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COVID Response May 2020 minnesota Supporting families with children who are deaf & hard of hearing COVID Response: MNH&V Service Adaptations & H&V HQ Resource Links Minnesota Hands & Voices (MNH&V) is Adaptations to MNH&V’s services have ready to support families with a child been made due to the pandemic. Hands & Voices Head Quarters who is deaf or hard of hearing (dhh), ready • In-Person visits have been replaced with to support you! MNH&V metro staff are video conferences We are Community. currently working remotely, just like our • MNH&V Events through June have been greater Minnesota staff who have always postponed We are Family. worked from home. MNH&V has a long • MNH&V will continue to follow state We are Strong. history of working remotely so it was no recommendations for safety during Hands & Voices Headquarters (H&V HQ) problem to make the switch and continue the COVID pandemic, please check has dedicated a web page in response to to serve families without too much our website and emails for updates to the COVID pandemic with helpful links interruption. Except for the occasional annual and scheduled events for families who are doing their best to barking and family noises heard in the MNH&V staff are uniquely qualified to facilitate their child’s online learning and background, calls to offer support to understand what it’s like to parent a follow local safety guidelines. Families are families have continued as scheduled. child who is dhh and find ourselves in encouraged to share their ideas, resources, Especially now with added challenges the same challenging situations with and links they have found helpful during placed on families, feel free to reach out distant learning, comforting when you this turbulent time, please send email to by phone, email, or even send a text yourself are unsure, and finding enough [email protected] message, to your area Parent Guide or any meaningful activities to fill our days. Every Tuesday H&V HQ updates the web DHH Guide for support and resources or Find names, short biography, and contact page to add more content and keep the to ask one of our ASTra Guides (Advocacy, information for MNH&V staff at https:// information as current as possible. Many Support, and Training) your educational www.mnhandsandvoices.org/about-us/ resources & links are available in Spanish. advocacy questions. Wherever you are, guide-regions-and-bios https://handsandvoices.org/covid-19.html we have been there too. All Families can Nominate an Exceptional Individual for a High Five Award The High Five Award is an opportunity for Email your nomination, subject line parents to publicly thank those who do more “High Five Award”, to [email protected] than expected on behalf of children who are dhh. Parents are invited to nominate another Winners will be announced at the MNH&V parent, teacher, interpreter, medical provider, Metro Family Picnic on Thursday, August 1st. community advocate, role model, or anyone Recognition for winners will also take place at who inspires your family! the picnic or, for greater Minnesota recipients, in a community convenient for them and the Now through July 1st, MNH&V is accepting nominating family. one nomination per family from parents. 651.265.2435 [email protected] mnhandsandvoices.org MNHandsandVoices mnhandsandvoices 1 May 2020 Minnesota Hands & Voices FOCUS Newsletter Ever-Changing Comprehensive List of Books for Children with Hearing Differences Families can access a comprehensive List, and Comments. If you don’t have list of books that are written for, by, or Google Sheets the cover images may EMPLOYMENT about children and/or individuals who be omitted, but the content of the list have a hearing difference. This list was is still accessible. Disclaimer: they did OPPORTUNITY developed and is regularly updated not read every book on the list and the thanks to the collaboration of two books do not necessarily reflect their dedicated DHH Teachers, Emily Manson views. This list covers books about every MNH&V Parent and Taylor Thomas. Even though they communication mode, perspective, and Guide for Southeast work for different school districts, this hearing difference. Asian Communities book list represents one of their many collaborations in support of students Please email either of them if you would The MNH&V Southeast Asian who are dhh. like to add a book or report an error. Communities Parent Guide Emily Manson, DHH Teacher with St. Paul position offers 10 hours a week, “Google Sheets was used so the list could Public Schools, [email protected] some evenings and weekends, be live and ever-changing,” said Taylor Taylor Thomas, Lead DHH Teacher with and a family-friendly work Thomas. “We update this list periodically ISD 917, [email protected] environment. so be sure to check the far right column, ‘Date added to this list’, to see if your list is List of Books for Children with Hearing MNH&V Parent Guides receive up-to-date.” Differences Google sheets link: https:// specific training and team support. