Moog Center’s Tele-Intervention Project…

The Moog Center for Deaf Education is undertaking a study to determine the effectiveness of tele-intervention for children with hearing loss from birth to age three. They are seeking children with hearing loss, whose families have chosen spoken language as the mode of communication for their child. Weekly services will be provided by the Moog Center staff to families of children who qualify at no cost to the family.

Please see the attached Press Release for more details and contact information.

Press Release Tele-Intervention Project

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

Family Matters Offers Parent Tele-Training…

Please click on the following link for details about Parent Tele-Trainings in March.

CHOICES for Parents- Parent Survey…

CHOICES for Parents would like to collect feedback from parents on your experiences with different professionals using their survey “My View on Services.”

Parents can access the survey either through the CHOICES web site, www.choicesforparents.org, or by clicking on the direct links to the survey below:

English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MVOS

Spanish: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MiOpinionSobrelosServicios

If you do not have access to the internet, please contact Karen Aguilar (contact info below), and she can print a copy of the survey and mail it to you with a return envelope and postage.

Please complete the survey by the end of December 2012.  For all parents who do fill out the survey, CHOICES for Parents will do random drawings and will be mailing out gift cards to thank you for your time, if you choose to leave your name and contact info at the end of the survey.

Karen Aguilar, Coalition Director
CHOICES for Parents
PO Box 806045
Chicago, IL 60680-4121
312.523.6400
Outside of Chicago area: 866.733.8729
Fax: 312.277.0997
www.choicesforparents.org

National Hands & Voices Partners with ADCO Hearing Products

Please click on the attachment for information about the National Hands & Voices partnership with ADCO Hearing Products.  With each purchase from ADCO (with enclosed code), the customer will receive a discount AND a donation will be made to National Hands & Voices.

Hands & Voices/ADCO Partnership

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.

Products and Services

Products and Services

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• Able Planet, Inc.
  • telephones
  • headsets
• ADCO Hearing Products
  • assistive devices
  • sign language books, videos, etc
  • gifts
• Boys Town Press
  • the publishing arm of Girls and Boys Town, providing books, videos, audiotapes, posters, booklets and other material provide useful information to parents, educators and professionals who work with youth and families
• Captioned Media Program
  • free-loan caption video/DVD program
• Child and Family Connections
  • Early Intervention Providers
• Harris Communications
  • assistive devices
  • sign language books, videos, etc
  • gifts
• HITEC
  • assistive devices
  • sign language books, videos, etc
  • gifts
• HOPE Inc. Online Store
  • materials for paraeducators, teachers aides, and teachers who work with young children with special needs in the classroom
  • materials for use in family-centered early intervention programs
• Insight Cinema
  • first-run open-captioned movies
• ITAC (Illinois Telecommunications Access Corporation)
  • Free TTY program
  • Free Amplified phones
• Listen-Up Bookstore
  • a resource (connected with Amazon.com) for books and videos on a wide range of topics associated with hearing loss
• Mt Sinai Deaf Access Program
  • medical Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adults and Children with Doctors who are fluent in sign language Have direct communication with your physician, without the need for an interpreter.
  • Several offices in the Chicagoland area
  • 1-773-257-5724(tty)
  • 1-773-257-5613(v)
• Parent Manuals
  • resources for services available throughtout the state
• PEPNet Resource Center
  • products and information for teachers, interpreters, notetakers, parents and students
• WGBH
  • first-run closed-captioned movies
• Wyndtell Communications
  • wireless communication devices