CDEAF - King's University College

Congratulations!

King's to be at forefront of children's participatory rights thanks to new fund award King’s first Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Award will facilitate the development of the Research Institute with Children (RIC), a place for child-centred approaches to research supporting children's participatory rights and advancing children's well-being.

Looking for research participants. Please read criteria to participate.

It arrived last night!

I am excited to share that my fiction novel will be published by Austin Macauley Publishers in NY on April 28 😀

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/education/graduate/news/wyatte-hall-joins-congressional-briefing-on-langua.aspx

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The WFD works continuously for sign language rights for all deaf people. As part of this work, we are pleased to release a new position paper “Access to National Sign Languages as a Health Need”. National sign languages have a critical role in ensuring deaf people’s optimal mental, physical and social health across the lifespan. Access to national sign languages is a fundamental for optimal health outcomes.

Read more ➡️ http://wfdeaf.org/news/position-paper-on-access-to-national-sign-languages-as-a-health-need/

Instructors Invited to Apply for New Course

King's is inviting applications for an instructor to teach a new course in Fall 2022, "American Sign Language for Beginners."

The deadline for applying is June 7. Find out more by reading the job posting.

https://www.kings.uwo.ca/about-kings/facts-and-information/administrative-departments/hr/careers/part-time-faculty-appointments/american-sign-language/

www.kings.uwo.ca

Join us for our final webinar in the Raising Deaf Kids series. Registration is free, and everyone is welcome. Sign Language Interpreters and Zoom live transcription is available.

Thursday, March 24 from 7 pm - 8:30 pm ET representatives from Silent Voice Inc., BRCCED, VOICE and PAH! will be talking about the programs and services they provide to Deaf and hard of hearing children and their families.

https://bit.ly/RDKCommunityContacts

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Raising Deaf Kids - Community Contacts & Resources. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Raising Deaf Kids - Community Contacts & Resources. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Mental Health and Deafness
Authors: Margaret du Feu and Cathy Chovaz

This book provides valuable information to professionals interested in expanding their knowledge of mental health and deafness, and the authors share their extensive clinical experience with the reader through a variety of case studies.

Get yours at:
Amazon, Indigo, Western University book store

Join us for the final webinar on March 24, 2022 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Register for free https://bit.ly/RDKCommunityContacts

Join us for a free webinar on Thursday, February 10, 2022.
Dr. Cathy Chovaz will be sharing stories about mental health and Deaf people.
Zoom link: https://bit.ly/RDKMentalHealth
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

Join us on February 10, 2022 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
https://bit.ly/RDKMentalHealth

https://bit.ly/RDKMentalHealth

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Raising Deaf Kids - Mental Health. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Raising Deaf Kids - Mental Health. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Greetings
I am recruiting college and university Faculty who are deaf or hard of hearing for a study on challenges faced and strategies employed during COVID-19 and the impact on well-being. This is for an undergraduate thesis course at King's College University at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. The study has been approved by the Research Ethics Review Committee and is comprised of an online survey. The link is attached below. The survey will be available until January 31st.
If you have already completed the survey on a link provided previously, please do not complete the survey again. I apologize for resending this invitation a second time as there were mistakes in the original email causing it to appear fraudulent.
Should you have any questions, please contact the researcher, Petra Aisenpreis, [email protected], or my advisor, Dr. Cathy Chovaz,
[email protected].
Thank you, I appreciate your patience,
Petra
Follow this link to the Survey:
Take the Survey
Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:
https://uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_87jEdkaTFWG2m6W?Q_CHL=email

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We began our webinar series with Dr. Kristin Snoddon and Krishna Madaparthi presenting on their ASL-Parent Research Program. In November, Dr. Jenelle Rouse shared with us her research on Early Language Access and the Use of ASL Resources.

We are now turning our focus to the lived experiences of parents and families raising a child with hearing loss and are thrilled to welcome our guest panelists:

Dr. Mark Yenson and Andrea Di Giovanni
Shanna Lino
Jeanette and Wayne Nicholson
Kylene Dube

Join us on Thursday, January 13 at 7pm EST for this free webinar.

https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/j/91907804095

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Raising Deaf Kids - Family Dynamics. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Raising Deaf Kids - Family Dynamics. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

If you haven't yet registered for the second webinar in our Raising Deaf Kids series.

Look who our next presenter is...

Jenelle Rouse, Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics (Education) will be joining us on November 18 at 7pm to discuss educational strategies for deaf & hard of hearing kids.

https://bit.ly/EducatingDeafKids

We are excited to welcome Dr. Jenelle Rouse as our guest presenter for the second webinar in our Raising Deaf Kids series.

Join us on November 18, 2021 7:00pm - 8:30 pm
This webinar is offered at no cost.

To register in advance cut & paste this link into your browser.
https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lcOChqTsoHddKIyd7kx-cO7hQ6lA2DnHa

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We are excited to welcome Dr. Kristin Snoddon and
Mr. Krishna Madaparthi this Thursday at 7pm EST. CDEAF would like to thank King's University College for supporting this free event.

Dr. Jenelle Rouse!!!

IWDeaf aims to start conversations around inclusion and accessibility | The Social Educator and researcher Jenelle Rouse highlights important issues for the deaf community.WATCH MORE debates from The Social here: https://bit.ly/2m8jyqN Co-h...

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The 🇼 🇫 🇩Secretariat is in charge of the daily operations of the WFD.
The WFD office is based in Helsinki, Finland.🇫🇮 Currently several staff members work remotely. 🌐
➡️Learn more: http://wfdeaf.org/who-we-are/