Volume 20 Issue 8

HOH-LD-News
Vol. 20, Issue 8
August 21, 2004

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Table of Contents
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- Article 1: How Will We Meet the 2006 Captioning Requirements? - Part 2
- Article 2: SHHH Exhibit Floor - Part 6
- Article 3: San Diego Emergency Captioning Update
- Article 4: UN Declares Rights of People with Disabilities
- Classifieds: One Event, one Educational Opportunity and four Employment Opportunities
- Contact Information and Disclaimers

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Contact information and disclaimers are at the end of this newsletter.
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- Article 1: How Will We Meet the 2006 Captioning Requirements? - Part 2
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Editor: I've recently been involved in discussions of captioning issues with some of our local TV stations, and thinking about captioning from their perspective has raised a LARGE red flag! How are we going to meet the demand for captioners in January 2006, when FCC regulations require that 100% of new programming (with a few exceptions) be captioned? This situation is NOT similar to previous increases in captioning requirements (from 25% to 50% to 75%), as this article explains. This is Part 2 of 2 parts.

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A Real Time Voice Recognition Application

This technology is being used every day by the CapTel telephone system (http://www.captionedtelephone.com/). Here's how that system works:

A person with hearing loss calls a person with normal hearing using a CapTel phone. Behind the scenes, the CapTel phone dials in to the CapTel call center, where a trained CapTel operator assists with the call. The person with hearing loss speaks to the hearing person in a normal fashion. The hearing person also speaks to the person with hearing loss in a normal fashion. So far, it's just like a normal phone conversation.

The difference is that the CapTel operator is in the loop. She revoices everything the hearing person says into a voice recognition system that is trained specifically to her voice. That system converts her words to text and transmits the text over the phone line to a small display on the CapTel phone. There is a short delay between the time something is said by the hearing person and the time the text shows up on the CapTel display, but it's short enough that a missed name or number is usually there before it inhibits the conversation from flowing freely.

That's exactly the technology that can be used to provide television captioning!

Is It Really That Easy?

Well, we don't really know. Schools that teach voice captioning are just getting started, so there's not a solid track record to compare to the traditional (steno machine) method. Anecdotal information indicates that people can become proficient in this technology in about six months, rather than the several years required using the steno method. So the possibility is there.

Furthermore, a complete novice can use voice recognition to produce a useful output after just a couple of hours of training! I bought IBM's Via Voice a few years ago and trained on it for no more than two hours before using it to caption a local ALDA (www.alda.org) meeting. I wasn't always able to keep up with the speaker word-for-word, and my accuracy rate was probably closer to 90% than the desired 98% or 99% for television captioning. But it was a whole lot better than nothing!

I encourage our local television stations to be proactive in preventing a captioning debacle in January 2006. You can bet that members of the hearing loss community will be watching local programming on January 1 and filing FCC complaints against stations that ignore the new requirements. I'm predicting that there will be thousands of complaints!

I also think that individual stations can take some pretty simple steps to avoid being the subject of these complaints.

One obvious solution is to have each of the on-camera folks take a couple of hours to train a voice recognition system to their voice. Because television personalities tend to speak slowly and clearly, they are natural candidates for voice recognition technology. The station engineers can feed the program audio into the voice recognition software, which will automatically generate captions that can be fed to the caption encoder. The initial accuracy may be only in the 90% range. But the voice recognition programs include very nice ways of identifying and correcting mistakes, and the program soon learns the appropriate text to produce for a particular vocal sequence. Accuracy should rapidly increase.

A second solution is to hire or develop voice captioners in house. As I write this in August 2004 there is plenty of time to get people trained to provide voice captioning services beginning in January 2006 (or even before). This approach has the disadvantage of inserting another person in the loop to revoice what the on-camera people say - much like the CapTel phone strategy. An advantage of this approach is that a person dedicated to providing voice captioning will improve in speed and accuracy faster than a news anchor who views captioning as just one more thing to be concerned about.

I want to be clear about this proposal. I am NOT advocating that a station provide an inferior captioning product if a better one is available. If a station is able to hire people to accommodate their entire captioning needs after January 2006, so much the better. But the pending captioner shortage potentially affects every station in the country. Those that proactively embrace a backup plan NOW will be among the fortunate few who are able to provide serviceable captioning for ALL new programming beginning in January 2006.

