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Tools and resources from outside sources do not constitute an endorsement from the NC Department of Public Instruction Office of Exceptional Children, but are potential tools for teams to consider.

Professional Development Opportunities

In Person Trainings Offered

Under Construction: Building Language Skills for Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- This professional development training will focus on the receptive and expressive language development of students who are deaf and hard of hearing of varying ages. This session will provide skills, strategies, and resources to support language development and encourage collaboration among professionals working with these students. Participants will be granted 6 hours (0.6 CEU Credits) for attending this in-person training. Space is limited for this face-to-face conference institute for professional development. If you are interested in this training opportunity, please contact your regional consultant.

Vocabulary Instruction for Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- This professional development training will focus on the receptive and expressive vocabulary development of students with hearing loss of varying age ranges. This session will provide skills, strategies, and resources needed to teach vocabulary and word learning strategies to students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Participants will be granted 6 hours (0.6 CEU Credits) for attending this in-person training. If you are interested in this training opportunity, please contact your regional consultant.

See the Sound - Visual Phonics (STS-VP)
- STS-VP is a system of unique handshapes and written symbols that represent the sounds of English. This visual, kinesthetic tool supports language and literacy development for students in the areas of phonemic awareness, decoding, encoding, and speech/oral language. This system is a tool that is meant to be used with a comprehensive reading instruction program to support student learning and phonological awareness skills and is extremely beneficial to students who rely on a visual mode of communication. In this hands-on training, participants will be introduced to some of the theory and research on STS-VP, learn the handshapes and written symbols, and practice blending. Participants will discuss the considerations for students who are deaf and hard of hearing, complete homework assignments, and collaborate with each other on ways to implement STS-VP into lesson plans. If you are interested in this training opportunity, please email Nancy Woytowich .

Additional asynchronous professional development opportunities are available on the Professional Development page.

Don't see the professional development you are looking for? You can view additional opportunities within the Office of Exceptional Children and/or submit a request by visiting the main DPI website Links to an external site..