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Guide to Providing Services

Our conference will return in November 3, 2025! 

Guide to Providing Services offers a unique opportunity for Early Intervention Service Providers and Speciality Support Service Providers to come together to learn and to network.

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NAD Conference

2024 Conference in Chicago. Pictured are �Թϴ�������ͷ�� staff, Jr. NAD Delegate James, and Ben Wagenknecht, Class of 1992.

EHDI Conference

PIP Staff Claire Miller and Thea Cabral at the Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Conference iN Denver, CO.

STEM Summit

Science teacher Anna Krauss with Dr. Alicia Wooten (L)  and Dr. Barbara Spiecker (R), co-founders of Atomic Hands. at Gallaudet STEM Signs Summit.

UMass Audiology Program

Megan Vargo, Educational Audiologist, presented to 2nd and 3rd year AuD students AT UMass Amherst: "Supporting D/HH Children through American Sign Language" (October 2023)

Deaf View Image Art (De'VIA)

Mental Health Clinician and Art Therapist Noel King participated in the 2023 De'VIA Curriculum Session at Wisconsin School for the Deaf, a workshop for Art Teachers and De'VIA Artists.

NASSP Conference

Marie Philip School Secondary Principal Jessica Greenfield attended the 2023 National Association of Secondary School Principals conference in Denver.

Partnership with MCDHH

Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH) Commissioner Opeoluwa Sotonwa and Peggy Lee, Director of Social Services, visited �Թϴ�������ͷ�� and explored how both organizations can collaborate on removing systemic barriers for teacher of the deaf certification, deaf and hard of hearing students’ graduation requirements, and leveraging Healey-Driscoll initiatives to support Deaf Education in the Commonwealth. 

Badavas Parent Infant Program staff Thea Cabral and Claire Miller attended the national in Cincinnati. They also represented �Թϴ�������ͷ�� at the Massachusetts Newborn Hearing Screening state stakeholders meeting

�Թϴ�������ͷ�� hosted the on its Framingham campus. Three �Թϴ�������ͷ�� leaders, who are Academy alumni, welcomed the class: Carla Del Pizzo (2020), Senior Community Relations Manager; Patti McCarthy (2019), Senior Events & Giving Manager; and Linda Sutton (2020), Director, Staff Development & Training.

On the tour, the class learned about Marie Philip School, Walden School, Audiology Clinic, �Թϴ�������ͷ��'s Community �Թϴ�������ͷ�� classes, and Interpreting Services.

Walden School Director of Clinical Services Kasey Pendexter, LMHC, LMFT, recently presented at Gallaudet University's Psychology Colloquium and Division webinar; of which Kasey is a member of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child Resilience Center.

This webinar discussed the use of evidence-based psychological treatments with deaf and hard of hearing children and adolescents. It will provide a brief overview of three treatments (i.e., Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), Parents-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Sensory Monitor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART) that are currently being adapted for use with deaf and hard of hearing children and adolescents.

YW Boston:

Feature a panel of local business leaders and industry experts, including �Թϴ�������ͷ�� Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer Kyle Amber Clark, who will co-facilitate a breakout session called "Dream Work Through Teamwork: Advancing DEI Work as Non-Managers."

Walden Community Services Director Elisa Valles joins a panel discussion from Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership presents conversation and reflection on the importance of health equity in the behavioral health recovery process and the necessity of access to affordable, culturally competent healthcare options for all. Keynote by Dr. David Satcher and panel discussion by individuals sharing their lived and professional experiences of navigating behavioral health inequities and exploring how to make behavioral health care more inclusive for all.

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Six staff represented �Թϴ�������ͷ�� at the 2022 American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA) Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico conference by presenting their expertise, clinical backgrounds and therapeutic training:

• Noel King, MAAT, APCC, Mental Health Clinician: “Building a Bridge between the Deaf Community and Art Therapy” 
• Justina Ercolino, MSW, LCSW, In Home Therapist/Intensive Care Coordinator, and Morag Morag McDonald, MSW, In-Home Therapist/Intensive Care Coordinator: “Chaotic Mind to Calm Mind” (Skills building for Social Resilience Model trainers)
• Devonta Thomas, Intensive Care Coordinator; and Kristie Medeiros, M.ED, Therapeutic Mentor: “Deaf People of Color: Unpacking the Needs of this Population within the Deaf Community” 
• Sarah Wintman, LICSW, RPT, Mental Health Clinician: “Developing Self Conceptualization in Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment” (child focus)

Noel King, MAAT, APCC, Mental Health Therapist, presents at the American Art Therapy Association. Her presentation is called "Building a Bridge Between the Deaf Community and Art Therapy."

�Թϴ�������ͷ�� Superintendent Glennis Matthews at the Boston University of Education and Human Development Deaf World Lecture Series: December 1, 2021. 

PHESLIP (Public Health and Equity Sign Language Interpreting Program) 

Walden Community Services' Kristie Medeiros presented at Rhode Island College in August 2021. Her presentation on Deaf BIPOC was part of PHESLIP night, and included presenters from Brown University and Rhode Island Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.