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- Article 2: SHHH Exhibit Floor - Part 6
By Cheryl Heppner
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Editor: One of the best things about hearing loss conventions is the exhibit floor, where vendors of hearing loss products display their wares. Cheryl Heppner is a master at exploring the booths to discover all the new stuff. Here's the next installment of her report on this year's exhibits at the SHHH convention.

This report discusses:
- CSD
- Sprint
- Sound Clarity

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CSD

CSD, through its agreement with Harris Communications, is now marketing many products. Their catalog includes: text telephones (TTYs); wireless email pagers; pagers; clocks/watches; notification products; warning devices; weather alert devices; ADA compliance products; assistive listening devices and accessories; hearing aid products; cochlear implant products; speech assistance products; telephone products; books/videotapes/CDs on topics such as cued speech, history, interpreting and sign language dictionaries; and sign language novelties.

The back cover of CSD's catalog notes that a portion of sales benefits the programs of Camp Lakodia, where deaf and hard of hearing youth can learn more about themselves as they develop into tomorrow's leaders. "Lakodia" means "the meeting place of friends". There's also an ad about CSD-TV, a recently launched series of programs on the Web for the deaf and hard of hearing community. In one program, host Phil Bravin talks on topics related to the Deaf Seniors of America conference in Boston, Mass.

CSD has a 30-day return policy (from date of shipment) with the exception of videos and computer software, unless they are defective. They offer gift wrapping.

Info or orders: www.c-s-d.org
1-800-825-6758 Voice
1-800-825-9187 TTY

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Sprint

I stopped by the Sprint exhibit to ask about their new Sprint Relay wireless service. First rolled out with support available for WyndTell users, Sprint is also hoping to announce very soon that it has support set up for Sidekick users.

Some WyndTell and Deafwireless devices now come with the Sprint Relay Wireless software pre-installed. For these devices, using the relay requires just selecting TTY Chat from the menu and choosing "Communicate using Relay" which will automatically connect you to a Sprint Relay operator. Users of WyndTell or Deafwireless devices without the pre-installed software can access Sprint Relay Online using their wireless service and download the Sprint Relay Wireless software from www.goamerica.com, then install and register it. There are certain device requirements, and Sprint has a fact sheet with more information.

Wireless pagers from other companies must be fully-charged, activated 2-way pagers to install and register the Sprint Relay Wireless software.

The wireless relay service gives free realtime access to text relay. Features include conversation cut & paste, auto display of conversation text, secure relay conversations, address book access for relay, visual call status cues, instant number save, recent call list, automatic setup and a built in "quick text". Sprint Relay Wireless does not provide 9-1-1 emergency calls.

That's the 'skinny' on the current status of Sprint Wireless, but what fascinated me was the Treo that Sprint's Kim Bianco had. She showed me the features and let me play with it. It's a big step up from my BlackBerry, with just about everything you could want all rolled into a device a little smaller but a little thicker. It's text pager (with keyboard), telephone, camera, computer. You can use it to access the Web, check your Outlook e-mail, talk by voice or pager, take and send a picture by e-mail. Those people who work for Sprint Relay have the coolest toys.

Virginians, remember Colleen Conway, who was once Miss Deaf Virginia and worked for Virginia Relay? She's now working for Sprint as account manager for Illinois Relay Service with headquarters in Springfield, IL. I got a chance to talk with her. Her name is now Emma Danielson. She married and thought her middle name went better with her married name.

Info: www.sprintrelay.com

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Sound Clarity
I talked with George Khal, Sound Clarity's president, and Tony Khal. They had a nice variety of interesting equipment and boxes of Rayovac hearing aid batteries for $22 per carton of 40.

New this year is the Rayovac battery tester. They list it at $8 and it can test the charge in 3 different sizes of hearing aid batteris, with storage space for extra batteries.

