*Online registration is now closed. You may purchase tickets in-person the day of the conference.
The conference will be at Cape Fear Community College at 502 North Front St in Wilmington, NC. Click here for an area map.
Click here for a list of recommended nearby hotels.
This event is hosted by Language First in collaboration with the North Carolina Association of the Deaf (NCAD) and the North Carolina American Sign Language Teacher Association (NCASLTA). The target audience for this event is general education and medical providers, including speech-language pathologists, audiologists, doctors, educators, and other professionals who may be new to ASL-English bilingualism.
GETTING THERE
We recommend flying into Wilmington International Airport. The conference venue is a 7-minute Uber/Lyft ride from the airport.
SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE
Wednesday, November 6
3:00-6:00 pm: Registration
6:00-7:30 pm: Banquet
7:30-8:30 pm: Rachel Zemach | Freeing the Butterfly: The What, Why, Who, and How of the Matter
8:30-9:30 pm: Book signing
Thursday, November 7
8:30-9:00 am: Coffee and danishes
9:00-10:00 am: Dr. Wyatte Hall | Is Language Deprivation a Social Epidemic?
10:15-11:15 am: Dr. Kimberly Ofori-Sanzo | Language Instruction Techniques for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
11:30-12:30 pm: Morgan Lee | Impact of Language Deprivation & Educational Approaches
12:30-2:00 pm: LUNCH
2:00-3:00 pm: Erin Rhoden | IDEA: Impact of the Law in Our Generation
3:15-4:15 pm: Jennifer Francisco | Books and Texts, Where Do I Start?
4:30-5:30: pm: Dr. Rebecca Darden-Perry | Expanding Communication Horizons: Engaging Modes, Collaborative Strategies, and Social Skills Development
Friday, November 8
8:30-9:00 am: Coffee and danishes
9:00-10:00 am: Dr. Jordan Wright | Chrysalis to Flight: FAPE, EIPA Scoring, and Empowering Deaf Children to Soar
10:15-11:15 am: Dr. Robert Nutt | Autism and Language Deprivation: Differential Identification
11:30-12:30 pm: Dr. Razi Zarchy | Language Access & Education for Deaf Children: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, & Where We’re Going
12:30-2:00 pm: LUNCH
2:00-3:00 pm: Dr. David Geeslin | Bilingual Deaf Education's Impact on Academic Performance
3:15-4:15 pm: Dr. Diane Clark & Tabitha Venable | Someone Save My Life: Fly Away
4:30-5:30: pm: Rose Fichera-Lening | Alingualism
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Please email info@language1st.org with any questions.
*Online registration is now closed. You may purchase tickets in-person the day of the conference.
The conference will be at Cape Fear Community College at 502 North Front St in Wilmington, NC. Click here for an area map.
Click here for a list of recommended nearby hotels.
This event is hosted by Language First in collaboration with the North Carolina Association of the Deaf (NCAD) and the North Carolina American Sign Language Teacher Association (NCASLTA). The target audience for this event is general education and medical providers, including speech-language pathologists, audiologists, doctors, educators, and other professionals who may be new to ASL-English bilingualism.
GETTING THERE
We recommend flying into Wilmington International Airport. The conference venue is a 7-minute Uber/Lyft ride from the airport.
SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE
Wednesday, November 6
3:00-6:00 pm: Registration
6:00-7:30 pm: Banquet
7:30-8:30 pm: Rachel Zemach | Freeing the Butterfly: The What, Why, Who, and How of the Matter
8:30-9:30 pm: Book signing
Thursday, November 7
8:30-9:00 am: Coffee and danishes
9:00-10:00 am: Dr. Wyatte Hall | Is Language Deprivation a Social Epidemic?
10:15-11:15 am: Dr. Kimberly Ofori-Sanzo | Language Instruction Techniques for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
11:30-12:30 pm: Morgan Lee | Impact of Language Deprivation & Educational Approaches
12:30-2:00 pm: LUNCH
2:00-3:00 pm: Erin Rhoden | IDEA: Impact of the Law in Our Generation
3:15-4:15 pm: Jennifer Francisco | Books and Texts, Where Do I Start?
4:30-5:30: pm: Dr. Rebecca Darden-Perry | Expanding Communication Horizons: Engaging Modes, Collaborative Strategies, and Social Skills Development
Friday, November 8
8:30-9:00 am: Coffee and danishes
9:00-10:00 am: Dr. Jordan Wright | Chrysalis to Flight: FAPE, EIPA Scoring, and Empowering Deaf Children to Soar
10:15-11:15 am: Dr. Robert Nutt | Autism and Language Deprivation: Differential Identification
11:30-12:30 pm: Dr. Razi Zarchy | Language Access & Education for Deaf Children: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, & Where We’re Going
12:30-2:00 pm: LUNCH
2:00-3:00 pm: Dr. David Geeslin | Bilingual Deaf Education's Impact on Academic Performance
3:15-4:15 pm: Dr. Diane Clark & Tabitha Venable | Someone Save My Life: Fly Away
4:30-5:30: pm: Rose Fichera-Lening | Alingualism
_________________
Please email info@language1st.org with any questions.