TIES Workshops

TIES (Teacher In-Service and Educational Support) Workshops are offered during the academic year to support teachers of children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.

These workshops give teachers innovative ideas and methods to help their students excel. With outstanding guest speakers as workshop presenters, these workshops also allow teachers to develop strategies to meet classroom challenges, build a support network, and exchange ideas.
Registration Fees:

Paid at the door: $60 per workshop

Payment at least one week before day of workshop: $50 per workshop (savings of $10)

Paid in full for all 6 workshops: $40 per workshop = $240 total (savings of $120)

Seating is limited. To ensure that appropriate accommodations are made for you, please inform us by the Monday of the week of TIES whether you will be joining us for dinner and whether you will need a real-time captionist. Also, please cancel these requests by the Monday of the week of TIES so that we can adjust our accommodations.

Complete SCHEDULE, TOPICS for 2012 can be downloaded here. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Click here to register.

Thursday, May 31, 2012 5:00-8:00pm
Mapping: Perspectives of a Cochlear Americas Audiologist Meghan Spriggs, Cochlear Americas What is a T and a C and an NRT, and how can I read them on a map? Bring your own maps/audiograms to discuss! And what is an ABI?

Thursday, June 7, 2012 5:00-8:00pm
Mapping: Perspectives of an Advanced Bionics Audiologist
Lalita Doughman, Advanced Bionics
Discover a “clinical unit,” “T-Comm” and “ClearVoice;” and the water-proof Neptune. What?!

Thursday, June 14, 2012 5:00-8:00pm Mapping: Perspectives of a Cochlear Implant Center Audiologist Margaret Winter, MA, CCC-A, Coordinator, CARE Center, House Research Institute Hear Margaret’s stories about mapping various devices from Advanced Bionics, Cochlear, including the Auditory Brainstem Implant, and how they’re working in young children!

Thursday, June 21, 2012 5:00-8:00 Mapping: Perspectives of a Private Audiologist Joan Hewitt, MA, CCC-A, Audiologist, Project Talk What is “single electrode mapping?” Discover how an AVT and an audiologist can get the most appropriate maps, and what you can do to help.

Thursday July 12, 2012
Mapping: Perspectives of an Auditory-Verbal Therapist
Sylvia Rotfleisch, MSc, CCC-A, Cert AVT, Private Practice How can using speech acoustics assessments help you get a great map for your students?

Thursday, July 19, 2012 5:00-8:00pm
Mapping: Perspectives of Parents
Parent Panel on Mapping Experiences Hear what parents have done as they constantly seek the best map for their child’s access to spoken language.

Time 5:00-8:00 pm (including dinner)
Day: Thursdays
Place: John Tracy Clinic
Los Angeles Campus
806 West Adams Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90007