Also new is a Clear Sound phone with caller ID, large LCD display, and built-in strobe flasher. It has an optional bed shaker, is hearing aid compatible, and allows an increase in volume of to 50 dB. Sound Clarity also had the extended range Uniden 2.4 Ghz that was introduced two weeks previously. It is modified for people with hearing loss and has Caller ID, call waiting, audio output jack for $169.

Another new phone is Walker's Clarity 435 which has a volume control to make the phone's ring louder.

Sound Clarity's catalog includes: telephones/TTYs; telephone accessories; assistive listening devices and accessories; clocks; alerting/signaling devices; paging devices; assistive devices for speech; hearing aid batteries and accessories; ADA compliance items; WyndTell Deafwireless pagers; books and software; and American Sign Language novelties. They offer a 30-day return policy, from time of shipment.

Info: www.soundclarity.com
1-888-477-2995 V/TTY

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- Article 3: San Diego Emergency Captioning Update
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Well, a lot has happened since last fall's wildfires. Here's a short summary of previous articles for those who missed them.

In October 2003, San Diego County experienced the worst fire emergency in the county's history. Fourteen people died, hundreds of homes were destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of acres burned. The local TV stations naturally went to 24-hour coverage, but no captioning was available during the critical hours when the fire was bearing down on the city of San Diego. Hearing Loss Network (http://www.hearinglossnetwork.org) filed FCC complaints, and after a couple of hiccups, the FCC responded with notices to the local stations.

For a more detailed account of how we got to that point, please point your browser to http://www.hearinglossnetwork.org/serv/advcy/fire/fire.htm .

About a month later the responses from the TV stations started rolling in. They all claimed that they had done a wonderful job of making the information accessible to their viewers with hearing loss. They had charts and graphs and maps and tickers, all of which had a wealth of information! It's true that there was a lot of visual information presented, with some stations doing a better job than others. (Note that the FCC requirement does NOT specify captions; it specifies that emergency information presented by program audio must also be prevented visually).

But the really important stuff was the late-breaking information about new evacuations, road closures, unexpected fire progress, etc. and that information wasn't presented visually until eons later (in fire emergency time) when it showed up on some chart or map. One station even sent a couple of videotapes to show how much visual information they presented, and they just reinforced the argument that the really important stuff wasn't provided visually until much later!

Two of the stations mentioned that, even though they had done a great job of providing information to all viewers and were clearly in compliance with the FCC requirements, they had recently placed captioning companies on retainer to ensure that they would do an even better job during future emergency situations.

And two of the stations subsequently hosted meetings to address community concerns and learn more about the issue of providing emergency information to people with hearing loss. Hearing Loss Network has established a good working relationship with both of those stations, and we continue to work with them on this important issue.

This whole process has been (after a slightly rocky start) amazingly smooth and easy. A small amount of effort to complain about a grievous injustice has paid enormous dividends. I believe that San Diegans with hearing loss will never again be in the situation of having inferior television access to emergency information. Evidence of that was provided not too long ago, when a wildfire erupted in a rural area about 40 miles northeast of San Diego. One of the stations swung into action to provide emergency coverage. Almost immediately three people called the captioning company to request service, and captions were on the screen within a few minutes of the start of the broadcast.

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- Article 4: UN Declares Rights of People with Disabilities
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Editor: I don't know if you New Yorkers can attend this meeting or not. I would encourage those who are interested to contact Edoardo Bellando at bellando@un.org and ask.

But I didn't include this article just because there's a chance that a few of you could attend the meeting. I included it primarily because I think having the UN declare rights for people with disabilities is a large step in the universal recognition of those rights.

Here's the information from the UN.

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The United Nations committee that is drafting the first-ever international convention on the rights of persons with disabilities will meet on Monday, 23 August at United Nations Headquarters (Conference Room 4).

The General Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities will tackle the convention's title, structure, preamble, definitions and monitoring, and review articles 1 through 15, on the basis of the proposed revisions and amendments contained in the report http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc3reporte.htm.

The 25-article convention would create a legally binding framework for promoting the rights of the some 600 million people worldwide who experience disabilities of various types and degrees. Side events to the session include briefings and panel discussions organized by the European Union, the United States, France, Japan, the Center for International Rehabilitation, the World Rehabilitation Fund, Support Coalition International and others. For a list of side events, see http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4sideevents.htm.

