DBC Attends EHDI Conference in Chicago, March 1st and 2nd, 2010
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Members of the Deaf Bilingual Coalition (DBC) are attending the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Conference, which is being held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Chicago, Illinois this Monday and Tuesday, March 1st and 2nd. EHDI is a federally funded program under the Centers for Disease Control—CDC (which is a branch of the US Department of Health and Human Services) that supports states in setting up their own early detection and intervention services. This is a very important program which administers funds to states for the implementation of state programs to test newborn babies to find which newborns are Deaf and to provide parents with information. It is important that members of the Deaf community be involved with the EHDI program, so that Deaf people can be involved in the federal and state programs at all levels, both as program participants, mentors to families with Deaf children, language mentors for Deaf children, and to be available as resource persons for all involved.
Onsite registration for the EHDI conference is available at the door Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, for $250 to attend the all or part of the conference. (Partial fees for single lectures are not being offered.) The EHDI registration desk is open Sunday, Feb. 28 until 8:00 pm, then will be open all day Monday and Tuesday, March 1st and 2nd from 7:00 am and into the evening. Visitors may park in the 12-story parking structure next to the hotel for $22 per day. To enter the parking structure, drive through the main entrance driveway of the hotel off of River Road. When exiting the side elevator of the parking structure, look for the sign indicating the “Artists’ Wing”. The EHDI registration tables are set up in the Artists’ Foyer in the Artists’ Wing of the Intercontinental Hotel.
Hotel visitors who are not registered for the conference may view the posters which are on display in the Artists’ Foyer area. These are academic posters (not artworks).
As of the time of posting this notice, a few hotel rooms at the InterContinental are available for Sunday and/or Monday overnight at very limited availability, ranging in price from $239 to $339 per night. Here is the hotel information and link to the hotel website:
InterContinental Chicago O’Hare Hotel 5300 N. River Road Rosemont, IL 60018
Phone: (847) 544-5300 http://icohare.com
For more information, see the home page of the Deaf Bilingual Coalition website: http://dbcusa.org.
Photos from Pre-EHDI Workshop in Chicago
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Below are a few additional photos from the DBC's pre-EHDI workshop,
hosted by the Chicago
Club for the Deaf on Saturday evening, February 27th.
Click on a green square to view a photo.
DBC Presents Workshop in Chicago
Saturday, 27 February 2010
The Deaf Bilingual Coalition Workshop: "Raising Awareness of Early Intervention Programs: How to Make a Difference for Deaf Babies" was hosted this evening, February 27th by the Chicago Club for the Deaf. The Deaf Bilingual Coalition would like to thank the Chicago Club for the Deaf for hosting this important awareness workshop and also for their support and donations towards DBC's efforts. Tonight was another awesome event with over 75 people in attendance. As always, it was absolutely wonderful to see so many people come to support Deaf babies and their language rights.
This workshop gave the audience a bigger perspective of what early detection and intervention is all about and how families are impacted by its services. The DBC emphasized the importance of becoming involved as Deaf stakeholders in all parts of their states' EHDI programs (Early Hearing Detection and Intervention). Parents of Deaf children benefit tremendously from Deaf professionals as first contacts, role models, mentors for language, and as resources of support.
The workshop presenters were John Egbert, David Reynolds, and Tami Hossler.
Also, the DBC will be attending and presenting at the 2010 EHDI Conference at the Intercontinental Hotel O'Hare this Monday and Tuesday, March 1st and 2nd. The DBC and other organizations will be meeting with national EHDI directors to discuss the inclusion of Deaf stakeholders in all levels of EHDI and the importance of providing parents the information and resources they need so their children can have the opportunity to be bilingual in ASL and English.
Group Photo:
Back, left to right: Tom Lewensky, David Reynolds, John Egbert
Front: Tami Hossler, Marianne Jodie
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The Deaf Bilingual Coalition is not responsible for content displayed on websites or blogs other than those posted on DBC's official website, www.dbcusa.org.
DBC in Action
Alaska Deaf Council
Governor's Council on Disabilities & Special Education
The Office of Children's Services
February 4, 5, and 6, 2010
The DBC presented to the Governor's Council, school district educational administrators and staff, the community and parents in Anchorage, Alaska. In attendance was First Lady, Sandy Parnell. The presentations focused on advocating for quality early intervention and education for families of Deaf babies so that their Deaf children can be bilingual in ASL and English.
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