“Running Down a Dream”…

Hi All:
Do any of you moms and dads want to raise money and awareness for hearing loss/ANSD?  Would you like a personal victory and time for yourselves?  How about some distance running?  Friendship, fund-raising and a chance to share your story.

Whose in?
Contact me and we can have some fun this Summer and Fall.
Karyn Ness, M.S., M.A., LPC
Lic  Audiologist & Professional Counselor
Evaluator & Provider of Aural Habilitation Therapy

Please click on the flyer for more details:
Running Down a Dream Flyer

ISD’s Annual Parent Conferences

Please see the attached flyers for the dates, information and registration for the Illinois School for the Deaf’s annual parent conferences.

Parent Conference Flyer English

Parent Conference Flyer Spanish

Rush University Research Project…

A research project is being done at Rush University on memory and lipreading.  This is an exciting opportunity to have a positive impact on the education of future generations of children with hearing loss.

Please see the attached parent letter that describes the project. Here is a list of the criteria that the children must meet:

• Children 6-12 years of age
• Either hearing aid or cochlear implant users (degree of hearing loss unimportant)
• Receiving some kind of educational intervention by 3 years of age
• Primarily oral communicators, but could use sign to supplement
• Native English speakers or bilingual families that are fluent in English

If your child meets the above criteria, you may contact Dr. Stiles directly at ChildHearingLab@rush.edu.

Parent Letter – Rush University

Captionfish has IPhone app!

The Captionfish iPhone application is now available in the US! You can learn more about this at http://www.captionfish.com/iphone .  If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can proceed to iTunes from the Download link on that page.

Not only can you find locations of captioned and described movies in your area,but you can now watch captioned trailers, find showtimes, movies & theater details while on the go.  Many hours of hard work went into it to make this possible.

Other Resources

• ASL Quest
  • A collection of American Sign Language poems and stories
• My Baby’s Hearing
  • a website from BoysTown National Research Hospital that contains lots of information for parents in a friendly, parent-to-parent format
  • The website has a Spanish version available
• Communication Clubhouse
  • speech therapy
  • sign classes
  • parent support
  • advocacy support
• Community Christian Church Naperville, ASL interpreted services
• • Sunday morning at 10:20 an ASL interpreter is present weekly
• Deaf American Children
  • Storystones
• Deaf Illinois News
  • Information center for Illinois’ Deaf and Hard of Hearing community
• Deaf Today
  • Bringing you the (deaf) news daily from a to z from around the world!
• EDEN (Electronic Deaf Education Network)
• EHDI (Early Hearing Detection and Intervention)
  • A website from the CDC (Center for Disease Control) that has information on:
    • educational materials (for families and professionals)
    • early intervention
    • genetics
    • research
• Healthy Hearing
• Hearing Exchange
• KidsWorld Deaf Net
  • A national communication network for parents and professionals involved in the education of deaf and hard of hearing children
• 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.
• Listen Up
• Mothers From Hell 2
  • A national group of parents, relatives, friends, and anyone who just plain ‘gets it’
• NCHAM
  • National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management- Utah State University
• NIDCD - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
  • information on hearing loss
  • current research
  • links to lots of organizations
• PRIDE – (Parent Resources in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education – Chicago Public Schools)
  • Provides support, answers questions and informs parents about developments in the deaf/hard of hearing school community in Chicago
• Special Ed Moms
  • This site is for parents who are dedicated to raising and loving special needs children. You are already an expert on your child … now take the time to become knowledgeable about special education law and become our child’s best advocate! Understand what this means as it relates to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504, Rehabilitation Act, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and No Child Left Behind.
• StarNET
  • Financial Assistance (to attend conferences, etc)
  • Family Resource Directory
  • MiniGrants (for professionals)

Associations/Clubs

• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  • Focus is on oral communication
  • National website
• CCD
  • Chicago Club for the Deaf
• IAD
  • Illinois Assoication of the Deaf
• Jacksonville Community Center for the Deaf
  • 907 West SuperiorJacksonville, Illinois 62650800-468-9211(v/tty)

    217-245-0429(v/tty)

    e-mail: jccd@csj.net

• NAD
  • National Association of the Deaf
• NSSRA
  • Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association
• NWSRA
  • NorthWest Suburban Special Recreation Association
• NEDSRA
  • Northeast DuPage Special Recreation Association
• SHHH
  • Self Help for Hard of Hearing
• SSSRA
  • South Suburban Special Recreation Association
• WSAD
  • West Suburban Association of the Deaf
• WDSRA
  • Western DuPage Special Recreation Association