Gallaudet University Regional Center
The Gallaudet University Regional Center (GURC) at Flagler College is one of six regional centers in the United States. The Center was established in January 1986. The regional centers support the mission of Gallaudet University and the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center by providing and promoting quality educational opportunities for deaf and hard of hearing children, youth and adults. The Gallaudet Regional Center staff includes Steve Larew, Director; Chachie Joseph, Ed.D., Outreach Specialist; Nicole Hill, Administrative Assistant.
The GURC at Flagler is responsible for providing services to nine states in the southeast region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Services include planning conferences, providing workshops and other training, conducting needs assessments, and offering graduate and undergraduate extension classes.
Current extension classes are listed below and also may be found on the Gallaudet Web site.
The Regional Center also sponsors a regional Academic Bowl, an annual competition for schools with deaf and hard of hearing high school students. The first and second place teams travel to Gallaudet University to participate in the national competition.
The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center (formerly known as Pre-College National Mission Programs) at Gallaudet is a federally mandated demonstration program for deaf and hard of hearing students on the campus of Gallaudet and serves students from preschool through high school. As part of its national mission to improve literacy in deaf and hard of hearing students, the Clerc Center collaborates with researchers and programs throughout the United States to offer training and technical assistance to professionals and parents, develop materials for the use in the education of deaf and hard of hearing children, and publicize successful research efforts.
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Calendar 2009-10
Southeast Region
Fall 2009
September 19 GACE Preparation Course
Atlanta Area School for the Deaf
September 17-19 Louisiana Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Conference
Lafayette, LA www.lrid.org
September 24-26 Florida Summit on Childhood Deafness: Reaching New Heights Together
Renaissance Resort Hotel, St Augustine, FL Cjoseph@flagler.edu
September 27-30 Southeast Region Institute on Deafness
Biloxi, MS www.serid.org
October 10 Language Experience: Leading from Behind
Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, St Augustine, FL, cjoseph@flagler.edu
October 22-25 Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Conference
Orlando, FL Conference@fridcentral.org
November 14 Tennessee 2009 Statewide Workshop for Teachers, Parents and Other Professionals Serving Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
Nashville, TN
November 20-21 Reading to Deaf Children: Learning from Deaf Adults
Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, St Augustine, FL
cjoseph@flagler.edu
Spring 2010
January 29-30 Consumer, Family and Community Advocacy
Tampa, FL SLarew@flagler.edu
February 12-14 New Frontiers
Florida American Sign Language Teachers Association 2010 Annual Conference, Tampa, FL
www.faslta.org
March 4-7 Southeast Regional Academic Bowl
Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, St Augustine, FL cjoseph@flagler.edu
Summer 2010
June 17-19 Breakout Conference: Providing Effective Mental Health Services to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons
Westin Atlanta North, Atlanta, GA SLarew@flagler.edu
For further information, contact:
Steve Larew, GURC Director
Email: slarew@flagler.edu
Or Chachie Joseph Ed.D., Outreach Specialist
Email: cjoseph@flagler.edu
In person:
74 Riberia Street, St. Augustine, FL
By mail:
Gallaudet University Regional Center
Flagler College
P. O. Box 1027
St. Augustine, FL 32085
(904) 819-6216, or TTY (904) 829-2424, or fax (904) 819-6433
grc@flagler.edu
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