaf and hard of hearing children and ways they can be used to improve outcomes for these children. It incorporates a variety of activities to increase participants’ knowledge of how to use these laws to solve problems in their professional settings.

For more information, including registration, visit gli.gallaudet.edu.

Project Management for Beginners
November 13-15 and December 4-6, 2009
(two weekends)
Venue: Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.

Program Description

Project Management is a 3-credit course based on the philosophies, principles, and practices adopted by the Project Management Institute (PMI). As one of the fastest growing professional disciplines in North America, project management helps participants to get a firm grip on an unwieldy workload by breaking it down into manageable steps. Program content will cover the information and skills required for certification in project management by the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Participants will be provided with the tools needed for preparing their organizations to support the projects they manage, including the development of a real-life project management plan for professional and/or personal implementation.

To register, click here.

Get ready for team registration for the 2010 Gallaudet University Academic Bowl.

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Here is what to expect on 10/27/09 for team registration. The Academic Bowl home page (the page you are viewing now) will list the links that will allow teams from all over the United States to register for the Academic Bowl. This will take place on October 27, 2009 during the following times:

4 pm (Eastern); 3 pm (Central); 2 pm (Mountain); 1 pm (Pacific); 12 pm (Alaska); 10 am (Hawaii); 6 am (Guam)

Click on the link for your region and complete the online form.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Please make sure you click on the correct link for your school’s region.

The first 16 teams that register for each region will be selected. Any team that registers in the wrong region will be rejected and the team who registered correctly after any rejected team will be selected.

When you click on the link, an automated form will appear on the web page. If you do not see the form, please be patient. Due to high web traffic during registration, the form may take a few seconds to load. Thank you for your patience.

West Region Registration
For schools in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Midwest Region Registration
For schools in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin

Southeast Region Registration
For schools in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

Northeast Region Registration
For schools in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

Mid-Atlantic Region Registration
For schools in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands

Additional Registration Information

After you complete the registration form and click on the Submit button, you will see a Thank You for Registering page on your computer screen. This means your registration was successfully sent to us.

What do you do next? Nothing. Please be patient and wait to hear from us if your team has been selected.

If you have any questions during the registration process, contact Sherry Duhon at:

AIM: sbduhon

Email:: sherry.duhon@gallaudet.edu

Gallaudet University’s College of Professional Studies and Outreach has a wide variety of courses being offered in Fall 2009.

For more information about these courses, go to CPSO online.

The following Fall 2009 Interpreter Education courses will be offered

at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC:

PST 170-01 Preparing for NAD/RID NIC Exam: Written

PST 326-01 Preparation for NAD/RID NIC Exam: Interview/ Performance

PST 333-01 Introduction to Translation

PST 338-01 Fingerspelled Word Recognition

PST 355-01 Conceptualization & Blending: Interpreting Anatomy & Physiology

View the digital flyer here. Questions? Contact Jacqueline Mann.

Consumer, Family and Community Advocacy training (PST 615) will be offered

September 19-20, 2009, at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

To learn more about this program, go to the web page here.

View the digital flyer here. Questions? Contact Lisa Jacobs.

Academic Bowl 2010 Regional Host Sites Announced

Midwest:
Location/Host: Oklahoma School for the Deaf Sulphur, Oklahoma
Dates: February 4 – 8 , 2010

West:
Location/Host: Utah ( site will be announced )
Dates: February 18-21, 2010

MidAtlantic/At Large:
Location/Host: New Jersey School for the Deaf Trenton, New Jersey
Dates: March 18-20, 2010

Northeast:
Location: Old Rochester Regional High School Mattapoisett, MA
Dates: March 25 – 28, 2010
Host: READS Collaborative Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Southeast: TBA

Academic Bowl 2010 Nationals Announced

The 2010 Academic Bowl national championship will take place at Gallaudet University April 24-27, 2010.

Visit ab.gallaudet.edu for more information on the Academic Bowl.

CPSO will be attending the annual Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) conference, scheduled to take place June 18-21, 2009, in Nashville, Tennessee.

CPSO will be one of over 50 exhibitors at the conference, which will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.

For more information about the HLAA conference, click here.

This course, Legislation and Policy Affecting the Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children, provides practitioners with an analysis of laws and policies that affect the education of deaf and hard of hearing children and explore how these laws and policies can be used to improve outcomes for these children.

The course dates are July 27 – 31, 2009.

It will cover the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act/No Child Left Behind Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. It will outline the history and requirements of these laws, as well as the ways these laws have been interpreted through court decisions and state, local, and school practices. Students will do a variety of activities designed to increase their knowledge of these federal programs and policies and to use them to solve problems they have identified in their professional setting.

For more information, including registration, visit gli.gallaudet.edu.

Congratulations to University High School of Irvine, California, for capturing the 2009 Academic Bowl trophy.

To learn more. visit the website at ab.gallaudet.edu.