For information, visit http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/ or contact Edoardo Bellando, United Nations Department of Public Information, tel.: (212) 963-8275, e-mail: bellando@un.org.

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- Classifieds
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One Event, one Educational Opportunity and four Employment Opportunities appear in this issue. (Ads appear after this brief table of contents.)

Event 1
Cruise for CI Users
From Los Angeles to Hawaii
January 19 to February 3, 2005

Education Opportunity 1
Play Therapy and Sandtray Training
Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars

Employment Opportunity 1
Teacher - Career / Occupational Emphasis
Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind
Gooding, Idaho

Employment Opportunity 2
Teacher of the Deaf/HH - Reading and Language Emphasis
Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind
Gooding, Idaho

Employment Opportunity 3
Interpreter
Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind
Gooding, Idaho

Employment Opportunity 4
Various Opportunities with GLAD
Various locations in Southern California

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Event 1
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From Los Angeles to Hawaii
January 19 to February 3, 2005
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Education Opportunity 1
Play Therapy and Sandtray Training
Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars
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CHESAPEAKE BEACH PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS
is interested in offering play therapy and sandtray training to deaf and hard of hearing clinicians who provide mental health services to children and families.

Interpreters using American Sign Language available.

If you work at a facility where there are a number of deaf and hard of hearing clinicians or you have access to a number of such clinicians, we could have the training at your facility.

Please get in touch with us immediately to talk about possibilities.
E-mail: cbps@radix.net.
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Employment Opportunity 1
Teacher - Career / Occupational Emphasis
Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind
Gooding, Idaho
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STARTING DATE:
August 10, 2004

SALARY RANGE
Commensurate with education, experience and contract days.

BENEFITS:
Comprehensive fringe benefit package included.
Employees receive reduced tuition at state universities ($5 per credit hour).

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Eligible for Idaho Teacher Certification for Hearing or Visually Impaired.
* Excellent receptive and expressive skills in sign language or willingness to obtain.
* Bachelor's degree acceptable, Master's degree preferred.
* Experience teaching Deaf/HH or Blind/VI students preferred.

DUTIES:
* Provide educational and career awareness services to elementary, middle school and high school age Deaf/HH and Blind/VI students.
* Develop employer and school district contacts to promote job opportunities for students
* Advise students in job seeking skills and career opportunities
* Work with teachers to develop a continuum of educational activities throughout the curriculum.
* Attend IEP meetings and other meetings required for the delivery of educational services.
* Participate in committees and other job related activities.
* Other duties as assigned.

LOCATION:
ISDB is located in Gooding, Idaho (pop. 3,500). The city is a quiet, family oriented community in a rural setting. Abundant recreational and professional growth opportunities are available within a reasonable driving distance. Check our website at: www.isdb.state.id.us.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Apply by submitting a letter of application, resume, transcripts, teaching certification, and three letters of recommendation.

SUBMIT TO:
Human Resources Department
ISDB, 1450 Main Street, Gooding, Idaho 83330

DEADLINE:
Open until filled

FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:
Ms. Sherry Hann, Human Resource Specialist at 208-934-4457 (V/TTY)
or send email to: shann@isdb.state.id.us

Successful candidate will be required to pass a state-background check within three months of employment per Idaho Code 33-130.

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Employment Opportunity 2
Teacher of the Deaf/HH - Reading and Language Emphasis
Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind
Gooding, Idaho
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STARTING DATE:
August 10, 2004

SALARY RANGE
Commensurate with education, experience and contract days.

BENEFITS:
Comprehensive fringe benefit package included.
Employees receive reduced tuition at state universities ($5 per credit hour).

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Eligible for Idaho Teacher Certification for Hearing Impaired.
* Excellent receptive and expressive skills in sign language or willingness to obtain.
* Excellent skills in development of language and reading.
* Bachelor's degree acceptable, Master's degree preferred.
* Experience teaching deaf children preferred.

DUTIES:
* Provide educational services to middle school and high school age deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
* Work with teachers to develop a continuum of educational activities throughout the curriculum.
* Attend IEP meetings and other meetings required for the delivery of educational services.
* Participate in committees and other job related activities.
* Other duties as assigned.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Apply by submitting a letter of application, resume, transcripts, teaching certification, and three letters of recommendation.

