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CA Education Placements

  • California School for the Deaf, Fremont California School for the Deaf, Riverside offers comprehensive educational and extra-curricular programs that prepare students to achieve their full academic, social, and career potential. (Northern CA Counties)
  • California School for the Deaf, Riverside California School for the Deaf, Riverside offers comprehensive educational and extra-curricular programs that prepare students to achieve their full academic, social, and career potential.
  • California Special Education Local Plan Areas This website defines what a Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) is, explains the legal background and gives a list of SELPAs throughout California
  • CCHAT Center (Sacramento) The CCHAT Center – Sacramento is a school devoted to teaching deaf and hard of hearing children to listen and develop spoken language.
  • Center for Early Intervention on Deafness CEID programs combine specialized early childhood education with extensive therapies, home visits, and parent education and support.
  • Echo Center (Culver City) The Echo Center is dedicated to developing listening, speech and language skills,
  • Hands & Voices (Education) This section of articles encapsulates considerations in education for children who are DHH.
  • No Limits for Deaf Children No Limits teaches underserved deaf children and their families the skills to succeed in school and in life through its after-school educational centers and distinguished theater arts program, promoting advocacy and awareness worldwide.  
  • Public School Directory The California School Directory contains information about all California public schools, private schools, nonpublic nonsectarian schools, school districts, and county offices of education.
  • Weingarten Children’s Center Jean Weingarten Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf in Redwood City is a not-for-profit, state accredited non-public school teaching deaf children to listen, think and talk through intensive speech/language therapy and the development of listening skills.

Covid-19

Deaf Plus

Funding Resources

  • AG Bell Financial Aid Financial aid programs are available for families at every stage of raising their child. Click through our website to read more about what may be available for you.
  • ESCO ESCO, the leading provider of loss and damage coverage for the hearing industry.
  • HLAA This organization provides information about many national or regional resources for obtaining amplification.
  • Medicaid Offers U.S. government funding for some children needing hearing assistance.
  • Parent Resource Guide You can find funding sources starting on page 107 of the Parent Resource Guide.
  • Starkey Hearing Foundation The Starkey Hearing Foundation’s Hear Now program provides hearing aids for deaf and hard of hearing persons living in the United States. Applications are available online.

Middle and High School

New Families

Other Related Links

  • ABC Song – You Tube
  • AG Bell For children with hearing loss, their families, and the professionals that work with them. You can find the California Chapter informaiton at: http://agbellca.org/
  • ASL Connect These “anytime, anywhere” learning ASL opportunities allow you to engage at a distance–learning whenever and wherever you choose. Even if you are at a different school to take advantage of these extraordinary ASL courses.
  • ASL Websites There are many sites on the web to learn ASL vocabulary. This document contains a few websites to get you started.
  • Auditory Neuropathy A resource website for parents of children identified with Auditory Neuropathy.
  • California Association of the Deaf This organization preserves, protects, and promotes civil, human, and linguistic rights of Deaf people in California.
  • California Hands & Voices Facebook Group Join the conversation online! Introduce your family, ask questions and make local and statewide connections!
  • California’s Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program The Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program (DDTP) mission is to provide access to basic telephone service for Californians who have difficulty using the telephone.
  • Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning CCAC is the only consumer advocacy organization of its kind with a sole mission of inclusion via quality captioning, everyday, in all places needed. – See more at: http://ccacaptioning.org/what-is-the-ccac/#sthash.5gqF3MYQ.dpuf
  • Convo Relay Convo is deaf-owned and develops VRS technologies that allow phone convos for ASL users living in a global economy.
  • DawnSignPress
  • Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Welcome to the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program (DDTP). We provide telephone communications access for all deaf and disabled Californians.
  • Described and Captioned Media Program Browse from a library of over 4,000 free-loan described and captioned media titles. (For Parents and Professionals)
  • Diglo (was Harris Communications) We want to be the one-stop source of products for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people, from assistive products like vibrating alarm clocks and loud, amplified telephones to books and DVDs on sign language and improving interpreting skills.
  • DPAN We produce American Sign Language centric projects from full scale video productions, to collecting ASL video data for high-tech, to simply creating access for ASL & Captions to be enjoyed by everyone.
  • Dry & Store You can maintain peak performance, reduce repairs, and enjoy better sound quality – it’s easy, with Dry & Store.
  • Ear Gear Protect your Hearing Instrument from Sweat, Moisture, Dirt and Loss.
  • EduCAPTION EduCAPTION is a leader in providing Broadcast Captioning Services and CART Services [Communication Access Realtime Translation] for the benefit of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
  • EHDI Pals (Find a Pediatric Audiologist) At the heart of EHDI-PALS is a national web-based directory of facilities that offer pediatric audiology services to young children who are younger than five years of age.
  • Getting from There to Hear (A Deaf Audiologist) Links and posts about issues related to hearing loss
  • H&V Blog: Raising a Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child
  • Hands & Voices (FM)
  • Hands & Voices (Technology)
  • Hearing Like Me Multiple resources including an audiogram simulator and tips on raising a child who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
  • Hearing Loss Association of America HLAA’s mission is to open the world of communication to people with hearing loss by providing information, education, support and advocacy.
  • Learn ASL Online Take learning American Sign Language into your own hands with our online courses!
  • LING Sounds Sample of LING Sounds
  • Listening tools; Interactive tools and PDF games
  • Listeningtree Games and Activities for Listening and Language
  • My Baby’s Hearing This is a web sited developed by Boys Town National Research Hospital provides parents with information regarding hearing screening and walks them through the process if their child has been identified deaf or hard of hearing.
  • National Association of the Deaf The oldest and one of the largest consumer organizations advocating equal access by people who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing in the areas of employment, education, telecommunications, and rehabilitation.
  • National Association of the Deaf The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is the nation’s premier civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America.
  • National Cued Speech Association (NCSA) The NCSA provides awareness and education, through instructional programs, publications, exhibits and conferences, regarding the use of cued speech.
  • National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes We share information, networks, and strategies to improve continuing education and training for deaf people.
  • Navigating deafness in a hearing world | Rachel Kolb | TEDxStanford Rhodes Scholar Rachel Kolb — who was born deaf — shows what is possible through family support and self-belief, and proves that what is assumed about you and what you can actually
  • Otitis Media (Ear Infection) An ear infection is an inflammation of the middle ear, usually caused by bacteria, that occurs when fluid builds up behind the eardrum.
  • Purple Relay At Purple, we’re dedicated to developing fast, easy and convenient communications solutions and services for Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals and businesses using a variety of different platforms.
  • Say It In Sign Say it in Sign provides a better and more tangible medium for reading American Sign Language (ASL). Our goal is to create ASL greeting cards, educational flash cards and in the future children’s books, games and posters all using lenticular graphics.
  • SEE Center The SEE Center provides quality training and support for those who use Signing Exact English. On this website, you will be able to find upcoming workshops and testing sites that are happening in your area and around the country.
  • Sign Language Resources
  • SignOn with ASDC “SignOn with ASDC”! With a paid membership of $35, the ASDC is offering 5 free SignOn sessions to 500 families! American Society for Deaf Children Online interactive ASL practice with Deaf adults
  • Sorenson Communications Relay SVRS empowers the deaf and hard-of-hearing community to communicate with both deaf and hearing family, friends or business contacts using video relay service.
  • The American Academy of Audiology The world’s largest professional organization of, by, and for audiologists.
  • The Listening Room The Listening Room features three sections with content created specifically for their respective age groups: Infants & Toddlers, Kids, and Teens & Adults.

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