. . . Fall Conference

Snapshot:             What:      AGBell Fall Conference
                              When:      Sat, November 8, 2008
                                              8:30 am - 4:00 pm
                              Where:     Tahitian Noni Visitor Center and Gardens
                              Keynote:  John Anderson (see below)
                              Theme:    Hear-n-Happy: Living a Full and Happy Life with Hearing Loss

• John Anderson - Keynote - Navigating Groups
  
• John Anderson - Loneliness
  
• Michael Cottam - Love and Logic
  
• Cache Pitt - Beyond the Booth
  
• Todd Houston - Language Skills
  
• Michael Page - Music and Hearing Loss
  If you would like Michael Page's slides, please contact him directly: MPage@advancedbionics.com
• Teen Panel: No slides
  

Please support our Sponsors

The Utah Chapter of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing will be holding its annual fall conference on Saturday, November 8, 2008, at Tahitian Noni Visitor Center and Gardens. With the help of our sponsors, last year's conference was a tremendous success, providing education, resources, and support to attendees.  We expect this year's to be even better.

This year's keynote address will be given by John Anderson, who works as the Mainstream Adjustment Counselor for the Mainstream Center at CLARKE School for the Deaf/Center for Oral Education. He grew up with a progressive hearing loss and now uses a cochlear implant. He earned his MA in counseling psychology from Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene NH. He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Massachusetts. He works primarily with students in the mainstream who are struggling to succeed either academically and/or socially. He frequently gives workshops on experience of hearing loss for students in mainstream schools and is the author of a children’s book on adjustment to hearing loss called: My Hearing Loss and Me: We Get Along Most of the Time.