Interested in finding out more about…
- ITHI (Illinois Teachers of the Hearing Impaired)
- Different Communication Choices
- School choices in your area
- Find out what deaf/hh school programs are available in your area (coops, oral, residential, etc)
- Post-Secondary programs
- Find information about college and career programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing students
- Medical Careers
- Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Loss (AMPHL)
- Oral Programs
- Child’s Voice – Wood Dale
- Alexander Graham Bell Montessori School (Cued Speech) – Mt. Prospect
- LICA (Oral Pre-School-as part of their overall T.C. deaf/hh program for students ages 3-21) – Northwest Suburban Cook County
- Dupage West Cook (Oral program- as one option as part of their overal deaf/hh program for students ages 3-21)
- St. Joseph Institute at Carle - Urbana
- CID (Central Institute for the Deaf) – St. Louis
- Other Educational Programs
- Center on Deafness – serving deaf/hh children and adults with additional handicapping conditions such as mental illness or developmental disabilities
- John Tracy Clinic – provides, worldwide and without charge, parent-centered services to young children with a hearing loss. Summer sessions in California, online correspondence courses, local services, as well as professional education are provided.
- IEP’s
- IDEA
- The FAPE Site
- How IDEA applies to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
- A.G. Bell Asociation – online brochure
- Council of Educators for Students with Disabilities’ – IDEA Resources
- Questions and Answers about IDEA
- IDEA – Laws and Regulations
- Obligations of Public Agencies to Serve Your Children if You Have Placed Them in a Private School
- A User’s Guide to the 1999 IDEA Regulations
- Section 504
- Wrightslaw
- Comparing IDEA and Section 504
- Section 504 and IDEA:Basic Similarities and Differences
- Section 504, the ADA, and the IDEA
- Council of Educators for Students with Disabilities’ – 504 Resources
- Comparison of ADA, IDEA and Section 504
- A Parent Guide to Section 504
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
- FAPE – Requirements under Section 504
- Section 504 Handbook
- Student Placement and Section 504 and Title II of the ADA
- Related Services
- Special Education
- Illinois Special Ed (advocacy and parent support groups)
- Questions Often Asked by Parents About Special Education Services
- Accomodations
- Classroom modifications
- Classroom acoustics Q and A
- Communication accomodations (this website focuses on postsecondary students, but the information is useful for parents/students of any age/grade)
- Classroom acoustics suggestions
- A Guide to Speech-to-Text Services (in the Postsecondary Environment)
- Speech-To-Text Services
- Breaking Down the Laws Applicable to CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation)
- National Court Reporters Association
- Communication Acess Information Center
- Caption First
- CARTwheel
- C-Print
- Typewell
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