Sign Language – Online Support, ASL Classes and Interpreter Training Programs

Sign Language Online

• Arthur
  from PBS – a good intro for kids

• ASL Browser

• A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms
  

• Handspeak
  monthly subscription to online ASL dictionary

• ASL University
  

• SignHear

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Sign Language Classes

• Center on Deafness

3444 Dundee Road
Northbrook, IL
6 levels (ASL Beginner I-II, Advanced I-III, and Conversation)
All Classes are on Tuesday evenings
10 week course
Contact: Michelle Mausbaum
847-559-0110 (ext 215)(v)
847-559-9493(tty)
www.centerondeafness.org

• Center for Sight and Hearing

625 Adams Street
Rockford, IL
All classes are on Thursday
Classes are 8 weeks
Instructor: Carol Robbins
Contact: Beth Sweeney
815-964-4454(v/tty)

• Central Illinois Center for Independent Living

614 W. Glen
Peoria, IL
ASL classes for adults and children
309-682-3500(v)
309-682-3567(tty)
www.cicil.org

• Ephphatha Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Deaf

7956 South Dr. Martin Luther King Drive
Chicago, IL 60619
12-week classes
For more information, contact Rev. Prentice D. Marsh
773-723-3232(v), 773-723-3737(tty)
ephphathalutheran@sbcglobal.net

• Hinsdale South High School

7401 S. Clarendon Hills Road
Darien, IL
ASL Levels I-IV
Classes for children
Spanish-speaking class available
Fall and Winter/Spring 10-week courses
Contact: Peggy Bell at LADSE 708-354-5730(v)

• Joliet Junior College

1215 Houbolt Road
Joliet,IL
Adult/Family Conversational Sign
All classes are on Monday evenings
Instructors: Karen Putz, Julia Anderson
815-729-9020(v)
www.jjc.cc.il.us

• Lake County Center for Independent Living

377 N. Seymour Avenue,
Mundelein, IL
ASL classes for adults in the fall and spring, and for children in the summer.
847-949-4440(v/tty)
847-949-0641(tty)
deafadvo@lccil.org
www.lccil.org

• LICA (Low Incidence Cooperative Agreement)

1601 Feehanville Drive Suite 400
Mt. Prospect, IL 60056
Beginner and Intermediate classes (for family members of children in the LICA program)
Sibling and Spanish-speaking classes offered as well
Contact: Jane Holtz
847-803-9444(v)
847-803-9472(tty)
www.lica.k12.il.us

• LIFE Center for Independent Living

2201 Eastland Drive, Suite 1
Bloomington, IL
Beginning and intermediate sign language classes
Contact: Jackie Cole
309-663-5433(v/tty)
309-663-0054(tty)
jackie@lifecil.org
www.lifecil.org

• National Center for Latinos with Disabilities, Inc.

5 different locations in Chicago and 3 in the suburbs. Simultaneous ASL/English as a second Language classes. These classes address the unique needs of Hispanic families with deaf/hh family members.
Times vary for each location.
No cost to individuals who are deaf/hearing and their family members.
Contact:Carmen Aguilar
312-666-3393(v)
312-666-1788(tty)
ncld@ncld.com
homepage.interaccess.com/~ncld

• Wright College

4300 N. Narragansett
Chicago, IL 60634
Beginning Sign Language Classes
Contact: Center for Lifelong Learning
(773) 481-8800
Register online at http://wright.ccc.edu/index.asp
Select Cont. Education, then select Registration.
Or register in person at the Center for Lifelong Learning Office

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Interpreter Training Programs:

• Columbia College – Chicago, IL
• Harper College – Palatine, IL
• Waubonsee College – Sugar Grove, IL
• John A. Logan College – Carterville, IL
• MacMurray College – Jacksonville, IL
• Southwestern Illinois College – Belleville, IL