READY, LISTEN, LEARN!

Prepare to Mainstream Students with Cochlear Implants
Hosted by the Minuteman Implant Club, Inc. and our special sponsor:

8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Marilyn Neault, Ph.D., Director of Habilitative Audiology, Children's Hospital Boston. Welcome and Introductory Remarks.

9:15 - 10:30 a.m. Cheryl DeConde Johnson, Ed.D., Lecturer, University of Colorado, Boulder; Clinical Instructor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver; Program Consultant, Marion Downs Hearing Center, Denver. Creating Supportive Educational Environments for Students with Cochlear Implants.

10:30 -10:50 a.m. Break

10:50 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. John M. Flanders, J.D., Special Education Law, Cromwell, CT. Johnny Needs His FM for Soccer Practice: IDEA and Assistive Technology for Children with Hearing Loss.

12:20 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch (included in Friday registration fee)

1:15-2:45 p.m. Benjamin Davenny, Consultant in Architectural Acoustics and Mechanical Systems Noise and Vibration Control, Acentech Incorporated, Cambridge, MA. Classroom Acoustical Modifications: Assessing and Improving Sound Environments for Learning.

2:45 - 3:00 p.m. Break

3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Marilyn Neault, Ph.D., CCC-A, Director of Habilitative Audiology, Children's Hospital Boston. FM Amplification for Cochlear Implant Users: A Practical Primer

3:45 - 4:30 p.m. Question/answer discussion by a panel of speakers and respondents.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES. As a result of this course, the attendee will be able to:

1. Describe steps and tools for assessing the need for support services for a student who uses a cochlear implant.

2. Identify ways for a school to prepare an accessible learning environment for a student with a cochlear implant, in accordance with recent IDEA changes.

3. Explain the benefit a student with a cochlear implant may receive from FM amplification and how to support its use.

5:15-5:45 p.m. Marilyn Neault, Ph.D., CCC-A, Children's Hospital Boston. Introduction to Cochlear Implants: An Overview for Newcomers
Seminar Room

Friday workshop attendees are welcome to stay for this overview after perusing the exhibits or taking a walk by the lake. Early arrivers for Saturday are welcome to join us as well.

Please note that there will be no children of any age allowed to sit with their parents during the Friday workshop, and there is no child care available on Friday.

7:00-9:00 p.m. WELCOME RECEPTION FOR NORTHEAST COCHLEAR IMPLANT CONVENTION

Join us for an Ice Cream Social for the whole family, sponsored by Cochlear Americas. Big Apple Circus clowns, sponsored by the Cochlear Implant Program of Children's Hospital Boston, will be on hand to entertain.