Deaf and Hard of Hearing

What:

Erin Seipke-Brown & Megan Seipke-Dame will be hosting an interactive ZOOM-based special SKILLS Workshop designed just for Colorado Educational Interpreters working in public schools!

This year’s focus is all about supporting students who receive other related services—and learning how interpreters can help create clarity and strengthen the impact of:

• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Speech-Language Pathology
• Additional Service Providers

Come ready to learn strategies that improve collaboration, streamline communication, and enhance outcomes for students across service areas.

Registration:

Registration has reached capacity.

Join the waitlist for the 3-day training.

Registration does not guarantee a spot in the training.

What: 

This LLAA (Listen, Learn, Ask, Answer) Session will focus on key initiatives impacting students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing across the state.

Be part of the discussion on topics that shapes our field.

• New High School Mentor Program
• Dianne Goberis Track & Field Day
• Summer Events & Camps
• NEW Statewide Project Launch

Your perspective matters. This is more than an informational meeting.

It is your opportunity to:

• Share your experience from the field
• Raise questions and concerns
• Offer solutions
• Help shape statewide guidance

Registration: 

Register for LLAA

This training will be hosted by Marcie Murphy RID, CI/CT, CO Legal Interpreter

What:

This interactive in-person workshop is designed for educational sign language interpreters who want to bring their ASL-English Interpreting skills to the next level! Participants will explore how to effectively interpret the ASL linguistic features in the source language into the Target Language (English). The interpreting process will be reviewed and discussed.

Registration

Register for Enhancing ASL-English Interpreting Skills

Where:

• Adams 12 Conference Center AND
• Virtual Option Available

What: 

This full-day event specifically for educational audiologists will feature short sessions in a variety of formats to challenge and support Colorado educational audiologists in their day-to-day practice in serving students with hearing differences and other auditory challenges.

Sessions will be broken down into 45-to-90-minute rotations and will include presentations and interactive discussions such as sharing case studies, practical solutions and processes.

Content for this day will focus on:

• innovative and effective functional listening evaluations (FLEs);
• knowledge sharing from other districts including AI and APD practices;
• collaboration on new Colorado guidance document for roles and responsibilities of educational audiologists; and
• ethical dilemmas in educational audiology.

Additional Information:

Food and beverages will NOT be provided per CDE rules. We plan to hold a “working lunch” so please plan to bring lunch so you don’t miss out on the content. Continuing credit hours will be 6.5 hours. Certificates will be available following the event via an exit ticket.

Registration:

Registration: 2026 Spring Educational Audiology Best Practices Professional Development Day

Where:

Poudre School District 

What: 

You are invited for this interactive in-person workshop to build both familiarity and practical application of key ASL Expansion Features, participants will engage in a structured, hands-on learning sequence that includes:

• Matching Expansion Features with corresponding written sentence examples
• Practicing the application of Expansion Features using structured written prompts
• Identifying Expansion Features within two video samples featuring Deaf linguistic models
• Creating personal reference cards to support real-time application of Expansion Features
• Interpreting two video samples while intentionally incorporating Expansion Features into their work

In addition, participants will explore Cinematic Features as part of contextualization. These storytelling techniques—drawn from filmmaking principles—enhance visual narrative structure and create a more dynamic, engaging experience for Deaf consumers.

This workshop emphasizes intentional language use, visual clarity, and elevated interpretive practice.

Registration: 

Registration is limited to 20 participants.

Registration does not guarantee a spot in the training.

Register for Sign Language Interpreters Skills Training

Taught by Dr. Deb Cates

One of the ways ASL is most different from English is the spatial nature of ASL grammar. This includes layering of nonmanuals, temporal information, mapping and depiction (role shift, depictive verbs). This workshop reviews these fundamental features of spatial grammar in ASL. As each feature is reviewed, participants practice that feature using a children’s story. Throughout the workshop, components of the narrative are built one piece at a time until the whole story is rendered in ASL as the final activity of the workshop. This workshop is best offered over two days, but it can be condensed into one full-day workshop. *Taught in ASL*

This 7.5 Hour Skills workshop will be taught over 3 days on Zoom

You must attend all three days to earn credit. 

Register for Language in Space

You’re invited to join Lisa Lisowe for a series of engaging Audiology Meetings designed just for you.

What to Expect:

• The latest medical updates relevant to your work.
• Open discussion on the key topics impacting Educational Audiologists across districts in Colorado.
• A chance to connect, share, and learn alongside colleagues who understand the unique challenges and opportunities of our field.

Don’t miss this opportunity to stay informed and strengthen our community of professionals.

May 18, 2026 - 

May registration: Topics in Educational Audiology

Have you ever taken an ASL workshop only to find out later that it didn’t count toward your Colorado reauthorization? Not sure what qualifies as skills hours and what doesn’t? Thinking about requesting funding for an upcoming workshop?

CDE has your back!
We’ve created a simple form to help you:

• Get pre-approval for ASL workshops
• Request funding support for eligible training opportunities

Important: Funding is limited this year, so don’t wait — submit your request as soon as possible!

Access the form and take the guesswork out of your professional development!

The Colorado Starfish Assessment tool is designed to assist teams in addressing the common needs of students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. It outlines key questions for IEP teams to consider across multiple areas, including Functional Auditory Performance, Language and Communication, Academic Performance, Social-Emotional Needs, Self-Advocacy, and Technology Use. By guiding discussion in these domains, the tool supports informed decisions regarding service needs and the determination of the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE).

LRE for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students: Federal Guidance and Best Practices whitepaper, released in 2025, summarizes federal guidance and recommends practices to follow when considering the appropriate learning environment for students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH), and applies to all U.S. states and territories.

We’re excited to announce the release of the Guidelines for the Educational Evaluation & Intervention of Auditory Processing Deficits (APD). This comprehensive resource is designed to support educators, specialists, and evaluation teams in identifying and addressing the unique needs of students with APD. Grounded in current research and best practices, the guidelines offer clear procedures for conducting educationally relevant assessments, developing effective intervention plans, and promoting collaboration among school-based teams. These guidelines aim to ensure that students with auditory processing challenges receive the targeted support they need to succeed in the classroom.

Guidelines for the Educational Evaluation & Intervention of Auditory Processing Deficits (APD)