If your child is below the age of 3, there is a parent manual put out by the State of Illinois Deaf and Hard Hearing Commission called “Experiencing The Journey”.  It has lots of good information for parents of newly diagnosed infants and toddlers to helpyou navigate the Early Intervention system in Illinois and get your child the services he/she needs.

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

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

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