What is the Parent Education Program?

The Parent Education Program is a series of learning sessions created specifically for 
YOU, the caregiver of a child with hearing loss. This is a unique opportunity to learn from expert Listening and Spoken Language specialists and to connect with your community of parents and professionals. As your child is working hard learning to listen and speak, you will also be working hard this year to learn how to best support their development.

When and where are Parent Education learning sessions 
held?

Learning sessions take place monthly at 7:30 pm PST. Sessions will be held virtually, so that all members of our community can attend. A Zoom link will be sent the week of the learning session. *Please RSVP at least two days before the day of the session to 
Shannon Sharma: ssharma@weingartencc.org 

What will we learn?

There is a lot to learn, and the school years pass by quickly. Think: what do YOU need to know to be your child’s most effective and important teacher at home? Each session is a neatly packaged summary of a topic area, including the latest research, resources,  and ways that you can immediately implement new strategies at home. Some popular sessions this past year include Speech Development and Hearing Loss, Executive Functioning Skills, Literacy, Parenting 
Strategies, Audiology topics, and Transitioning
to the Mainstream
Classroom.  

Check out what our parents have to say about our Parent Educaton Program:  

Recent Weingarten graduate alumni parent

“[Another alumni parent] found that parent education is very useful even now that her kids are old. She still wants to keep learning.” 

Kindergarten parent:  

        “When we graduate, can we still join parent education?” 

Kindergarten parent:  

       “Thanks for sharing, Shannon! I’ve been putting this into practice starting today, the session was really eye opening!” 

Preschool parent:  

       “I really enjoyed your presentation on speech development and articulation! It was informative and very engaging!” 

Toddler family:  

       “I am excited to use these listening games with [child with hearing loss] and his siblings!”