Hello,

Attached is the February calendar for Aspire Children’s Services.

You’ll find information about several programs including:

*our two-part program, “Transitioning to the Public Schools” for parents of children who will be turning 3 in the next six months

* a new Music & Movement parent-child group for children 18 to 36 months

*Coffee & Conversation

Registration information is listed on the attached flier.

 Paige Fumo Fox

Parent Resource Coordinator`

Aspire | 1815 S. Wolf Road | Hillside, IL 60162-2110 | tel 708.236.0979 x130 | fax 708.236.5161 | tty 708.236.1253

Click here to download a copy of the flyer

Institute for Parents of Preschool Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, June 11-15, 2012, Jacksonville, IL …. DON’T MISS THIS AMAZING INSTITUTE …

Institute for Parents of Infants and Preschool Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

June 11-15 ~ Jacksonville, IL on the campus of The Illinois School for the Deaf

Register TODAY

Contact Information:

University of Illinois at Chicago

Division of Specialized Care for Children

800.322.3722

www.uic.edu/dscc

Click here to download a copy of the brochure in English

Click here to download a copy of the brochure in Spanish

IL Guide By Your Side is looking for candidates for the IL Parent Achievement Award… Nominate your favorite parent today….

IL Guide By Your Side is currently accepting applications for the Parent Achievement Award to be given on March 9th. Please see the attached entry form. Consider nominating a parent that you feel goes above and beyond their own family. Parents and professionals can submit nominations of an outstanding parent.

 Questions?

Contact:

Carrie Balian, Program Coordinator

Guide By Your Side

GBYS@choicesforparents.org

866.655.4588

click here to download nomination form

Moms Night Inn CENTRAL March 3-4, Register today, don’t delay… Early bird registration ends January 31st… Reserve your spot today…

Moms Night Inn CENTRAL 2012

March 3rd and 4th, 2012, Springfield, IL.

Register NOW.

Keynote Speaker:  Michele Westmass from Hearing & Vision Early Intervention Outreach

Early Bird Registration Deadline – January 31^st, 2012

WHY EARLY BIRD???

Early BIRD Registration will save you $$ and the first 10 registrations will be the recipient of a copy of “the Book of Choice”…  That’s a savings of $25 with the book and registration discount.

Click here to download a copy

Click here to download a copy of the registration form

It’s time to register for Moms Night Inn NORTH, we’re filling up fast so hurry and register today. February 11-12… Itasca, IL …

Moms Night Inn NORTH 2012

February  11^th and 12^th, Itasca, IL.

Keynote Speaker:  IL Hands & Voices founder – Karen Putz

Register Today.

Click here to download a copy

Click here to download a copy of the registration form

Hearing parents of children with hearing loss needed for Gallaudet Graduate Study….

Gallaudet University Doctoral student is looking for participants….  This is a paid study.  See attached flyer for details.

My name Rachael Plotkin and I am a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program at Gallaudet University. I am currently conducting my dissertation project and am looking for hearing parents raising deaf children to participate in my study.  If you have questions  please feel free to contact Rachel via email at rachael.plotkin@gallaudet.edu.

Thank you so much!

 Rachael Plotkin

Doctoral Candidate

Clinical Psychology

Gallaudet University

Click here to download a copy of the flyer

AEHI’s Inaugural Professional Development Seminar, January 27-29, 2012…..

Upcoming conference at the Chicago Hilton and Towers, sponsored by AGBMS/AEHI, the last weekend in January. Sandy Mosetick and Deanna Jordan have organized a great group of presenters, including Dr.Charles Berlin, Dr. Nancy Young, Dr. Beverly Trezek, Dr. Carol LaSasso;  Dr. Jacqueline Leybaert; Dr. Kelly Lamar Crain; and Dr.Robert A. Battista.

There is also presentations and training related to cued language transliteration and text-based communication options for the classroom.

This conference is a unique and rare opportunity to be able to attend presentations by highly respected local and national professionals/researchers/professors in the field.

More information, including the registration form for the conference, can be found on the Alexander Graham Bell Montessori School website at agbms.org.

If you scroll down on the home page, there is a link for more information about the conference. From there, you will be directed to another page that has several links, including: presentation synopses, the flyer, an agenda, and the registration form.

CEUs (ASHA), CPDUs (ISBE) are available, as well as professional development credits for RID and EI.

The Early Bird registration date has been extended to Wed., Jan.11th.

Click here to download a copy of the flyer

Institute for Parents of Preschool Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, June 11-15, 2012 ….

Institute for Parents of Preschool Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

June 11-15, 2012

Illinois School for the Deaf campus in Jacksonville, IL

Contact Alicia Becker or Rita Klemm for more information

800.322.3722

www.uic.edu/hsc/dscc

Click here to download a copy of the flyer

ITHI (IL Teachers of the Hearing Impaired) upcoming conference March 1-3, LOTS of topics that may interest parents…. Take a look….

IL Hands & Voices representatives are working with Fara Harper regarding some crossover conference materials and information between our upcoming CENTRAL Moms Night Inn, which starts on ITHI’s end day.  Here is what Fara has to say about the confrence:

Our 48^th annual conference’s theme is “Diversity Within the Classroom: Communication, Learning Styles, Culture, Technology.”   The conference will be held at the Hilton in Springfield, Illinois, on March 1-3, 2012.   The mission of our non-profit organization is to provide professional development and enhancement to our 400+ members.  Typical conference attendance ranges from 350-400 professionals (i.e.: teachers, supervisors, speech pathologists, social workers) in the field of education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing.  Engaging in break out presentations, the participants will articulate techniques for improved teaching skills, creating networks with other educators, responding to student and family needs, and coping with difficult situations that may arise in the educational setting.

We have invited Howard Rosenblum, the current Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of the Deaf and a former Senior Attorney at Equip for Equality in Chicago, Illinois to be our Friday morning keynote speaker.  The Saturday morning keynote speaker will be Dr. Maribel Gárate.We are honored to have her. Dr. Gárate is an assistant professor in the Department of Education at Gallaudet University. She received two Masters Degrees from Gallaudet University – Deaf Education: Elementary and American Sign language Linguistics. Her Doctorate degree is on Bilingual Deaf Education.  She also has written several publications focusing on bilingualism.  Both will present to over 300 members focusing on Deaf Education.  Our Cultural Event will be a performance by John Maucere, a well-known Deaf performer.

We would love to invite parents to our conference because parents are our students’ first teachers and parents play an important role in the education of our students.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any other questions.

Fara Harper, ITHI President-Elect

Visit their website for conference information:  www.ITHI.org …

IL Guide By Your Side ~ Conference Calls For All, January and February dates and topics….. Hope you can join the call…

Guide By Your Side presents:  

Conference Calls for All

See the attached flyer for detailed information on upcoming calls

Stay informed, Join these monthly calls.

January 16th ~ 8:30 p.m.  you can learn about siblings of children with hearing loss

February 27th ~ 8:30 p.m.  ’a day in the life’ focusing on assistive devices

Click here to download a copy of the flyer