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Subject: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adolescents; Leaving No One Behind
Sept 18-20 Memphis



Colleagues,

Updated registration information is now available for the Deaf and Hard
of Hearing Adolescents: Leaving No One Behind! conference scheduled for
September 18-20 in Memphis, TN. Opening day keynote presenters include
Dr. Martha Sheridan, author of Inner lives of deaf children: Interviews
and Analysis, and Dr. I . King Jordan, Outgoing president of Gallaudet
University. A panel presentation will be moderated by Dr. Douglas
Watson, Director of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for
Persons Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. A listing of concurrent
workshops, registration and hotel information is available on the
website www.flagler.edu/about_f/gallaudet.html
This site also includes links to activities and sites to see in Memphis.

Conference participants also have the opportunity to sign up for a tour
of Graceland (Will there be an Elvis sighting?) This tour will include
the mansion, automobile museum, and other sites on Graceland. After the
tour, we will have a barbecue dinner in the automobile museum. The tours
are self-guided and will take approximately two hours. The $70.00
ticket will include the tour, dinner and round-trip transportation from
the conference hotel.

The conference is co-sponsored by the Gallaudet University Regional
Centers and the University of Arkansas Rehabilitation Research and
Training Center for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Gold Level
Sponsor is Gallaudet Univeristy. Silver Sponsor is Tennessee Relay
Services. Bronze level sponsors are Sorenson VRS, Tennessee School for
the Deaf, and the Alabama Department of Mental Health, Office of Deaf
Services. Conference supporters include ADARA, CEASD, American Society
for Deaf Children, Hands and Voices, and the Memphis City Schools Deaf
and Hard of Hearing Program.

We are planning to offer CEUs from RID, NBCC,and NASW Applications are
in process and approval is anticipated. If you would like CEUs from
another organization, please contact Steve Larew immediately.

If you have questions about the conference, please contact Steve Larew
at GRCDirect@....

Steve Larew
Director
GURC at Flagler
PO Box 1027
St Augustine, FL 32085
904 829 2424 VP or TTY


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