SERID 2007 Program

This is a tentative schedule and subject to change.

Sunday, September 30, 2007
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Meeting for all Working Interpreters
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm General Planning Committee Meeting – Chairs only
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm SERID, Inc. Board Meeting
(Region IV SCD members only)
Monday, October 1, 2007
9:00 am - 4:00 pm State Coordinators for the Deaf Meeting
9:00 am - 4:00 pm State Coordinators for the Deaf-Blind Meeting
10:00 am - 12:30 pm Pre-Conference Registration Opens for GURC and ADARA Workshop
10:00 am - 2:00 pm Greenville Chamber of Commerce
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Region IV - SCD and SCDB Luncheon
12:30 am - 4:30 pm Pre-Conference Workshop
Leadership: Idendtifying Your Leader Skills; Developing Influence
Presenter: Deborah Kamm Larew
Sponsored by GURC and ADARA
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm SERID Registration
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Exhibitors Set-Up
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Meeting for all Working SSPs
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Meeting for all Working Captioners
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Meeting for all Facilitators
5:30 pm - Midnight Awards Dinner
Entertainment
Door Prizes
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration Open
7:30 am - 8:00 am Exhibit Hall Ribbon-cutting Ceremony
7:15 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfeast
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
7:50 am - 8:10 am Early Bird Door Prizes
8:15 am - 8:25 am Opening Ceremony
Drum Corp, Flag Corp
8:25 am - 8:30 am National Anthem
8:30 am - 9:00 am Welcome
9:00 am - 10:15 am General Session
Keynote Speaker: Bobbie Beth Scoggins, Ed.D
Together We Move Forward
10:15 am - 10:40 am Break / Door Prizes
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Sessions
Session 1 How to Coach Individuals with Hearing Loss Effectively - A Mentoring Approach
Presenter: Richard T. Carter, Excel Coaching
Session 2 Analysis of Reading Miscues - A Qualitative Assessment
Presenter: Helen Boyle Ph.D., Barry University, Miami Shores, FL
Session 3 More Bang for Your Buck - Using Technology to Enhance Services
Presenters: Jennie Bourgeois, Cindy Camp, Amy Hebert and Michelle Swaney
PEPNET South, University of Tennessee
Session 4 Person-centered Planning - Touching the Dream
Presenter: Steven Hunter, Piedmont Center for Mental Health Services (South Carolina)
Session 5 Strategies That Support Successful Transition for Persons Who are Deaf-blind
Presenters: Christine McCracken and Dorothy Brame, Kentucky Deaf-blind Project
12:00 pm 1:25 pm Lunch / Door Prizes
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm Concurrent Sessions
Session 1 VR Counseling Training: Filling the Need with a Five-week Intensive Training - The Data and the Perceptions
Presenters: M. Lynn Woolsey, Ph.D. and Cecil Bradley, Ph.D., Center on Deafness, University of Tennessee
Session 2 Sandbagging of Deaf Children
Presenter: Alton Brant, Ed,D., Clemson University
Session 3 Getting the Most Out of Your Hearing Aid and/or Cochlear Implant
Presenters: Gina Crosby-Quinatoa, M.S.P., CCC-SLP; Will Hoole, AuD, CCC-A; and Cheryl  Rogers, Ph.D., CCC-SLIP, Cert. AVT, Speech and Hearing Research Center, University of South Carolina
Session 4 Identification and Treatment of Reactive Attachment Disorder in Deaf Adoptees
Presenter: Roger Williams, South Carolina Department of Mental Health
Session 5 ADA Experiences from the Perspectives of a Deaf-blind Consumer
Presenter: Alfreida Harris
2:45 pm - 3:10 pm Break / Door Prizes
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
Session 1 Finding the “Fit” - Figuring out What Happens After High School
Presenter: Marcia Kolvitz, Ph.D. and Theresa Johnson, M.Ed., PEPNet South, University of Tennessee
Session 2 Ensuring Success for Students with Hearing Loss Through the Expanded Core Curriculum
Presenter: Mariann C. Carter, M.S., NBCT, EIPA 3.9, South Carolina Department of Education
Session 3 The Secret World of Interpreting
Presenter: Dee Johnston, Alabama School for the Deaf
Session 4 Reducing Stigma towards Mental Illness
Presenter: Wendy Lozynsky, MSW, Offices of Deaf Services, Alabama Department of Mental Health
Session 5 Vocational Services and Challenges of the Deaf-blind in Ohio
Presenter: Dr. Jeffrey Bohrman, Ohio Deaf-Blind Outreach Center
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Dinner on your own
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Entertainment: Deafology 101
Ken Glickman
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
7:30 am - 9:00 am Continental Breakfeast
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration Open
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
9:00 am - 10:15 am General Session
Keynote: Five Decades of Advocacy on Behalf of Persons Who are Deaf and Low-functioning or At-risk
Presenters: Glenn B. Anderson, Ph.D, CRC and Douglas Watson, Ph.D
10:15 am - 10:40 am Break / Door Prizes
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Sessions
Session 1 Adjusting to Deafness - A Deafened Person’s Perspective
Presenter: Steve Larew, Gallaudet University Regional Center, Flagler College
Session 2 Mean, Mode, Medium = Can you say that in English?
Presenters: Daniel Miller, Jacksonville State University, Amy Herbert, PepNet - South, and Stephen Cain, Jacksonville State University
Session 3 Project MAC - A Medical Training Program That Works
Presenters: Dr. Dorothy Bambach, Scott A. Falcone and Patricia Manigo, South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind Division of Outreach Services
Session 4 Mental Health Issues for Persons Aging with Hearing and Vision Loss
Presenter: BJ LeJeune, Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision, Mississippi State University
Session 5 The Importance of Screening for Usher Syndrome
Presenters: Martha Veto and Dr. Marvin Efron, South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind Division of Outreach Services
12:00 pm 1:30 pm Lunch on your own
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm Concurrent Sessions
Session 1 On the Transition Highway - Jobs for America’s Graduates
Presenters: Rebecca Story and Nedra Wakefield, Georgia School for the Deaf
Session 2 Digital Kids - Teaching Digital Natives
Presenters: Dr. Pam Shaw, Alabama School for the Deaf, Principal; and Dr. P. Lynn Hayes, Vanderbilt University, Associate Professor
Session 3 Are You Looking For Directions?
Establishing and Maintaining Real-time Captioning Services

