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Presented by Q13 FOX... The Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center's
annual Wake Up! Breakfast was a wonderful success - raising over
$50,000 in support of early learning for children with disabilities! |
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(left to right) Bruce MacIntyre, Perkins Coie LLP & Board President,
Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center; Cherylyn McRae, CKM Communications;
Dr. Patricia Kuhl, Co-Director, University of Washington Institute
for Learning & Brain Sciences; Susie Burdick, CEO Hearing, Speech
& Deafness Center; and Lara Yamada, Q13 Fox TV anchor |
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"So many people are doing early learning but you are doing it
right. You are spot on with the important work you're doing. You
are doing all right things to help these children develop successfully."
Dr Patricia Kuhl, keynote speaker |
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University of Washington professor, Dr. Patricia Kuhl served
as keynote speaker at HSDC's annual Wake Up! Breakfast held on
Thursday, March 13, 2008 at the Seattle Sheraton. One of the world's
leading authorities on language acquisition and brain development,
Dr. Kuhl is a professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University
of Washington and Co-Director of the UW Institute for Learning
and Brain Sciences. Her work has played a major role in demonstrating
how early exposure to language alters brain mechanisms. |
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 Read more about Dr.
Kuhl |
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(front row)John Backus, Lucky Seven Foundation; Susie Burdick,
CEO, Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center; Dr. Patricia Kuhl, Co-Director,
UW Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (back row) Peter Berliner,
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation; Abbe Sutton; Edgar Gonzalez; Erika
Stevens, Assistant Director, UW Institute for Learning & Brain
Sciences |
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Q13 FOX presented this year's event and Fox TV anchor Lara Yamada
(below) served as emcee for over 200 guests in attendance. |
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(front row) General Manager Pamela S. Pearson with fellow Q13
attendees Michael Goodman, Sheldon Cohen, Theresa Cuthill, and
Jim Crownover (back row) Lara Yamada, Paul Rennie, Jason Innes,
and Marty Gustafson. |
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In addition, Dr. Kuhl is interested in partnering with HSDC on
future research projects. According to her, sign language works
similarly to spoken language in terms of brain development, but
she is interested in doing more research on this, possibly involving
the children in our programs. |
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"This is a match made in heaven, HSDC and the University of Washington's
Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences. I'm really interested
in talking more about partnering on longitudinal studies. It would
be great to work together."
Dr. Patricia Kuhl, on partnering with
HSDC |
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The annual Wake Up! Breakfast benefits HSDC’s early learning
programs. Past keynote speakers have included Phil Smart Sr. in
2005, the “ultimate
volunteer” and
a successful automobile dealer. 2006 brought Karen Bryant,COO of
former WNBA champions the Seattle Storm. In
2007, HSDC welcomed William H. Gates Sr., who after a distinguished
career in law is now Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. |
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HSDC is preparing children, ages birth to eighteen, for school
success with three new programs: the Family Preschool for families
with Deaf, Deaf-Blind and hard of hearing children; the Ned Behnke
Speech Language Preschool, an oral classroom for children with
speech-language delays and/or hearing loss; and a Literacy Lab
providing clinical and educational literacy instruction for children
who are Deaf, Deaf-Blind or hard of hearing, and those with speech-language
delays or learning disabilities. These programs, along
with the Center’s nationally recognized Parent-Infant Program,
provide a continuum of communication services that assist children
with special needs in acquiring the skills necessary to be successful
in school
and in life. |
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Read more about Early Childhood Education at HSDC |
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2008 Wake Up! Event Sponsors |
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The
Boeing Company |
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Cairncross & Hempelmann, PS |
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Cascade
Natural Gas |
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Northwest Baptist Federal Credit Union / Mount Zion Baptist Church |
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Perkins Coie LLP |
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2008 In-Kind Event Donors |
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Alaskan Copper & Brass Company |
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Fleurish Floral Design Studio |
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Rickshaw Studios |
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See's Chocolates |
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SignOn, Inc. |
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Employees of Starbucks Coffee Company |
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Wade Brewer & Piranha Productions |
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Danae Weber |
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