SUBMIT TO:
Human Resources Department
ISDB, 1450 Main Street, Gooding, Idaho 83330

DEADLINE:
Open until filled

FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:
Ms. Sherry Hann, Human Resource Specialist at 208-934-4457 (V/TTY)
or send email to: shann@isdb.state.id.us

Successful candidate will be required to pass a state-background check within three months of employment per Idaho Code 33-130.

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Employment Opportunity 3
Interpreter
Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind
Gooding, Idaho
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STARTING DATE:
August 10, 2004

SALARY RANGE:
Commensurate with education and experience

BENEFITS:
Comprehensive fringe benefit package included.
Employees and spouses receive reduced tuition at state universities ($5 per credit hour).

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
* A.A. or B.A degree with interpreting as a major emphasis or experience and formal training in interpreting.
* Certified as an interpreter or willing to obtain certification within 24 months. (Certification can be obtained from Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf).
* Fluent in American Sign Language, English, and Conceptually Accurate Signed English.
* Strong sign to voice skills (adult and children).
* Demonstrate knowledge of Deaf culture and communication styles.
* Familiarity with role and ethics of the interpreter.
* Experience in teaching Conceptually Accurate Signed English is preferred.

DUTIES:
* Interpret in-service programs, meeting, mainstream classes, student activities and provide interpreting services for deaf staff members.
* Provide instruction or planning in sign language instruction for staff and students as needed.
* Act as resource person regarding manual communication related issues (etiquette, turn taking, vocabulary, aspects of visual-gestural languages and interpreting issues).
* Interpreters will be required to maintain a plan of professional development as follows:
1. Certified interpreters will participate in the certificate maintenance program as required by Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. 2. Non-certified interpreters will complete the application and evaluation process of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf within 2 years.
* Other duties as assigned.

LOCATION:
ISDB is located in Gooding, Idaho (pop. 3,500), a small farming community at the foothills of the Sawtooth Mountain Range. The city of Gooding is a quiet, family oriented community. Abundant recreational and professional growth opportunities are available within a short driving distance. For more info about ISDB check our website at: www.isdb.state.id.us

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Submit:
1. Letter of application
2. Copies of certification
3. Three letters of recommendation
4. Official transcripts
5. Resume

SUBMIT TO:
Human Resources Department
ISDB, 1450 Main Street, Gooding, Idaho 83330

DEADLINE:
Open until filled.

FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:
Ms. Sherry Hann, Human Resources Director at 208-934-4457 (V/TTY)
or send email to: shann@isdb.state.id.us

Successful candidate will be required to furnish a background check within three months of employment per Idaho Code 33-130.

In addition to sending a letter of application and resume, applicants should send a regular VCR tape, "C", or a "mini" DVCassette and include the following:

1) A five minute segment of voice to sign interpreting (ASL)
2) A five minute segment of sign to voice interpreting (ASL)
3) A five minute segment of voice to sign transliterating (Conceptually Accurate Signed English)
4) A five minute segment of sign to voice transliterating (Conceptually Accurate Signed English)
5) Voice to sign portions must be accompanied by a typed script of the selection that was signed.
6) If possible, these segments need to be "live" segment.

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Employment Opportunity 4
Various Opportunities with GLAD
Various locations in Southern California
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES @ GLAD
GLAD is an Affirmative Action Employer with equal opportunity for men, women and people with disabilities.
For more information on the following positions, go to: www.gladinc.org
All positions are open until filled. Revised 08/17/04

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Location: Los Angeles
Program Name: GLAD
Salary Range: Negotiable based on experience
Status: Regular, Full-time, Non-Exempt, Full Fringe Benefits
Brief Summary: Under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, the Executive Assistant will perform high-level secretarial and administrative duties with a Human Resources component, which requires independent judgment, exercising tact and personal initiative. The Executive Assistant will compose/type routine correspondence, etc.; organize/maintain office files; answer/screen CEO's telephone messages, schedule/make appointments; arrange/coordinate CEO's travel schedules/reservations; coordinate/ arrange meetings, record/transcribe minutes of meetings; interpret as needed; maintain agency insurance; administration of all employee benefits; recruit, interview/hire all GLAD personnel; assist in the maintenance, administration, and development of personnel policies and the Employee Handbook....