Presenters: Cindy Camp, Jennifer Yocum, & April Prater, Jacksonville State University
Session 4 Possible Implications of Sexual Abuse and Incarceration
Presenter: Shannon Reese, Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Session 5 Communication Development in CHARGE Syndrome
Presenters: Dr. James Thelin and Dr. Lori Swanson, University of Tennessee
2:45 pm - 3:10 pm Break / Door Prizes
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
Session 1 Deaf 2 Work - A Successful Partnership
Presenter: Barbara Chandler, Diane Acord and Monika McJannet-Werner, Helen Keller National Cernter, Atlanta GA
Session 2 Deaf Preparation Transition Program
Linda Turner and Amy Hebert, Alabama School for the Deaf and Blind
Session 3 The Use of Person and Perspective in Interpreting
Presenter: Roger C. Williams, South Carolina Department of Mental Health
Session 4 Play, Sally and Sandi, Play!
Presenters: Sally Moore and Sandra Frick-Helms, E. P. Todd Elementary School, Spartanburg South Carolina
Session 5 Leveling the Playing Field
Presenters: Rob Gatchell, Renita Holman, Ken Irving, and Jennifer Reeves, Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Exhibit break down
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Entertainment: Karaoke Night
Thursday, October 4, 2007
8:00 am - 9:00 am Country Breakfast Buffet
Early Bird Door Prizes
9:00 am - 9:15 am Closing Ceremony
9:15 am - 9:30 am Welcome to Georgia
9:30 am - 10:45 am Closing Key Note Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Bohrman
Uncharted Territory - A Guiding Light to the Future for the Deaf-blind
10:45 am Closing Remarks
11:00am Grand Door Prize - Must be present to win