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The NextSense Institute Podcast (formerly the Renwick Centre Podcast) is a regular series that discusses hearing and vision education and health- everything from new resources, emerging ideas and hot-button issues!
Episodes
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Trudy talks to Gia Kuek about the challenges faced by her deaf sone Kristopher through all stages of his life.
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Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Trudy talks to Kristopher Kuek about his experiences as a deaf student in Indonesia, America and New Zealand.
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Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Welcome back! We are happy to share this first episode in 2021!
Trudy talks to Gia Kuek (pronounced Gee-a quek) about her experiences as a mother of a son with hearing loss.
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Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
Trudy and Neryl chat about their experiences working towards certification as Auditory Verbal Therapists.
We are on a break until February 2021, have a safe & relaxing festive break!
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Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Ben Clare joins Trudy to talk about his work for ICEVI in the Pacific Islands and as the SPEVI 2021 Online Conference Convenor.
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SPEVI 2021 Conference: speviconference.org.au
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
SPEVI Conference keynote Charlotte Cushman joins Trudy to talk about Celebrating Change in the field of Vision Education.
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https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/
Charlotte's course: click here!
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Emma Bennison joins Trudy to talk about Blind Citizens Australia and her advocacy work for Arts Access Australia.
Transcript: click here to download!
Blind Citizens Australia website: bca.org.au
New Horizons Podcast: bca.org.au/new-horizons
SPEVI 2021 Conference: speviconference.org.au
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
This week, we revisit our chat with Zoe Dunne, as we did in Episode 30. We think the messages Zoe shared about her University journey is a valuable one for our students right now. We hope you enjoy this podcast reissue.
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Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Megan Prictor from Cataract Kids Australia tells us about childhood cataracts. Cataract Kids website: http://www.cataractkids.org.au/
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Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
This week, we are revisiting an old episode - Claire Farrington has joined us to share useful information about the RIDBC Renwick Centre and Macquarie University Masters courses.
Claire Farrington: claire.farrington@ridbc.org.au | 02 9872 0811
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Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Welcome back! After a brief hiatus for the spring holidays, Lee Strickland talks to Trudy about the importance of music programs for children who are Blind, have low vision or multiple impairments.
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Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
This week, we speak with Kaye Scott about her work "Walking on stilts while juggling: why we need to consider Theory of Mind". Please note we are on hiatus until Term 4 resumes!
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Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
This week, we speak with Nate Quinell about this career as a chef, and his passion for food.
Transcript: click here to download | Nate's website: http://www.thehurricanechef.com.au/
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
This week, we chat with Andrea Salins about her PhD research into literacy and spelling with students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Andrea is one of our presenters at the Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf Conference, which takes place online this coming Friday! Register here: https://bit.ly/3h5blul
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Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
This week, we speak to David Eckstein about career counselling for those who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, or Blind or Low Vision. We cover lots in this episode which may be helpful to students thinking about their career after high school.
Transcript: Click here to download | https://www.ncsehe.edu.au/2020-ncsehe-equity-fellow-david-eckstein/
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Helen St Clair Tracy joins us to talk about CVI. Helen is one of our keynote speakers at the OMAA Online Symposium; be sure to check out the below links:
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https://cviscotland.org/ | https://www.omaaustralasia.com/2020/05/28/omaa-online-symposium/
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Lil Deverell joins us to talk about her personal experience with adult diagnosed AHDH.
Transcript: Click here to download | https://www.adhdaustralia.org.au/
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Natalie Teakle joins us to talk about supporting clients with Single Sided Deafness.
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Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
This week, Lil Deverell talks to us about measuring functional vision and implications for orientation and mobility specialists.
www.lildeverell.net | OMAA Online Symposium website
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Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
This week, we chat to Rebecca Claridge from MED-EL about their Remote Lesson Kits.
Transcript: coming soon!