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Professional Organizations and Topics | Support for Educators and Families
 Language and Educational Options | Literacy Resources | Schools for Deaf Students

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Professional Organizations and Topics

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal integrating and coordinating basic and applied research relating to individuals who are deaf, including cultural, developmental, linguistic, and educational topics. JDSDE addresses issues of current and future concern to allied fields, encouraging interdisciplinary discussion. The journal promises a forum that is timely, of high quality, and accessible to researchers, educators, and lay audiences.

Council on Education of the Deaf
Since its inception in 1930, CED has been recognized for maintaining high standards for persons working with deaf and hard of hearing students in the education process. CED is involved in establishing standards and providing teacher certification and evaluating university professional preparation programs based on clearly defined standards and criteria.

Association of College Educators: Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The Association of College Educators - Deaf/Hard of Hearing (ACE-DHH) is The Association holds an annual conference (usually in late February) for the purpose of professional development and for accomplishing coordination of the responsibilities of the organization. The Association is one of the six members of the Council on Education of the Deaf (CED). The President and Past-President of the Association serve as representatives to CED.

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
The Clerc Center has been mandated by Congress to develop, evaluate, and disseminate innovative curricula, instructional techniques and strategies, and materials. The aim of the Clerc Center is to improve the quality of education for deaf and hard of hearing children and youth from birth through age 21.

Laurent Clerc Publications and Information Dissemination Office
PID responds to inquiries about a diverse range of topics related to deaf and hard of hearing students (under age 21). PID also collaborates with authors from within the Gallaudet community and around the nation to design, produce, and disseminate books, videotapes, periodicals, and other information related to deaf and hard of hearing children, their families, and the professionals who serve them.

DeafEd.net
Educational enhancement for the field of deaf education; Goals are to enhance the preparation of new teachers, to support the ongoing professional development of existing teachers, to expand the array of learning resources and opportunities that are available to deaf/hard-of-hearing (d/hh) students, and to increase collaborative activities between all those individuals involved in the education of d/hh students.

Preparing Postsecondary Professionals (P3)
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Practical solutions to challenges faced daily by deaf and hard of hearing students

PEPnet (Postsecondary Education Programs Network)
The goal of PEPNet is to assist postsecondary institutions across the nation to attract and effectively serve individuals who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

PEPnet Online Trainings about Deafness
Orientation to Serving College Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Online Transition Training for Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Deaf Initiative in Information Technology (DIIT)
The Deaf Initiative in Information Technology is a project of the Applied Computer Technology Department, of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology). They offer trainings (in ASL) about Net Security, Dream Weaver, HTML, hardware, Flash, wireless, networking, ColdFusion, JavaScript, etc. to high school teachers of deaf students. (The teachers may be deaf, hard-of-hearing, or hearing.)

SKI-HI Early Intervention Program
Curriculum used by early intervention specialists

Deaf Students with Multiple Disabilities

It is highly uncommon for a deaf student to be "only" deaf. Children come in complicated packages, including many strengths and weaknesses.

Support for Educators and Families

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders: My Baby's Hearing
Excellent resources about infant hearing screenings, communication options, and parent support

American Society for Deaf Children
ASDC is a national organization of families and professionals committed to education, empowering, and supporting parents and families to create opportunities for their children who are deaf and hard of hearing in gaining meaningful and full communication access, particularly through the competent use of sign language, in their homes, schools, and communities.

Beginnings
Excellent website which provides emotional support and access to information as a central resource for families with deaf or hard of hearing children, age birth through 21.

The Hearing Exchange
Online community for the exchange of ideas and information on hearing loss. No matter what method of communication you have chosen, you'll find interesting and supportive information.

The Listen-Up Web
Helpful information about deaf education and early childhood

Deaf Linx Families Page

Resources for families with deaf or hard of hearing children

Language and Educational Options

Communication Options Reference
Comparison of American Sign Language, Auditory-Verbal, Cued Speech, Auditory-Oral, and Total Communication methods

Deaf Education: A Parent's Guide
Overview for parents about issues related to deafness, the education of the deaf, and Deaf culture.

Bilingual-Bicultural Deaf Education Resources
Resource list from the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University

Cued Speech as an Option
Letter by a teacher of the deaf written to a cued speech task force

National Directory of CED-endorsed Deaf Education Teacher Preparation Programs
College and university Deaf Education programs accredited by the Council on Education of the Deaf

Gallaudet University
The Graduate Teacher Education Program leading to the MA Degree prepares students to become teachers of deaf and hard of hearing children and youth in both mainstream programs and center schools. All of the MA programs are NCATE-accredited, NASDTEC-approved, and accredited by the Council on Education of the Deaf.

California State University, Northridge
The College of Education is composed of the departments of Deaf Studies, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Psychology and Counseling, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, and Special Education, and offers 27 credential programs. All programs are accredited.

Flagler College
Flagler's deaf education program is nationally-known and is a Florida State-approved teacher education program also recognized at the national level by the Council on Education of the Deaf. The program provides students with dual certification in deaf education and either elementary education deaf education/mental retardation or secondary English or secondary social studies.

Western Oregon University
The mission of Western's Regional Resource Center on Deafness is to prepare professionals in the Northwest to be qualified to serve the unique communication, rehabilitation, and educational needs of deaf and hard of hearing children and adults.

Kent State University
The deaf education program is designed to provide students with the coursework and field experiences necessary to be licensed as an Intervention Specialist in the area of Deaf Education. The Deaf Education Intervention Specialist license is valid for teaching learners from ages 3 through 21, and grades pre-kindergarten through 12, who have been identified with a hearing impairment (e.g. deaf, hard-of-hearing.)