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tC_ Parent Guides are responsible For each book there is helpful information NgRT3eIkotBrq9qCRXDhDjSYmQg for the initial and follow-up beginning with a cover image in column 09O56JScGdVfs/edit?usp=sharing connections critical to families one, then from left to right: Title, Author, who have a newly identified child Short Description, D/HH Character, Age who is dhh. They work closely Range, Lexile Level, Date Added to This with the MNH&V team and learn the best way to support our MNH&V families. They organize and lead family events, represent MNH&V in the community, and participate in family support activities. Your personal experience Thanks for your of the challenges and joys of contribution! parenting a child who is deaf or hard of hearing (dhh) helps We rely on your generous support other parents who are just support to build better lives starting their journey. for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. To find out more or to apply Make a tax-deductible and send a resume, please visit February 24, 2020, Shelby, DHH Guide, met with a family donation today. at a coffee shop in Duluth. She gave an El Deafo book as Lifetrack at https://recruiting. a gift during the visit. paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/ DONATE DHH Guides are available to visit with families, share Details/83733 their experiences, answer questions, and brighten spirits through video conferencing. To set up a visit please email Heidy Nazario, DHH Guide Supervisor, at [email protected] FOCUS is published quarterly by Minnesota Hands & Voices, a program of Lifetrack. Information in this newsletter about other organizations does not imply endorsement by MNH&V or Lifetrack. © 2020 Lifetrack Newsletter editor: Mary Stadelman 709 University Ave. W., St. Paul, MN 55104 2 651.265.2435 [email protected] mnhandsandvoices.org MNHandsandVoices mnhandsandvoices Minnesota Hands & Voices FOCUS Newsletter May 2020 Transition Resources & Information for Individuals who are DHH Plus This article will respectfully use the child’s IEP, person-centered planning, term “dhh plus” to refer to the nearly self determination, employment, and help 40% of individuals who are deaf or hard understanding the rights of individuals of hearing (dhh) and managing a co- with disabilities. https://www.pacer.org occurring disability. The Minnesota Transition Guide for Parents raising a child who is identified Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing is as dhh plus understands that some day your child’s options or the availability another great source of information for their child will transition to adulthood. of services to meet specific needs can be families. The guide is not an exhaustive That journey to adulthood can take many difficult to find. list, but it is a useful tool to start unique and diverse paths depending on transition conversations. The Guild the situation. Some children become a “In rural Minnesota a lack of recommends students in 9th grade or full-grown adult right before our eyes transportation and workers for support earlier should attend their IEP meetings with just a faint memory of parental services is a challenge,” said a greater to help their parents and the rest of effort, while for other children the road to Minnesota mother of a daughter who is the IEP team set transition goals that independent living can require more than just turning 21 this month. work best for them. In the last chapter, what their parents alone can provide. Additional Considerations, the Guide PACER Center provides individual lists general information and resources Finding the right combination of assistance, workshops, publications, that could be relevant to families with community support, services, post and a wealth of online resources and a child who is dhh plus like Social secondary education options, and information for families raising a child Security Administration Benefits, Housing employment opportunities for your with disabilities. They have extensive Assistance, Guardianship, etc. Download transitioning child who is dhh plus information to help families to start The Minnesota Transition Guide for is key to their ability to someday live thinking about “transition”. PACER Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing independently. Whether you live in covers a wide range of topics such as, at www.cehd.umn.edu/dhh- resources/ the metro area or in greater Minnesota when to add transition skills to the Transition-Guide/default.html MNH&V Introduces Sharice McMorris, New Metro Parent Guide “This has been one heck of a journey support, and offering ideas to explore and we are still in motion,” said Sharice different pathways to help her son reach McMorris, the new Metro Parent Guide. his full potential.
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