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Web Site Launched for Parents and Educators of Deaf Children
Clearinghouse features international experts who answer questions
Rochester, N.Y. – A new Web site intended to be a clearinghouse for
questions about raising and educating a deaf child has been launched
by the Center for Education Research Partnerships at the National
Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of Rochester Institute of
Technology.
The Web site, www.educatingdeafchildren.org, is intended to answer
questions from parents, teachers and other professionals who work with
deaf children. Approximately 90 percent of deaf children have hearing
parents, so many times those parents feel overwhelmed and at a loss to
find resources to answer questions they may have.
The information on the site is intended to provide full and objective
information. A number of resources are listed, and visitors to the
site are able to post questions to be answered by experts in that
field.
A sampling of questions already addressed include: How will parents
communicate with their deaf child? Will hearing aids help? Is my child
a candidate for a cochlear implant? How will my child interact with
peers?
The Web site also has a calendar to list upcoming events of related
interest. Submissions from the community are encouraged.
Project partners include the American Society for Deaf Children,
Hands & Voices, the National Deaf Children’s Society and the
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
The Web site is sponsored in part by the Daisy Marquis Jones
Foundation in Rochester, N.Y. and receives additional funding from
Oxford University Press.
For more information about the Web site or to contribute a free
listing for an upcoming event, contact Marc Marschark at (585)
475-6580 V/TTY or email at [email protected]