The Online Itinerant
Increase your CONFIDENCE and SKILLS to meet the needs of deaf and hard of hearing children through RESOURCES, TRAINING, and COMMUNITY.
ALL IN ONE PLACE. ALL FOR ONE PRICE.
FREE PARENT TRAINING!
The Truth About Summer "Fun" for Your Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child
(And What to Do About It!)
Summer isn't always for for kids with hearing loss.
Let's change this.
Professional Development
Purchase individual trainings top view at your convenience any time, any where, even from your mobile device!
Professional Academy
Enjoy unlimited access to more than 20 trainings, Monthly Meet-Ups, an exclusive Facebook community & more!
FRIEND Academy
For Families! On-demand trainings, coaching & a live community of other families on the same journey.
The Signing Room
Bring your conversational and academic sign communication to the next level in the Signing Room!
Wrap Up the School Year and Prepare for Fall 5-Day Challenge!
It's that time of the year! This 5-day challenge will not only take care of your lesson plans for the rest of the school year, but it will make the start of the school year a breeze!
FOR PARENTS AND CARETAKERS!
We have a program to exclusive to you to support you as you raise your child who is deaf and hard of hearing.
THE FRIEND ACADEMY
Check out our Masterclass
Building Speech Perception Skills During Academic Instruction
with Julia West
This Master Class features 3 live sessions, each building on each other, that will guide and support you in applying new techniques and tools into your own environment and caseload. Time for Q&A and coaching will be built into the Master Class, providing you with a powerful opportunity to truly implement new skills into your routine - improving your impact immediately!
What Are People Saying About The Online Itinerant?
Karen Anderson, PhD.
Director, Supporting Success for Children With Hearing Loss
With travel and conference budgets tightening it has been increasingly difficult for teachers of the deaf/hard of hearing to find professional development that will truly help them in their work with their students. Hooray for The Online Itinerant! There is now an option for professional development that not only has many relevant presentations on tap, but a thriving community and live Meet Ups so that teachers can also feel supported by one another. The Online Itinerant helps teachers deal with today’s issues in serving students with hearing loss!
Michael Soliday
Teacher for the Deaf /Hard of Hearing, Indianola, IA
I am amazed at the vast resources offered by the Online Itinerant. The topics are right on target for information and ideas that could help make our job on the road to serve the students more easily with higher quality time. The site strives to produce quality materials and lessons. And the periodic meetings with other colleagues is quite helpful to share ideas and problem solve. This online site is a Godsend!!!
Kearston Jose
Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Wausau, WI
As a third year DHH teacher and one who had my first year of itinerant teaching this past school year, this website is such a great tool! The modules are very helpful, offer great insight, and I love that they can be done on your own time. The monthly meet ups are great as well, as it’s a time for us to share ideas and feedback with each other. I am looking forward to the future of the website!
Tracey Allen
Interpreter and DHH Teacher, Sugar Bush, WI
I just have to say I LOVE what you are doing with the Online Itinerant. You and the amazing presenters have helped me tremendously in such a short time. Thank you so much for all you do. You are truly making a big impact in my life and early education/experience in this profession.
Sherri B
Educational Interpreter, Guttenberg, IA
Very informative and great to have all the information in one place. Thank you for the wonderful attachments to use and to help remember things. This is great information and very professionally done
Gail Raney
Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
I just found the time to complete my first online training with the Online Itinerant and am very happy with the relevance of the information and the supplemental materials. The convenience of being able to watch these any time I want is a great convenience. I look forward to checking out the other available sessions. Thank you!
Laura and Alex
Parents, Fontana, CA
This signing program was awesome! Stefanie was great. We participated in this signing program to be able to communicate with our non-verbal 3 year old. While we had some basic signs, Stefanie was able to help us start having basic conversations. The online training and resources she had us use really helped us gain more confidence in communicating with each other and our son. We would definitely recommend this training! Thanks Stefanie!
Sandy
Parent, Alberta, Canada
I wasn’t sure what to expect and was hesitant on how the video chats would work, but the Signing Room has far exceeded my expectations. I get so much receptive and expressive practice every class with fellow parents and Deaf role models. I learn new vocabulary every single class and I get the opportunity to ask questions, clarify signs, and build relationships with my classmates and teachers. I took the plunge for the annual membership after my first class and have never looked back.
Sam
Parent, Washington, IL
The Signing Room is welcoming, well-organized, and such a valuable resource! It's a language class, a support group, and deaf community all together. Truly, thank you so much for seeing this glaring need for parents and filling this gap. We are so grateful.
Roberta Estala
Teacher, AZ
The Online Itinerant is a valuable resource for me to learn about my new career! Thank you!
Stephanie Bauer
Teacher for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Coperstown, NY
This training was great! I got several wonderful new ideas. It is a real community!
Lyndsey Raffelson
Teacher of the Deaf, Austin, MN
Great Ideas and information. It's comforting to know all of us have some of the same struggles. To be able to problem solve or get ideas from other veteran itinerant staff really helps.
Kristin Laird
Itinerant Teacher for the Deaf, Dixon, IL