Intended Audience: Activities and resources provided by RMTC-DHH are available to professional staff who are currently working with students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) in Florida. This event is intended for Florida staff who have not been previously trained* in See the Sound - Visual Phonics, such as:
- Teachers of the deaf/hard of hearing (TODHHs)
- Educational interpreters
- Staff working with students who are DHH, including, but not limited to TODHHs, speech-language pathologists, general education teachers, and exceptional student education (ESE) teachers
*Please note we anticipate offering a refresher of See the Sound - Visual Phonics. If you are looking for a refresher, kindly abandon registration for this event and fill out this form.
Learning Objectives: See the Sound - Visual Phonics Upon completion of the See the Sound - Visual Phonics training, participants will be able to:
- identify and produce See the Sound - Visual Phonics handshapes and symbols representing the sounds of English;
- describe ways to use See the Sound - Visual Phonics during classroom instruction as well as in conjunction with progress monitoring tools; and
- demonstrate the use of See the Sound - Visual Phonics handshapes and symbols for activities related to phonics, phonemic awareness, and writing.
Learning Objectives: Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons Upon completion of this training using the Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons paired with See the Sound - Visual Phonics intervention, participants will be able to:
- apply the intervention to K-2 English Language Arts instruction to his/her school setting in alignment with Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) standards;
- utilize a progress monitoring protocol to determine mastery of phonics skills while using the intervention; and
- write a lesson plan in the local district’s format based on student data.
About See the Sound - Visual Phonics See the Sound - Visual Phonics is a multisensory evidence-based intervention approach to phonics instruction. It includes a system of 52 unique hand cues and symbols that represent the sounds of English without the ambiguity of English orthography. Included are the sounds commonly referred to as vowels, consonants, diphthongs and digraphs. See the Sound - Visual Phonics is not an additional curriculum but is a strategy that can be integrated into existing phonics-based curricula or interventions.
About Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons is an evidence-based intervention. When paired with See the Sound - Visual Phonics, evidence supports improved reading for students who are deaf/hard of hearing. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons is published by the National Institute for Direct Instruction. It is a complete, step-by-step, scripted program that shows teachers how to simply and clearly teach their students to read. Twenty minutes a day is the standard for implementation, and within 100 teaching days, the research suggests students will be decoding on at least a second grade reading level.
Trainers: Sherry J. Conrad is a Deaf Education and Training Specialist with the Resource Materials and Technology Center for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing. Sherry earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Florida Atlantic University and a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in severe and profound disabilities from Florida State University. Her education experiences include 2 years as an educational interpreter, over 15 years as an itinerant teacher for students who are deaf and hard of hearing in a small and rural district, and 2 years as a staffing specialist prior to joining RMTC-DHH in 2017. After using Visual Phonics for many years, she became a certified trainer in August of 2014. Sherry’s current professional concentrations focus on strategies and interventions for students who are deaf and hard of hearing with significant cognitive disabilities, Universal Design for Learning, itinerant teaching, and quality IEP implementation and compliance.
Candace McIntire is a Deaf Education and Training Specialist with the Resource Materials and Technology Center for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Special Education with a concentration in Deaf Studies from the University of North Florida and a master’s degree in Deaf Education: ASL/English Bilingual Early Childhood Education from Gallaudet University. She has used Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons paired with Visual Phonics in both a listening and spoken language educational environment and in an ASL/English bilingual educational environment. Her education experiences include over 10 years in deaf education. She joined RMTC-DHH in 2019. Candace’s current professional concentrations focus on strategies and interventions for students who are deaf and hard of hearing and language development, including listening and spoken language and ASL/English bilingualism.
Inservice Points: If you wish to earn inservice credits toward the renewal of a Florida Educator’s Certificate, it is recommended that you contact your school district’s professional development office BEFORE beginning a course to verify the requirements you must fulfill. Recommended inservice points: 12 points.
RMTC-DHH is an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) funded state project of the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services (BEESS), and operates through an agreement with the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB). |