COMMUNITY INTERPRETER
Location: Los Angeles
Program Name: LIFESIGNS
Salary Range: Negotiable based on experience
Status: Regular, Full-time, Non-Exempt, Full Fringe Benefits
Brief Summary: Under the supervision of the Director of LIFESIGNS, Inc., the Community Interpreter will interpret assignments as delegated by the Interpreter Referral Specialists and/or Director of LIFESIGNS, Inc. for assignments that can range from routine medical appointments, staff meetings at large companies, formal speeches (platform interpreting), press conferences...

PARENT CONSULTANT
Location: Los Angeles
Program Name: Parent Links
Salary Range: Negotiable based on experience
Status: Regular, Full-time, Non-Exempt, Full Fringe Benefits
Brief Summary: Provide direct peer counseling, education, and case management to families: one-on-one emotional support through family's grieving process, address family's individual needs to become knowledgeable about child's hearing loss, linkage to other families and resources, assistance in educational process and how to develop IFSP, transition to other agency staff for advocacy. Develop relationship and establish regional "Early Intervention Network"....

COMMUNITY ADVOCATE
Location: Ventura
Program Name: TRI-COUNTY GLAD
Salary Range: Negotiable based on experience
Status: Regular, Full-time, Non-Exempt, Full Fringe Benefits
Brief Summary: Assist deaf and hard of hearing consumers in the area of communication access via TTY relay, document translation, and other duties, provide advocacy in the areas of social security, education, employment, consumer affairs, and others, record statistics on a daily basis related to provision of services, counsel deaf and hard of hearing consumers with problems related to personal and family adjustments, finances, employment, food, clothing and housing....

JOB DEVELOPER/INTERPRETER
Location: West Covina
Program Name: Employment Development Department
Salary Range: Negotiable based on experience
Status: Regular, Full-time, Non-Exempt, Full Fringe Benefits
Brief Summary: Responsibilities include providing assistance with Job Development/Placement efforts; work in conjunction with traditional employment resources such as employers and employment agencies to develop employment opportunities, identify openings and opportunities for clients in need of employment assistance. Other duties include job interviews, job counseling to clients and employers, sensitivity awareness and training for existing and potential employers of deaf and hard of hearing clients....

COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATOR
Location: Los Angeles
Program Name: Community Challenge Grant
Salary Range: Negotiable based on experience
Status: Regular, Full-time, Non-Exempt, Full Fringe Benefits
Brief Summary: Responsibilities include using the guidelines of the assigned scope of work provided by the California Department of Health Services' Community Challenge Grant, the Community Health Educator will provide teenage pregnancy prevention and education services to Deaf and Hard of Hearing youth, adults and parents in Los Angeles and it's surrounding counties using the "Be Cool...Sign NO to Sex" curriculum.

COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATOR
Location: Riverside
Program Name: Community Challenge Grant
Salary Range: Negotiable based on experience
Status: Regular, Part-time (20 hours per week), Non-Exempt, Full Fringe Benefits
Brief Summary: Responsibilities include working closely with GLAD's Community Health Educator for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program. The Community Health Educator will conduct 8-hour curriculum prevention based sessions called "Be Cool...Sign NO to Sex" and implement other activities as assigned in the program's scope of work; provide teenage pregnancy prevention and education services to Deaf and Hard of Hearing youth, adults and parents....

REGIONAL DIRECTOR
Location: Ventura
Program Name: Tri-County GLAD
Salary Range: Negotiable based on experience
Status: Regular, Full-time, Exempt, Full Fringe Benefits
Brief Summary: Under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, the Regional Director will: plan and supervise the day-to-day activities of the Tri-County GLAD office in Ventura; provide direct counseling, personal advocacy and other assistance to clients of all ages; develop and implement education, advocacy and resource development efforts in the service area; ensure programmatic objectives are carried out by monitoring program progress and contract compliance; provide ongoing consultation, support and training to staff and supervise staff....

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