Environments can make accessibility difficult for individuals experiencing hearing loss. Let's look at these potential barriers and identify ways to modify or create environments that support accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing individuals.

In this training, you will learn to:

1) describe how barriers in the environment can play a role to accessibility for individuals who experience hearing loss.

2) identify strategies to create accessible environments for individuals who experience hearing loss.

3) apply the knowledge gained to their family's journey.

Are you ready to get started?

Presenter: Bev Teeter

Bev has joined Stefanie Kessen, Founder of the Online Itinerant, as The FRIEND Academy’s Parent Coach. She brings with her a vast array of rich professional and personal experiences, education and training. She has served in the role of Special Education Teacher, Early Childhood Teacher, Early Interventionist, Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Homeschool Parent, Educational Consultant for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and most importantly has raised two daughters one whom is deaf (deafblind) due to Usher Syndrome 1. Bev has encompassed her education and experience to create an unique, eclectic, whole person approach.