There is need for research about deaf and hard of hearing people, however, it is not appropriate for our agency to do it. We could possibly provide certain kinds of information that did not involve information about specific clients or consumers to people wanting to do research. Please list general topic areas for your agency's planned training over the next two years beginning with fiscal year 2000. Please list and describe briefly the training activities for agency personnel that your agency plans to conduct or sponsor over the next two years beginning with fiscal year 2000. Possibly some mediation training or skills related to building a strong team are needs for our agency would be helpful.
Many agencies have additional training needs that are beyond their current capacity.
Please list any of your agency's additional training needs about which you would like others to know. Please provide any additional comments regarding your future research and training needs. We do trainings all over the state related to hearing loss, ADA, communication access etc. at no cost. We use deaf and hard of hearing trainers and would be willing to work with others or train groups who would like to incorporate information about how to make services, training, etc. accessible. As we have a very small budget, costs involved in training our staff is considered.