Resources for Families with deaf members
Parent Links
Hope, Dream, Achieve
Supported by CSUN’s Deaf Education and Families Project and the Family Focus Resource and Empowerment Center, this special program connects parents of newly identified deaf and hard of hearing children with a trained parent mentor. Parent to parent guidance, support, and empowerment.
www.csun.edu/deafproject
818-677-6854
IMPACT
Together for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
California’s largest and oldest state wide non-profit for parents raising deaf and hard of hearing children. IMPACT host’s annual conferences and symposiums through out the state. For families looking for help the 1-877 number connects parents and caregivers to a parent mentor.
www.impactfamilies.org
Hotline: 1-877-322-7299
ASDC
American Society for Deaf Children
Founded in 1967 this non-profit organization supports parents with deaf and hard of hearing children around the country. They are best known for hosting bi-annual conferences that provide educational and social opportunities for families.
www.deafchildren.org
Hotline: 1-800-942-2732
KODAWest
Where Kids Can be Kids and Deaf Parents Unite
A non-profit organization for deaf parents raising hearing children. Serving as a common place for families who share similar dynamics, in a bi-lingual and bi-cultural world. Support workshops, camp activities, and social events bring these families together.
www.kodawest.org
CAL-ED
California Educators for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Established in 1960 this organization is composed of educators, parents, teacher trainers, interpreters, support staff, professionals, and other persons who are dedicated to the pursuit of educational excellence for Deaf and hard of hearing children.
www.cal-ed.org
Dawn Sign Press
A comprehensive resource center for educational and cultural materials. On the cutting edge of the latest development in educational strategies for teaching ASL, or in the classroom of dhh kids.
www.dawnsign.com
GLAD
Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness
GLAD is a local agency whose mission is to provide social, recreational, cultural, educational, and vocational well being of deaf and hard of hearing people.
www.gladinc.org
Deaf West Theatre
Deaf West Theatre, Inc., was founded in 1991 to directly improve and enrich the cultural lives of the 1.2 million deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals who live in the Los Angeles area. DWT provides exposure and access to professional theatre, filling a void for deaf artists and audiences.
www.deafwest.org
RIT - NTID
Rochester Institute of Technology - National Institute for the Deaf
Raising and Educating a Deaf Child, in a question and answer format:
www.rit.edu/ntid/educatingdeafchildren
More valuable resources:
Clercs Children
National Association of the Deaf
Deaf Culture Online
Deaf Planet
Deaf Nation
Gallaudet University
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