Conference Schedule

2023 Schedule

If you have any questions regarding the 2023 conference, please contact kami.vansickle@sdsd.sdbor.edu.

	Tuesday June 13, 2023
7:30 - 8:30 am	Check in / Registration
8:00-8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30-10:00 am	Keynote: Dr. Peter Isquith (Enhancing Self-Regulation in Deaf & Hard of Hearing Children)
10:00-10:30 am	Exhibit booths and Silent Auction
10:30 am- 12:00 pm	Stefanie Kessen (Itinerant Hacks to Lighten the Load) NOTICE: Bring your computer to this hands on session.	Janet DesGeorges (Whole Child, Whole Parents, Whole Team: What it takes to Make Work – Superheroes!)	Daniel Maffia (Biomechanics I)	Kristi Blacker (Fingerspelling Our Way to Reading)
12:00 -1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00-2:30 pm	Keynote: Dr.Tina Childress (My life as a Communication Engineer)
2:30-3:00 pm	Break
3:00-4:30 pm	Lynne Price (Steps to Success – Advocacy for All Ages Expanded Core Curriculum, Strategies and Activities)	Janet DesGeorges (Educational Excellence: What do we need to ensure success?)	Mychal Hadrich (From Tension to Unity: Conflict Resolution Strategies for Interpreters)	Dr. Tina Childress (Simple Language for Complex Topics)
5:00 pm	Mixer in hotel lobby/bar
	Wednesday, June 14, 2023
8:00-8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30-10:00 am	Keynote: Stefanie Kessen (Blooming in a Dry Place - Maintaining your Grit Within the Desert)
10:00-10:30 am	Exhibit booths and Silent Auction
10:30 am- 12:00 pm	Stacey Tucci (Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Learners and the Science of Reading)	Lynne Price (Situational Analysis and Self-Advocacy Skill Development for Secondary Students)	Marlee Dyce / Keanna Casanova (Inclusivity of Deaf children in the public schools)	Kristi Blacker (Fingerspelling Our Way to Reading)
12:00 -1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00-2:30 pm	Keynote: Valli Gideons (One family’s journey, navigating raising two kids who have hearing loss & what they discovered along the way)
2:30-3:00 pm	Break
3:00-4:30 pm	Robin Mills (Occupational Therapy as part of a Multidisciplianry team)	Valli Gideons (How to help your child who is deaf or hard of hearing become confident & capable. From a mom of two teens perspective)	Daniel Maffia (Biomechanics II)	Stacey Tucci (Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Learners and the Science of Reading)