PORA! forum discussion on June 12th 2014: Topic ‘Managing the school-aged child’

Join us on: –> June 12 2014, 16:00 Moscow time Expert: Kathryn Wilson. Talk on: “Managing the School-Age Child”. Additional materials: Factors that Affect School Performance Preteaching vocabulary Long Term Development Plan Participate: freely & openly in an online conference from wherever you have Internet access. Just follow the link: ENTER WEB CONFERENCE: Link with …

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PORA! web seminar on May 22nd 2014: Topic ‘Managing the school-aged child’

Join us on: –> May 22 2014, 16:00 Moscow time Lecturer: Kathryn Wilson. Presentation: “Managing the School-Age Child”. Additional reading: Factors that Affect School Performance Participate: freely & openly in an online conference from wherever you have Internet access. Just follow the link: ENTER WEB CONFERENCE: Link with guidelines

PORA! Forum Discussion on December 19: Topic ‘Hearing-Impaired Children: Step by Step from Diagnostics to Inclusion’

‘We believe in a world where with hearing technology, hearing-impaired people will be able to enjoy communication with ease and without boundaries’ Join us on: –> December 19, 2013 at 4 p.m. (Moscow time) for professionals working with hearing impaired children, parents and other interested listeners Expert: Dr. Boris Moroz, Director for Science and Methodology …

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PORA! Web Seminar on December 5: Topic ‘Hearing-Impaired Children: Step by Step from Diagnostics to Inclusion’

‘We believe in a world where with hearing technology, hearing-impaired people will be able to enjoy communication with ease and without boundaries’ Join us on: –> December 5, 2013 at 4 p.m. (Moscow time) for professionals working with hearing impaired children, parents and other interested listeners Lecturer: Dr. Boris Moroz, Director for Science and Methodology …

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Friday, July 20, 2012: Anniversary / Donation / Workshop “Upgrade – a new era of inclusive schooling ?”

  • Location: Hotel Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia & Live Online ( Login & Info )
  • Agenda & Schedule July 20, 2012

16:00 – 16:30 Part A: Anniversary Congratulations to ENT Clinic of Erebouni Medical Center and Donation of speech processors by Lehnhardt-Foundation (Dr. Dr.h.c. Monika Lehnhardt)

16:30 – 17:15 Part B: Parents share questions referring to upgrades and other topics of present concern , specifically schooling & learning of their children – topics mentioned in preparatory Forum Page. (Dr. Monika Lehnhardt, Dr. Vigen Bakhshinyan )

17:15 – Coffee break

17.30 – 18.30 Part C: Workshop “Upgrade – a new era of inclusive schooling ?” ( the Web-Inclusion” – Project ) – click on “read more” for detailed topics (Dr. Michael Goriany)

  • Participation/registration: free for parents, therapists, experts. Please announce your participation in a comment to this post. Please mention whether you will participate locally or live online.

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Parents’ meeting: Monika Lehnhardt, July 1st 2012 / 8 p.m. Moscow time

Aim of the meeting: in the course of a parents’ meeting, to discuss with international expert Dr. Monika Lehnhardt, Founder and Chairwoman of the Ernst Lehnhardt Foundation and Lehnhardt Academy, Germany, the subject of how cochlear implantation has helped open new options and pathways for deaf children in education (basing on the presentation delivered by …

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Meet Global Experts Live Online: Sue Archbold, “Deaf education changed by cochlear implantation?”, 27 June 2012

Aim of the meeting: in the course of a PORA webinar, to discuss with international expert Sue Archbold, Executive Director of the Ear Foundation in Nottingham, UK, the subject of how cochlear implantation has helped open new options and pathways for deaf children in education.

Agenda: the presentation of Sue Archbold
“Deaf education changed by cochlear implantation?”.

To find out more about Dr. Archbold, please follow this link to her profile.

When: June 27th, 16:00 German time (18:00 Moscow time). The meeting will be recorded and published, open for comments of interested participants.

Where: live online (audio conference room) – join the meeting here.

(Having opened the link, enter your login and leave the password field empty. Launch the application and, if needed, update your Java software – you can get it here). In case of technical problems, please contact us on skype (a.slukhai).

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Parents’ meeting April 8th – “FM Systems – features, advantages and benefits” by Julia Litvina

Aim of the meeting: discussing how to get access to FM systems in kindergartens and schools during the presentation by Julia Litvina, expert from Russia.

The meeting will be recorded and published, open for comments of interested participants.

Agenda: Julia Litvina will present the topic “FM Systems – features, advantages and benefits”.  To find out more about Julia, please follow this link to her profile.

This topic was also partly covered in the presentation by Dr. Andrew Kendrick on March 25th and raised many questions from parents. Click here to view the recording of the March 25th seminar.

When: April 8th, 18:00 CET (Berlin time) = 20:00 Moscow time

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Parents’ meeting March 25th: “Best Hearing Performance in Schools” by Andrew Kendrick

Aim of the meeting: discussing “Best hearing performance in schools” during the presentation by Dr. Andrew Kendrick, international expert and audiovrbal therapist from Australia.

The meeting will be recorded and published, open for comments of interested participants.

