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NOTE: FIRST YEARS is now accepting applications!  FIRST YEARS is extending the deadline for applications until Friday, 30 May, 2008.  The admitted cohort of twenty or so students will begin the first course in the fall semester, 2008.  Please review the FAQs, mentorship, and tuition/admission descriptions for detailed information about the requirements before applying.  Applicants must pay the application fee in order for us to consider the application for admission. We will notify all students of their admission status by mid July.  If you have questions regarding the program, please contact Laurie Cochenour, Project Director,  at lcoch@med.unc.edu. Welcome to the FIRST YEARS Certificate in Auditory Learning for Young Children with Hearing Loss -- a new certificate program committed to enhancing the knowledge and skills of professionals practicing in the fields of deaf education, speech-language pathology, audiology, and early intervention. FIRST YEARS, a collaboration between the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, uses distance education technology to bring school to you -- any time, any place.  AG Bell and UNC-Chapel Hill are grateful for generous grants from the Oticon Foundation and NEC Foundation of America for partial support of this project during 2006 and 2007. FIRST YEARS targets its certificate courses to professionals interested in expanding their knowledge and skills related to auditory-oral and auditory-verbal approaches to therapy and intervention. Topics include: speech acoustics, anatomy and physiology of the auditory system, audiological management, hearing aids, cochlear implants, classroom amplification, development of spoken language and speech production, and emerging literacy. The course readings, instruction by our faculty experts, online discussion, group and individual projects and exercises -- plus mentored practicum experiences in early intervention, educational, and clinical settings -- combine to make FIRST YEARS a unique online learning experience. Problems? Technical support is only an e-mail or phone call away.  For more information about FIRST YEARS, feel free to contact us.  Units of Study  Course demo  Successful Online Learning Semester calendar   Faculty  Advisory Committee  Project Director  Affiliated Centers and Schools  Technical Requirements  Browser Test  Library Services  24/7 Technical Support  Tech Support FAQs

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