RESOURCES, TRAINING, and COMMUNITY.

No!  Any person who works with or cares for a child with hearing loss, ages birth through graduation, will benefit from what the Online Itinerant offers.  Take a peek inside and see what's a fit for you!

The Professional Academy is geared towards teachers. interpreters, SLPs, Audiologists and school administrators while the FRIEND Academy is geared toward family members.  Many of the trainings overlap in both, however there are some exclusive trainings for the classroom and exclusive trainings for the home environment.  Both academies offer the same monthly meetups and both have the same toolbox.  Each academy has different power hours.  When a professional purchases the Professional Academy, they have the opportunity to gift all the families on their caseload the FRIEND Academy.  At that point, the sponsoring professional also has access to the family trainings.  This is a great way for teachers and families to partner together and identify which trainings meet the needs of individual students, allowing the full IEP team to come together and support each other.

Monthly Meetups are live trainings that happen the first Thursday of the month from 7-8:15pm Central Time.  It is a live Zoom training, relevant to working with students who are deaf or hard of hearing.  A recording of the training is available within 48 hours afterward.  Meetups are included in both the Professional and FRIEND Academy, as well as in the Deaf Ed Summit.  You can also purchase a single meetup if desired.

No!  The toolbox is a great resource any professional who works with a deaf or hard-of-hearing child as well as family members.  It is a great way to access educational games, curriculum and handouts.  The toolbox is including in both the Professional as well as the FRIEND Academy.  It can also be purchased on its own.