AG Bell President Kathleen Treni Attends ADA Celebrations at the White House and U.S. Capitol
On Monday, July 26, AG Bell President Kathleen Treni attended a White House event commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Prior to signing an executive order directing federal agencies to become a model employer of people with disabilities, President Barack Obama stated, “Today, only 5 percent of the federal workforce is made up of Americans with disabilities -- far below the proportion of Americans with disabilities in the general population. Equal access -- to the classroom, the workplace, and the transportation required to get there. Equal opportunity -- to live full and independent lives the way we choose. Not dependence -- but independence. That’s what the ADA was all about."
To read the executive order, click here. To view a captioned version of the president’s remarks, click here.
Prior to the White House event, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hosted a ceremony in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol along with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI), who is is the first quadriplegic to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Click here to see a photo at that event of AG Bell President Kathleen Treni with Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), whose brother, Frank, was deaf, and Miss America 1995 Heather Whitestone McCullough, who is deaf and listens and talks.
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Save the date! The AG Bell 2011 Listening & Spoken Language Symposium will be held July 19-23, 2011, at the Omni Shoreham in Washington, D.C. Stay tuned to AG Bell Update as more details are announced.
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| The Volta Review Publishes Special Issue on Professional Preparation
 The Volta Review recently published a special monograph issue, entitled “Professional Preparation for Listening and Spoken Language Practitioners.” Some of the key factors that impact the communication development of a child with hearing loss include the knowledge, skills and experience of the professionals serving the child and family. As technology and early intervention services have improved, programs preparing professionals to work with children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families have had to adapt to keep pace. Without access to well-trained and competent professionals, children with hearing loss will not fully achieve the communicative potential that is now possible.
This monograph is a focused text, providing a blueprint to preservice and in-service training of professionals in the fields of audiology, speech-language pathology and education of the deaf who seek to provide listening and spoken language outcomes. Click here to access the full text (you must be a member and logged in to access the monograph online). Click here to purchase additional copies.
| Volta Voices Highlights AG Bell’s Leadership
 The cover of the May/June issue of Volta Voices features AG Bell’s current president, Jay Wyant, and incoming president, Kathleen Treni. With the AG Bell 2010 Biennial Convention almost here, Volta Voices wanted to showcase AG Bell’s leadership and how the AG Bell community is working to meet the association’s four goals: Advocacy, Capacity Building, Community Building, and Leadership and Management. Articles include an introduction to Treni and her vision for leadership, an overview of AG Bell's acclaimed Parent Advocacy Training (P.A.T.) program that will re-launch this summer, how the AG Bell Academy is working to address a crisis of capacity facing listening and spoken language practitioners, and a look at what AG Bell Chapters are doing to build awareness and community in their local areas. Click here to login as a member and view an online version.
| Volta Voices Receives Multiple Awards
Volta Voices, AG Bell’s bimonthly magazine, was recently honored with three Communicator Awards of Distinction for cover design (the January/February 2010 issue featuring Lee Woodruff), special-themed issue (the November/December 2009 issue on professional development) and column writing (Paul Jacobs’s ongoing series Psychosocial Potential Maximization). The awards are distributed by the International Academy of the Visual Arts. Click here to learn more about Volta Voices and to read past issues (you must be logged in as a member to access the full copy).
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