The 2008 Summit on Deaf Education
Change in
Educating Children and Youth who are Deaf
or Hard of Hearing:
Quality Control in
Educational Systems
April 30, May 1 & 2, 2008
Great Falls, Montanta
Parents and professionals from all over the United States gathered for the fourth national Summit on Deaf Education. Along with a team from the Kelston Deaf Education Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, 175 US participants met to explore solutions to the challenges faced in the field today. A special emphasis on serving students in rural communities was part of the theme that focused on “Making a Commitment to Systems Change in Deaf Education.”
The mission of The Summit is to promote and advance knowledge and leadership through deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing professional and parent stakeholder partnerships that result in collaborative state education systems and improved outcomes for children and youth who are deaf or hard of hearing. Teams comprised of a parent leader, a representative from the state school for the deaf, and from the state department of education along with national experts in research, higher education, and early intervention had the opportunity to work together on statewide improvement planning, as well as to participate in plenary sessions where collaborative models and new technologies were showcased.
Supporters of The Summit include Hands & Voices National, the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf, and the Regional Resource Program and Federal Resource Center.
The Summit is grateful to Caption Colorado for providing captioning services for this meeting.
Below are the Summit Transcripts in Adobe Acrobat Format - pdf
Below are the Presentations from the 2008 Summit
Note: ppt = Powerpoint, pdf = Adobe Acrobat, doc = MS Word
- Caption Colorado - Service Delivery Options for Meeting Rural Needs - ppt (3.8mb)
- CapMobile Cart - Remote Cart Service - Brochure - pdf
- Parent Professional Collaboration - Lisa Crawford - ppt
- Early Intervention - Maryann Swann - ppt
- Early Intervention - Beth Benedict - ppt
- Early Intervention Notes - doc
- Finding the right person - notes by Cheryl Johnson - doc
- Montana Collaborating For Change - Tim Lewis - ppt
- North Carolina Panel Presentation - System Reform - ppt (1.2mb)
- New Strategy for Change - Johnson, Seaver, Esterbrook - ppt (3.64mb)
- Research Panel Breakout Notes: H. Johnson, Seaver, Yoshinaga-Itano, Vasishta - doc
- Using what we know Harold Johnson - ppt
- Research to Practice Yoshinaga-Itano - ppt (1mb)
- Theories in Deaf Ed., Madan Vasishta - ppt
- Rural Service Delivery - Nebraska - ppt (1.5mb)
- Rural Service Delivery - New Zealand - ppt (3.6mb)
- Rural Service Delivery Overview, C. Johnson - ppt
- Secondary Transition Notes - doc
- Secondary Transition Overview - ppt (6.72mb)