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Guest lectures, conference sessions and staff trainings on topics related to deaf education, for conferences, universities, school districts and family groups. Live or virtual.

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Talk topics

  1. Comprehensive assessment and collaboration

    Opening doors and unlocking potential, from eligibility to service delivery for D/HH students.

  2. Expanded Core Competencies and functional performance

    What the Expanded Core Curriculum looks like in deaf education, and how to measure functional performance.

  3. Creating best-practice, compliant IEPs

    Writing IEPs for D/HH students that meet compliance and actually guide instruction.

  4. Teachers of the D/HH and SLPs working together

    Collaboration between TODHH and speech-language pathologists in general education settings.

  5. Literacy strategies for every strand of the Reading Rope

    Hands-on, make-and-take strategies for teaching reading to D/HH learners.

  6. See the Sound Visual Phonics

    Training in Visual Phonics, offered live or virtually.

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  7. A topic for your audience

    Training and guest speaking on a variety of topics related to deaf education, shaped around your group.

Where Michelle has spoken

  • 2026Guest lecturer, University of Colorado and Edinboro University Deaf Education programs: Assessment and Collaboration
  • 2026Guest panelist, Q&A Mini Conference, Supporting Success for Children with Hearing Loss
  • 2024Presenter, American Society for Deaf Children Conference, Charleston, SC: Expanded Core Competencies and Functional Performance for Deaf Education
  • 2024Guest presenter, Maryland State Deaf and Hard of Hearing Statewide Conference: Soundless Symphony
  • 2024Guest presenter, Supporting Success for Students with Hearing Loss Biennial Conference: Make and Take! Strategies for Teaching Each Strand of the Reading Rope
  • 2023Opening Doors, Unlocking Potential: Comprehensive Assessment and Collaboration, Eligibility to Service Delivery
  • 2022Creating Best Practice and Compliant IEPs (prerecorded course), Supporting Success for Children with Hearing Loss
  • 2022Collaboration between TODHH and SLPs in General Education, PaTTAN Hour with the Expert Series (with M. Parfitt)
  • 2020–2022Guest lecturer, University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

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