Partners in Education: Issues and Trends from the 21st International Congress on the Education of the Deaf

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments This book is the product of 5 years of planning culminating in the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) held in Vancouver, British Columbia. As such, it rests on the work of hundreds of professionals who organized and conducted the congress as well as those who made more than 300 presentations. I especially want to acknowledge the leadership of Claire Anderson, chair of ICED Vancouver, and of Janet Jamieson, Susan van Gurp, and Tane Akamatsu, the members of the ICED scientific committee , who had major responsibility for the congress program. I am deeply indebted to the keynote presenters and chapter authors for their expertise, professionalism, and responsiveness. It was a pleasure working withthemfromfirstdrafttofinalchapter.Myrespectforthemandtheirwork could not be higher. I have had the opportunity to publish three books over the past few years with the Gallaudet University Press and each time I have been fortunate to work with Ivey Wallace and Deirdre Mullervy. We function well as a team and I acknowledge my debt to them. I have had the assistance of Amber Moore, Amy Joyner, and Kelsey Alderfer, graduate students in the Department of Exceptional Student and Deaf Education at the University of North Florida, who provided invaluable support. Finally, I am deeply grateful to the scholarly advice, insight, and support of Margery Miller. ix ...