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Collaborative Experience 2016 A conference for professionals who serve students who are deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing and their families.

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2 Collaborative Experience 2016 A conference for professionals who serve students who are deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing and their families.

3 Who was there? Teachers = 64% Interpreters/Intervenors= 6.9% Administrators = 5.5% Vocational Rehabilitation = 4.8% Educational Audiologists= 2.1% Speech Language Path = 2.1% Parents = 2.1% Other = 11%

4 Satisfaction Ratings (Extremely satisfied or very satisfied) Did the agenda provide a variety of topics? Did the presenters demonstrate expertise? Did you learn strategies that you can use? Did you network with colleagues? Did you come away with something you can implement? 77% 92% 60% 89% 66%

5 Overall, was this a positive and worthwhile learning experience? 83% extremely or very SATISFIED

6 Positive Notes

7 Suggestions for Improvement

8 Polled Participants on Day 1

9 Polled Participants on Day 3

10 Polled Participants on Day 1 (in a word) POLLED PARTICIPANTS DAY 1

11 POLLED PARTICIPANTS DAY 3 Polled Participants on Day 3 (in a word)

12 Additional Topics – requested for future conferences Mental Health and Behavior Strategies Early Learning acquisition for Late Identified children. DeafBlind – D/HH Plus Transition – tools for assessment Legal support for parents Language acquisition for students who are English Language Learners and Hard of Hearing/Deaf. How to consult when you want to teach. New C.I. Technologies. CUEING – benefits to literacy. Common Apps - technology

13 Even more topics: How to advocate for students when administrators restrict teacher recommendations. Unilateral Loss Itinerant teaching in rural communities. Cultural information – demographic shifts. Social-Emotional support for hard of hearing students. Assessment – New Tools/Access to State Mandated Tests Professional Self-Care

14 Conference Planning Committee Recommendations: Move conference to the FALL- to encourage immediate implementation of information. Continue to add professional groups. Add more time for regional professional groups to work on region specific topics/issues. Explore collaborating with Charting the Cs – MDE committee about adding a D/HH specific track to their education conference.

15 For Agenda, Presentation Materials, Webinars….. http://mn.gov/deaf-commission/advocacy- issues/education/symposium/

16 Thank you to our sponsors!


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