Agenda: Dr. Andrew Kendrick will present the topic “Best hearing performance in schools: How to ensure your child gets the best possible chance to hear, listen, participate and learn”.  To find out more about Andrew Kendrick, please follow this link to his profile.

When: March 25th, 18:00 CET (Berlin time) = 20:00 Moscow time – please mind the transition to summer time in some countries!

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March 11th: Parents’ meeting live online “Best Hearing Performance in Schools” and “FM-systems”

Aim of the meeting: introduction into the topic “Best hearing performance in schools” to be presented by Dr. Andrew Kendrick on March 25th; the presentation “FM-systems” by Yulia Litvina.

The meeting will be recorded and published, open for comments of interested participants.

Agenda: Monika Lehnhardt will in brief present the topic “Best hearing performance in schools: How to ensure your child gets the best possible chance to hear, listen, participate and learn”, which Dr. Andrew Kendrick will present in full on March 25th. Dr. Lehnhardt will also present Dr. Kendrick’s professional biography. To find out more about Andrew Kendrick, please follow this link to his profile.

You can see two slides from his presentation here:

Also, Yulia Litvina will present the topic “FM Systems – a key factor to achieving best hearing performance with a CI in schools”.

When:preparatory meeting March 11th, 17:00 CET (Berlin time) , final date March 25th, 17:00 CET (Berlin time) 2012.

Where: live online (audio conference room) – join the meeting here. (Info login & open testroom HERE).

Entry into the conference room may require an update of Java software, if you need the newest version installed please follow this link.

Participation: parents, teachers, SLPs. Registration by entering a comment into the “Leave a Comment/Reply” field underneath this posting

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Sunday, September 25th: online seminar for parents of children with Cochlear implants

Dear parents, teachers and friends! You are cordially invited to participate in our upcoming Sunday meeting! Where?: our LiveOnline conference room, which you can now access straight from this page by clicking on the link below. Remember that you do not need a password! If you are new to this, for further login instructions please …

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Sunday, August 28th: online seminar for parents of children with cochlear implants

Dear parents, teachers and friends! You are cordially invited to participate in our upcoming Sunday meeting! Where?: our LiveOnline conference room, which you can now access straight from this page by clicking on the link below. Remember that you do not need a password! If you are new to this, for further login instructions please …

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Sunday, July 31st: online seminar for parents of children with cochlear implants

Dear parents, teachers and friends! You are cordially invited to participate in our upcoming Sunday meeting! Where?: our LiveOnline conference room, which you can now access straight from this page by clicking on the link below. Remember that you do not need a password! If you are new to this, for further login instructions please …

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Presentation ‘Life with a Cochlear Implant’ published

The presentation on life with a cochlear implant, covering the aspects of sports, outdoor activities, and care of the implant, created by Rachel Chaikof and translated by Anastasia Slukhai, was delivered on the 26th of June in the course of our webinar! Now the presentation is available for viewing in the Publications gallery of this …

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Seminar IPPO, Kiev: 1.3.2011/9:30-13:00 (Kiev time)

TOPIC INCLUSION IN PRACTICE experience the new dimensions of teaching and learning in Social Media Location: Kyiv, 17 Tychyny Str, conference room & webinar room, 1st floor Participation Live Online: Login to Audio Internet Conference room 01A (upon confirmed registration only) Participants: teachers in special pre-school establishments, see Profile/Participants IPPO Contact person: Valentyna (ru), Skype: …

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Issuu: example social media publishing

See this platform “Issuu”. Such as uploading Videos in YouTube it is possible here to upload digital content (eBooks, eJournals, …). This might offer entirely new dimensions to the set-up of “Resource Centers” enabling inclusion. See also my video clip explaining the platforms publishing & social features. Link to videoclip: Publishing platform: Open publication – …

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Meeting with Jodi

Yesterday we (Monika, Anastasia and I) had a very nice live online meeting with Jodi Michelle Cutler. Jodi is “an american mom in Tuscany”. She has a child with a Cochlear Implant and is writing a creative, charismatic Weblog “at its best”  to share experience: http://rallycapsdotnet.blogspot.com/ Our meeting was for a first experience of Jodi …

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24 сентября,11 часов: практический семинар для реабилитационных центров и специалистов по раннему вмешательству: «Учебные группы в интернете» Sep 24/11 h: Workshop für Reha-Zentren und Therapeutinnen: “Lerngruppen im Internet”

Тема: будут обсуждаться возможности продолжения местной работы с учебными группами в интернет-пространстве. Тема актуальна: для реабилитационных центров, т.к. в них необходимо оборудовать рабочие места с выходом в интернет для специалистов, т.к. таким образом открываются новые возможности по обмену опытом, по повышению квалификации, по проведению онлайн-реабилитации для родителей и детей, живущих удаленно. Время: 11.00 киевское время …

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25 сентября: встреча родителей Sep.25: Elterntreffen

Время: 11.00 киевское время ( =12.00 Москва // = 10.00 Берлин) – продолжительность 2 часа Место проведения: гостиница «Ривьера на Подоле», Киев, ул. Сагайдачного, д.15 & Live Online класс (login) Модератор/ведущие: д-р наук Моника Ленхардт, д-р наук Михаэль Гориани Темы: интернет-комьюнити родителей // как поддерживать общение в интернете? онлайн-реабилитация – как она работает? Участники: родители …

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