Audio Recordings/Transcripts and Webinars of Previous O.U.R. Special Guest Speakers/Presentations
The following content has been provided by the Hands & Voices national organization.
Insights from CASA
March 2023
Learn from a pediatric audiologist about her efforts to improve child safety through her volunteer work with CASA and others, ongoing education in her clinic practice, and through her lived experience as a person with a hearing difference.
Investing in Parent Safety Strategies as an Organization
February 2023
Learn how one international coalition of parent groups from around the world tackled this topic in their work together.
Attachment and Safety
January 2023
A Discussion led by Debbie Mood, Ph.D. is a psychologist with the Developmental Pediatrics
Unit of Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Wisdom Among Us: Cybersecurity
June 2022
A Facilitated Discussion led by Sara Kennedy and Janet DesGeorges
Safety through Storytime
March 2022
Facilitator: Chresta Brinkman; Presenter: Julia Luciana-Burns (Brighter World Child Advocacy Center)
Look at Foster-Adoption through a Safety Lens
December2021
Presenter: Sara Kennedy
Presenters: Robbi Crockett (TX H&V); Lisa Spencer (WA); Elizabeth Desloge (CA H&V)
Parent-Friendly Guide to Research: O.U.R. Children Project
November 2021
Presenter: Harold Johnson
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Top 12 Things I Wish Parents of Deaf/HH Kids Knew about the Criminal Justice System and Federal Civil Rights Laws Prohibiting Discrimination on the Basis of Disability
May 9, 2021
Presenter: Marc Dubin
Expanding Our Impact Through Collaborations: Using your knowledge of children’s safety to influence change
Feb 9, 2021
Presenter: Janet DesGeorges
OUR Children Project: Birth-3 Safety | Washington Hands & Voices Webinar
This webinar is a part of the OUR (observe, understand, respond) Children Project. Presenters Harold A. Johnson, Christine Griffin, and Sara Kennedy outline strategies to ensure personal safety for young children who are Deaf and hard of hearing. This webinar is provided by Washington Hands & Voices
Feb 13, 2020
Presenter: Dr. Harold Johnson, Christine Griffin & Sara Kennedy
Enhancing Safety & Expanding Independence for 6-11 year-olds
This O.U.R. Project webinar for the California Chapter focused on teaching people safety skills and understanding development in 6-11 year-olds with presenters Dr. Harold Johnson and Sara Kennedy.
CA Hands & Voices 8-2019 – pdf
Infant Mental Health – An Overview
This session will help viewers understand the definition of Infant-Early Childhood Mental Health (I-ECMH)
Apr 19, 2019
Doing Right by OUR Kids!
Protecting young people who are deaf or hard of hearing from abuse, bullying, and other harm.
Sept 29, 2018
Follow up to March 13 Discussion “Protecting our Children: Before and After Potentially Traumatic Events”
May 8, 2018
Presenter: M. Elizabeth Ralston, Ph.D.
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Three Steps to a Stronger O.U.R. Project : With Examples from Michigan and other Chapters
April 10, 2018
Presenters: The O.U.R. Project team, HQ Staff and our community of learners
Why Do I Need to be Trauma-Informed?
March 13, 2018
Presenter: M. Elizabeth Ralston, Ph.D.
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Turning Victims into Survivors: One Former Teacher of the Deaf Tells Her Story
February 13, 2018
Presenter: Karen L. Kritzer, Ph.D.
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Deaf Children, ACEs, and the School to Prison Pipeline: Problems and Solutions
January 9, 2018
Presenter: Dr. Gabriel Lomas
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The Radical Middle: How Professionals in Deaf Education are Making a Commitment to Working Better, Together
November 14, 2017
Presenter: Michella Maiorana-Basas, Ph.D.
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Summer Safety for Hands & Voices Families
May 9, 2017
Presenter: Irene van der Zande
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Personal Reflections from a Mom: A Story of Love
April 11 , 2017
Presenter: Shannon Elam, AuD, CCC-A
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Promoting the Health and Safety of Young Children with Special Needs
March 14 , 2017
Presenter: E. Paula Crowley, Ph.D
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They won’t remember”: Myths about child, abuse, neglect and very young children
February 14 , 2017
Presenter: Catherine Corr, PhD.
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Knowing Your Child/Student Understands Their Rights and kNOws When to Say No!
January 10, 2017
Presenter: Caroline Guardino, Ph.D.
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