Reflections from H&V Leadership Conference D.C. 2019-Diversity Parent Guide-Nadia Martinez

 Reflections from H&V Leadership Conference D.C. 2019-Diversity Parent Guide-Nadia Martinez

*We will have 9 Blog posts from our 9 GA H&V team members that went to the Annual Hands & Voices Leadership Conference this past September in Washington D.C. at Gallaudet University. Gallaudet is the world's only Deaf/Hard of Hearing University. *

Left-ASTra Advocate Vicki Hilpp
Center-Diversity Parent Guide Nadia Martinez
Right- ASTra Advocate Kelli Graham

As usual I love every minute of the conference. Starting with our first session in the GBYS meeting.... it gave us the opportunity to get to know one another. My second session of the day provided me with ways on engaging through hands on activities and interactive dialogue. Day 2 I started off with ways to help with socializing skills and maintain lasting relationships. Research shows that a Deaf/HH person is more likely to lose a job over personal and social reasons than poor job performance. The personal strength profile was interesting on how to build rapport and better relationships. And, my favorite session was how to engage families of Deaf/HH children with games that everyone in the home can play like lotería and Telephone and how to adjust to be more visual. -Diversity Parent Guide -Nadia Martinez