Updated 6 June 2016

VDEI Professional Learning 2016 Snapshot

For further information and updates to the Professional Learning 2016 schedule, please refer to our website

Month / Topic / Date/Time/Type / Audience / Cost
Term 1 / January / Interpreting in Educational Settings / 1-Day Workshop Wed 21 Jan
10am-4.30pm / Education support staff who interpret in classrooms and freelance interpreters / $80 ASLIA-Vic members
$100 non members
March / Transition to Tertiary Education or Work in Victoria: Practices and Resources for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing - Various Presenters / Twilight Session
Thu 25 Feb
5pm-7pm / Teachers of the deaf, career personal, teachers / $50 in person
$80 Remote
Supporting Adolescents who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Transition to Post-School Education and Employment / Narrated PowerPoints / Teachers of the deaf, career personal, teachers, education support staff / No cost
Aussie Deaf Kids Parents’ Conference 2016 / 1 Day Conference
Sun 6 Mar
9am-5pm / Parents, families and carers / $30 Parents
$50 Family
$100 Professionals
Early Intervention
Christine Yoshinaga-Itano (International Speaker) in Collaboration with The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children and Cochlear / 2-Day Workshop
Thu 10 Fri 11 Mar
9am-4pm / Teachers of the deaf, physiologists, speech pathologists / 1 Day - $95
Remote $100
2 Days -$190
Remote $200
Transition From Early Intervention to Primary School / Video / Teachers of the deaf, teachers, parents / No cost
Introduction to the VDEI Assessment Protocol
Associate Prof Margaret Brown / Twilight Session
Thu 14 Apr
5pm-7pm / Teachers of the deaf, psychologists, speech pathologists / $50 in person
$80 remote
Supporting Adolescents who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Transition to Post-School Education and Employment / Narrated PowerPoints / Parents / No cost
Skills for Success for Students with Hearing Loss
ShirinAntia(International Speaker) in Collaboration with The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children / 2-Day Workshop
Thu 26& Fri 27May
9am-4pm / Teachers of the deaf, speech pathologists, education support staff / $190 in person
$200 remote
June / What’s New in Audiology and Assistive Hearing Technology
The Department of Education and Training, Australian Hearing and Cochlear / 1-Day Workshop
Wed 15 Jun
9am-4pm / Teachers of the deaf, audiologistsparents / $95 in person
Term 3 / August / Administration of Assessment Tools
Introduction to TEWL-3, TOWL-4 and the OWLS-11 / Twilight
Thu 28 July
5pm-7pm / Teachers of the deaf, teachers, speech pathologists / No cost
Facilitating the Development of Theory of Mind
Stacey Tucci (International Speaker) / Webinar
Meet & Greet Thu 18 Aug
4pm-5pm
Thu 1 Sept
4pm-5.30pm / Teachers of the deaf, speech pathologists, social workers / $35
Assessments, Analysis and Interventions for Pragmatic Skills.
Dr Louise PaatschDr Dianne Toe / 1-Day Workshop
Thu 8 Sept
9am-4pm / Teachers of the deaf, speech pathologists / $95 in person $100 remote
September / Educational Audiology: Increasing Teacher Capacity For Improving Access To Assistive Educational Technology
Dr Susan Dillmuth-Miller (International Speaker) / Webinar (3 Part)
Meet & Greet Thu 6 Oct
4pm-5pm
Thu 27 Oct, 10 & 24 Nov 4pm-5.30pm / Teachers of the deaf, audiologists / $100
Term 4 / October
November
Feb -Dec / Developing Goals And Interventions
Kate Leigh & Sharon Klieve / 1-Day Workshop
Thu 20 Oct
9am-4pm / Teachers of the deaf / $95 in person $100 remote
The Education Of Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Children: Over Twenty Years Of Cochlear Implantation, So What? (International speaker) in collaboration with RIDBC / 2-Day Workshop
Mon 14 & Tue 15 Nov
9am-4pm / Teachers of the deaf, physiologists, speech pathologists, social workers / $190 in person
$200 remote
Auslan Pedagogy Coaching and Mentoring (one year)
Cohort 2 / Webinars and a
3-day workshop / Teachers of the deaf / No cost
Feb 2015 –
Dec 2017 / Auditory-Verbal Mentoring (three years)
Cohort 1 (currently in its second year) / Webinars and workshops / Teachers of the deaf / No cost
Courses / Feb 2016 –
Dec 2018 / Auditory-Verbal Mentoring (three years)
Cohort 2 / Webinars and workshops / Teachers of the deaf / No cost
Jul 2016 –
Jun 2017 / Deaf Education Leadership Coaching – Victoria (one year)
Cohort 2 / 5 day placement / Teachers of the deaf / No cost
Aug – Oct / Peer Observation of Teaching - Victoria (Term 3)
Cohort 2 / 5 day placement / Teachers of the deaf / No cost

Parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing and university students studying a deaf-specific course, can receive 25% off selected events.

Please contact (03)9032 6400 for further information.