On November 3, 2020, Willie Ross School for the Deaf held its second education conference, Trends in Deaf Education.

We welcomed over 120 guests from American School for the Deaf, Cleary School for the Deaf, and other public schools in the area. 

Our presenters, their backgrounds, and their presentation topics are listed below.

Thangi Appanah | Universal Design for Learning in Deaf Education (live via Zoom)
               Associate Professor   Interim Undergraduate Program Director  Department of Education   Gallaudet University

Barbara Raimondo | Optimizing Outcomes for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (pre-record)
               Executive Director   CEASD

Todd Czubek | Nudging Parents and Families Down Pathways to Success  (pre-record)
               Lecturer   Deaf Studies   Boston University

Bert Carter | Celebrating 30 Years of Partnership with East Longmeadow (live via Zoom)
               President & CEO   Willie Ross School for the Deaf

We also ran sponsorship ads from Gallaudet University, Gallaudet Regional Center East, Lightspeed, Sprint Relay (now T-Mobile).  Finally, we drew winners for Dawn Sign Press books that were donated for this conference.

Our next conference will be scheduled for April 2022 and it will become an annual conference thereafter.

If you are interested in obtaining a copy of Thangi Appanah's powerpoint presentation, Todd Czubek's pre-recorded presentation, or Barbara Raimondo's pre-recorded presentation, please email Joel Skelton at jskelton@wrsdeaf.org.