Key Details
- Categories
- Conference
- Course Code
- CPE25ITOD
Course Information
NEW DATE: 31 October 2025
The 2025 Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf Conference (ITOD 2025) was a unique opportunity for Teachers of the Deaf to come together to learn about new research and resources, and network together.
Keynote: The Science of Reading - Implications for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Learners
This presentation described the Science of Reading framework and instructional implications for the deaf and hard-of-hearing learner population including learners who are unimodal-unilingual, bimodal-bilingual, and unimodal-bilingual. Two approaches to phonological instruction (i.e., sound-based phonology and sign-based (fingerspelling) phonology) will be presented with specific instructional models.
Registering more than 5 staff? Contact Trudy Smith (trudy.smith@nextsense.org.au) directly to discuss a discount!
AITSL
The details below will allow you to apply for Teacher Identified Professional Learning with your state registration authority.
This event addresses the following Standards from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: 1.1.2, 1.2.2, 1.3.2, 1.4.2, 1.5.2, 1.6.2, 2.6.2, 3.2.2, 3.3.2, 3.4.2, 3.6.2, 4.1.2, 4.4.2, 4.5.2, 5.1.2, 5.2.2, 5.3.2, 5.4.2, 6.2.2, 6.2.6, 6.3.2, 6.4.2, 7.4.2. It fits within the Priority Area of Children/ Student with Disabilities. This event is evidence and research based.
Exhibitors
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Hearing Loop Australia
Hearing Augmentation Provider
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MED-EL
MEDEL Level 3 Sponsor
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Sound Scouts
Sound Scouts mission is to help eliminate undetected hearing loss in children and provide an accessible hearing test solution for school aged children and adults across Australia & the world.
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Oticon Medical
We’re a global company in bone anchored hearing solutions – dedicated to bringing the power of sound to people at every stage of life.
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Cochlear Australia
Hear Now. And Always.
Presenter
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Dr Stacey Tucci
Executive Director of the Georgia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of HearingStacey Tucci’s experiences parenting her Deaf daughter forged the path for her work in the field of education. Dr. Tucci received her Bachelor’s in Early Childhood and Special Education, her Master’s in Deaf Education, and her Doctorate in the Education of Students with Exceptionalities with a research focus on intervention studies from Georgia State University (GSU). During her time at GSU, Dr. Tucci worked on two Institute of Education Sciences grants. She has published articles and chapters in research journals, trade/practitioner journals, and textbooks. She is a co-author of and the training director for Foundations for Literacy, an evidence-based, early literacy curriculum. Dr. Tucci has provided professional learning seminars and conference presentations across the United States as well as Australia, Canada, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. Dr. Tucci successfully led the statewide effort to develop Georgia's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Language and Literacy law (OCGA 30-1-5); she is the Executive Director of the Georgia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Dr. Tucci is the founder of Seeds Educational Management, an educational training and consulting company.
