I am available to present about parenting topics, or read from my forthcoming book, The Deaf Baby Instruction Manual.
current presentation: read to your deaf child
Drawing from the the Beyond Brown Bear series in my newsletter, this talk is a deep dive into children’s books as essential parenting tools, and why reading to your kid has a lot more benefits than just encouraging literacy, for both children and parents.
I also discuss practical and emotional barriers to storytime for parents, and include recommendations for over 80 children’s books, plus like a million pictures and videos of my kids.
- Appropriate for parents, educators and professionals
- Not so great for birthday or bachelor parties
- Includes bibliography of children’s books, sorted by topic
- 45-90 min runtime, as needed
- Based in Northern California, available to travel
- Available for webinars / online events
- Presented in English, with passable ASL for chit-chat
- Contact me for pricing and availability
what people are saying about
read to your deaf child
★★★★½ average rating
“This presenter was awesome. Great information and what a great dad. I hope to read his book!!!”
“Delightful… Made me want to get every book he mentioned.”
“This may end up being my favorite session. Will was clearly very excited about the topic presented, shared resources and followed through.”
“I went on Amazon during your talk and spent $65 on books for my child. “
“Passionate and knowledgeable about the topic. One could not help but catch his enthusiasm.”
“This was my favorite session.“
Real session feedback from the Midwest Conference on Deaf Education, June 2025
sample slides
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