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Statewide Conference CALL FOR PAPERS
CALL FOR PAPERS OVERVIEW
The fifteenth biennial Texas Statewide Conference on Education of the Deaf or Hard of Hearing invites proposals for papers that address a wide variety of issues in the education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Presentations reflecting the conference theme, “Achieving Student Success in a Digital World”, will be considered for concurrent sessions.

Topics: Topics include accessing the general education curriculum; teaching reading/English/language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; providing for the education of infants and preschoolers; working with low-functioning deaf; and parenting children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Other strand areas include deaf studies and culture, speech development, administrative and legal issues, sign communication and interpreting, audiology, transition, and evaluation of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Training sessions are also needed in the use of amplification equipment, appropriate software, and technology.

Format: Concurrent sessions are 1½ hours long and include time for introductions, discussion, questions and evaluations. Longer sessions in 1½ hour increments (3 hours, 4½ hours, and 6 hours) will be considered.

Proposal: Please submit all applications and supporting documents be on-line at www.swced.org. If access to the WEB is not available, please contact Dan Diffee at ddiffee@aol.com.

Application: Completed applications must be postmarked Thursday, March 30, 2012. Deadline: Acceptance notifications will be sent to the main applicant only by April 30, 2012 via email.

Fees & expenses: Presenters selected from the Call for Papers will not be paid an honorarium or be reimbursed for expenses.

Registration: RDSPD/ TSD /DARS personnel are asked to pay full registration as a financial support for the conference. Presenters who are not affiliated with RDSPD, TSD , or DARS may attend other sessions on the day of their presentation without paying registration. Attendance on multiple days, at meal functions, or requesting CEU credit will require paid registration.

Media: Every effort will be made to meet the requests for mediaequipment. Be sure to indicate your needs on the application. Please help keep the conference costs down by requesting only essential equipment. Changes in equipment requests will NOT be accepted after May 18, 2012.

Copies: Presenters are responsible for providing handouts for their presentation. Duplication will not be provided by the conference.

Questions:
Lisa Kemp-Stewart, Speakers Committee Chair
Fort Worth ISD - RDSPD
Email: lisa.kemp-steward@fwids.org
Phone: (817) 298-3730 		DiAnne Allison, Co-Chair
Denton ISD - RDSPD
Email: dallison@dentonisd.org
Phone: (940) 369-4969 		Angela Belding, Co-Chair
Parker County Special Ed Co-op - Brazos River RDSPD
Email: abedling@parkercountyco-op.net
Phone: (817) 454-4361
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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.