“The willingness to share does not make one charitable; it makes one free.” - Robert Brault On behalf of Georgia Hands & Voices, we respectfully submit our annual report detailing the activities accomplished in the year 2012. Georgia Hands & Voices 2012 Year in Review |
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Georgia Hands & Voices was a proud sponsor of:
Atlanta Area School for the Deaf (AASD) Parent Involvement Program’s (PIP) 1st
Annual 5K Success Walk on Saturday, April 14th, 2012. Atlanta Area School for the Deaf
in collaboration with the Clarkston Community Initiative walked to raise money for their Parent
Involvement Program to help in the continuation of their Community Sign Language Classes, Home
Based Tutoring Program and Accessible Materials Project. These are wonderful benefits; however;
their greater aim is to engage all families with deaf/hard of hearing children throughout the state of
Georgia. They are committed to community outreach so that the “voices” of all students are not silent
but heard and engaged equitably in various community activities, resources and businesses.
The Atlanta Speech School Hamm Center Parent Teacher Club (PTC) sponsored:
MAKING CONNECTIONS ON THE JOURNEY THROUGH MODERN DEAFNESS. Author
Jennifer Rosner shared her experience raising two deaf daughters. PENTA’s Dr. Brian Herrmann
discussed his perspective on the keys to success for D/HH children, followed by a panel discussion
about connecting families with early intervention services and finding the right fit. Then ended with a
chance to visit exhibitors, and enjoy an Ice Cream Social with their children while family members had
a chance to “connect” with each other.
Atlanta Area School for the Deaf (AASD) Parent Involvement Program’s (PIP) 1st
Annual 5K Success Walk on Saturday, April 14th, 2012. Atlanta Area School for the Deaf
in collaboration with the Clarkston Community Initiative walked to raise money for their Parent
Involvement Program to help in the continuation of their Community Sign Language Classes, Home
Based Tutoring Program and Accessible Materials Project. These are wonderful benefits; however;
their greater aim is to engage all families with deaf/hard of hearing children throughout the state of
Georgia. They are committed to community outreach so that the “voices” of all students are not silent
but heard and engaged equitably in various community activities, resources and businesses.
The Atlanta Speech School Hamm Center Parent Teacher Club (PTC) sponsored:
MAKING CONNECTIONS ON THE JOURNEY THROUGH MODERN DEAFNESS. Author
Jennifer Rosner shared her experience raising two deaf daughters. PENTA’s Dr. Brian Herrmann
discussed his perspective on the keys to success for D/HH children, followed by a panel discussion
about connecting families with early intervention services and finding the right fit. Then ended with a
chance to visit exhibitors, and enjoy an Ice Cream Social with their children while family members had
a chance to “connect” with each other.
| Thank You to the Dillehay Management Group and Family!! A GIANT thank you to the Dillehay Management Group, Inc., http://www.dillehaymgt.com/, who provide association and event management services! They recently donated a generous check to GA Hands & Voices that will allow us to provide 5 ASTra Educational Advocacy Workshops for families throughout our state (watch for details), future family social events, educational materials for families and more. The Dillehay family has a handsome son, Caleb, who happens to have a hearing loss...we look forward to the continued participation of their family. Please join me in sharing our gratitude |
Representation and Collaboration
Georgia Hands & Voices represents Georgia families of children who
are D/HH on issues of importance and relevance as members on s
variety of boards and committees, as well as by providing support to:
We continue to collaborate with:
Georgia Hands & Voices represents Georgia families of children who
are D/HH on issues of importance and relevance as members on s
variety of boards and committees, as well as by providing support to:
- Georgia State Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and
Intervention (UNHSI) Stakeholder’s group - Georgia Commission on Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons
- Georgia Pathway to Language and Literacy
- Let Georgia Hear
- Atlanta Area School for the Deaf (AASD) Parent Involvement
Program - Atlanta Speech School Parent Teacher Club;
- Georgia PINES (Parent Infant Network for Educational
Services) - “Loop Georgia!”
- American Association for Home Based Early Interventionists
(AAHBEI) - CDC Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Parent
to Parent Subcommittee. - The NICHQ Learning Collaborative
- The Georgia Interagency Coordinating Council (LICC)
We continue to collaborate with:
- Georgia Peach Cochlear Implant Association
- GA Bell
- GACHI
- Atlanta Area School for the Deaf (AASD)
- Georgia School for the Deaf (GSD)
- Atlanta Speech School
- Auditory-Verbal Center (AVC)
- Babies Can’t Wait (BCW)
- Georgia Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf (GaRID)
- G.R.E.A.T D.A.Y.
- PEPNet South
- CDC Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program
- Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE)
- Georgia Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and
Intervention agency (GA UNHSI) - Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Program
- Parent to Parent of Georgia