Pre Conference Workshop
| FCEI AFRICA PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP - 28 JUNE 2017 | |||
| 07:00 – 09:00 | Registration | ||
| WORKSHOP 1 |
WORKSHOP 2 | WORKSHOP 3 | |
| Venue | Garden Room | Jerusalem Hall | Beta Room |
| 09:00 – 12:30 |
Parent Workshop THRIVE/ GPOD |
The KEY Role of Deaf and hard of Hearing Adults in Family Centered Early Intervention |
Early Literacy - Raising Readers in Africa New Ways to Assess – The “HELP” holistic assessment battery
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| Tea is served at 10:30 |
Jackie Oduor & Bianca Birdsey |
Wilma Newoudt-Druchen Bobbi Cordano |
Marian Bailey Lucille Kleb |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
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| WORKSHOP 4 |
WORKSHOP 5 IMPORTANT - WORKSHOP STARTS AT 12:45 (bring your lunch) |
WORKSHOP 6 | |
| Venue | Garden Room | Welcome Center | Beta Room |
| 13:30 – 17:00 | Safety & the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child … international best practice |
The Deaf Child with Multiple Disabilities |
AAC – Communication Options for children with additional communication challenges beyond hearing loss |
| Tea is served at 15:15 |
Debra Cleland Alys Young |
Jan van Dijk Paula Pittman |
Juan Bornman Alecia Samuels |
Conference
| FCEI AFRICA CONFERENCE DAY 1 - 29 JUNE 2017 | ||
| 07:00 – 09:00 | Registration | The Street |
| Session 1 |
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| 09:00 – 09:30 | Opening of the Conference Words of Welcome - City of Johannesburg |
The Sanctuary |
| 09:30– 10:30 | Opening Keynote Successful Deaf & Hard of Hearing Adults …. It begins at Birth Bobbi Cordano - Gallaudet University, President |
The Sanctuary |
| 10:30– 11:00 | The Power of Parent Leadership – A Tale from India Snigdha Sarkar - a Parent from India |
The Sanctuary |
| 11:00– 11:30 | Tea |
The Street |
| Session 2 | ||
| 11:30 – 16:00 | Posters will be on display | |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Early Language & Literacy development: Supporting Multi-cultural, Multi-lingual families Christie Yoshinaga Itano |
The Sanctuary |
| 12:30– 13:30 |
Developing National ECI Systems in Lower and Middle-Income Countries Emily Vargas-Barón |
The Sanctuary |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch | Jerusalem Hall |
| Session 3 |
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| 14:30 – 15:00 |
The Multi-dimensional role of the Deaf Mentor – Oral, Signing and Everything in between Lucas Magongwa & Guy McIlroy |
The Sanctuary |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | An Interview with a Paediatric Neurologist – The magnificence of the infant brain Lorna Jacklin |
The Sanctuary |
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Tea & Departure |
The Street |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Workshop for Country Representatives on How to Prepare National ECI Strategies | |
| Based on Dr. Vargas-Baron's presentation on "Developing National ECI Systems in low and middle-income countries”, she will invite participants to present their current plans and questions on ECI strategic planning and program development. Dr. Vargas-Baron will discuss each country's plans and questions, and she will offer suggestions and options regarding ways to move forward successfully. | ||
| 18:00 | GALA DINNER - “AN AFRICAN DINNER EXPERIENCE” | |
| 18:00 | Musicians and Dancers Welcome you to enjoy some cocktails under the African Sky | |
| 18:30 | Welcomes “An Unforgetable Silence” | |
| 19:00 | Dinner is served - African cuisine at its best | |
| FCEI AFRICA CONFERENCE DAY 2 - 30 JUNE 2017 | ||
| 07:00 – 08:30 |
Registration |
The Street |
| Session 1 | ||
| 08:30 – 15:30 | Posters will be on display |
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| 08:30 – 08:35 | Welcome to Day 2 |
The Sanctuary |
| 08:35 – 09:30 | Parent Perspective – An African Story: The Reality and Ethical Dilemmas Jackie Oduor & Alys Young |
The Sanctuary |
| 09:30– 10:00 | A Global Perspective on Childhood Hearing Loss De Wet Swanepoel | The Sanctuary |
| 10:00– 10:30 | Developing an Early Intervention Model for a Developing World Context: The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected Claudine Storbeck |
The Sanctuary |
| 10:30– 11:00 | Tea |
The Street |
| Session 2 |
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| 11:00– 12:00 | Parenting with a Passion Karen Putz |
The Sanctuary |
| 12:00– 13:00 |
The Early Intervention Golden Standard – Models, Mazes & Multiplicities Christie Yoshinaga Itano |
The Sanctuary |
| 13:00 – 13:45 | Lunch | Jerusalem Hall |
| Session 3 |
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| 13:45– 14:15 |
Paediatric cochlear implantation in South Africa Talita Le Roux |
The Sanctuary |
| 14:15– 15:00 |
Safeguarding deaf children is everyone’s responsibility Alys Young |
The Sanctuary |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | A way Forward in Developing world contexts Bianca Birdsey |
The Sanctuary |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Close of Conference | The Sanctuary |
| 15:45 – 16:30 | Tea & Departure The Street | The Street |
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