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Special Recognition Awards
 

The Texas Association of Parents and Educators of the Deaf (T.A.P.E.D.) continually strives to recognize all of the great people and organizations in Texas who give so much to the education of students who are deaf and hard of hearing.  The following is a list of those outstanding individuals and organizations who have received T.A.P.E.D. Special Recognition Achievement Awards in recent years.  These awards were first given in 1990 and are given to individuals/organizations for their contributions to the field of deaf education.

 

2010    

2008

Sharon M. Parham, Retired Coordinator of the Northwest Harris County Program for the Deaf in C.F.I.S.D.. Houston, Statewide Chairperson

Lifetime Achievement Award

2006

Don Curran, Interim Director, Division of Services for the Deaf, TEA, Austin

Outstanding Leadership Award

 

Dianne Fisher, Retired Supervisor, Birdville and Abilene RDSPD’s, Imagination Celebration

Community Service Award/Imagination Celebration

 

Drs. Thomas Salzar and Rob Herring, Otologists, Brazos Valley RDSPD, Bryan

Community Service Award/Medical Practice

 

Elizabeth Lasley, Dallas ISD

Education Service Awards/ General Educator

 

Linda Montoya, Special Education Director, Bryan ISd

Education Service Award/Administrator

 

Patricia Ortiz, Uvalde RDSPD

Education Service Award/Paraprofessional

 

Jill Shepperd, Elementary School Principal, Plano RDSPD

Education Service Award/building Principal

 

Brenda Wellen, San Angelo ISD

Education Service Award/Deaf Educator

 

Ann Hardy, Secretary, Plano RDSPD

Outstanding Volunteer

2004

Dr. Shã Cowan, Director, TEA Services for the Deaf, Austin

Lifetime Achievement Award

 

Linda Strem, Director, Herbert Marcus Recreation Center, Dallas

Community Service Award

 

Drs. William Cobb, Ewen Tseng, and Keith Matheny, Otolaryngologists, Plano

Community Service Award

 

Judge David Guaderrama, State District Judge, 243 Rd District Court, El Paso

Community Service Award

 

Victoria Hernandez, Teacher of the Deaf, Houston ISD

Education Service Award/Teacher

 

Patti Teel, Educational Interpreter, San Marcos CISD, Region XIII RDSPD

Education Service Award/Interpreter

 

Leticia Thomas, Spanish Translator and Paraprofessional, Mesquite RDSPD,

Education Service Award/Paraprofessional

 


About Education of the Deaf Achieving Student Success in a Digital World
Today’s digital age has provided unlimited access to technology and opened a new world of opportunities for students who are deaf and hard of hearing. Students are now able to experience the world through technology in a way that they have never been able to in the past. They are able to communicate and socialize through a media that knows no barriers.

As educators and as families of students who are deaf and hard of hearing, we must embrace the limitless opportunities that the digital age presents, allowing students to achieve new heights as they face the future. Join us at the Statewide Conference on Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in 2012 as we explore current research and innovative strategies targeted to foster and support student success in the 21st century.