The Institute was held from June 13-25, 2004 in Columbus, Ohio. The Institute addressed access to and progress in the General Curriculum Focusing on English Language Arts, Mathematics, Fine Arts, Foreign Languages, and Technology

The Institute was held from June 16-18, 2003 in Columbus, Ohio. The Institute addressed the topics of assessment and high stakes testing for D/HH students, mathematics instruction, research and methods, ASL signs for Algebra and Geometry, and Reading instruction for Deaf Children, including Visual Phonics, Fairview 5 Step Reading Program, and Tips for Reading to Deaf Children.

View the program for the conference, including presenter biographies and conference handouts:

View presenter handouts:

Chris Kurz, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas

Reading to Deaf Children, Galluadet University Resource Centers

Linda Ross, Kent State University
Ellen Ansell, Ph.D. and Claudia Pagliaro, Ph.D., University of Pittsburg

Patrick Costello, The Learning Center for Deaf Children, Framingham, MA

Kathy Staugler, WCOSERRC, Wapakoneta, Ohio

View the handouts from the Summer Institute 2002 

Students in Interpreter Education Listserv – 2003 Join the federal RSA Region V Interpreter Education. ProjectTalk with other Interpreting students and share strategies of ways to increase your ASL skills.

Grants Aid in Improving Education and Technology for the Deaf The National Science Foundation's Program for Persons with Disabilities has awarded two grants totaling more than $600,000 to develop resources and educational strategies for deaf students in science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET) fields. The Clearinghouse on Mathematics, Engineering, Technology and Science (COMETS): A Comprehensive Resource in the Education of Deaf Students program by the Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) received $199,000. The Classroom of the Sea (COS) project based at the University of Connecticut received $430,000. Dr. Henry Lang, a professor at RIT's NTID, was the primary investigator for the grants.

The objective of the COMETS program is to establish a network connecting deaf students, teachers, parents and support providers through a centralized Web site, through which participants will exchange information on the best educational methods in SMET fields.

The COS project focuses primarily on "communication access." The project will identify scientific terminology important to teaching marine science, and then develop prototypes of technical signs in the context of American Sign Language (ASL). For example, the term "compressional wave" does not have a sign commonly used in ASL. By analyzing how deaf students and their teachers express this concept, COS researchers will develop appropriate guidelines to enhance the teaching-learning process. Such a model, developed in consultation with linguists and sign language instructors, may be applied to other areas of science and mathematics as well. A lexicon of scientific signs is being developed for the COS project to identify existing signs and determine the terms for which no signs currently exist. For more information about this project,

National Cued Speech Association is an organization dedicated to the professional development and support for Cued Speech  Click here to find out about the national organization.

Kent State Disability Interpreter Policies

University of Akron Counseling and Education

Columbus State Community College Interpreting /ASL Education (ITT)

Michigan State University's ASL Browser web site is an online American Sign Language (ASL) browser where you can look up video of thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them.

Interpreter Licensure Information Ohio's deaf and hard of hearing students often require the services of a qualified educational interpreter to gain access to and benefit from participation in the general education curriculum. New licensure standards require educational interpreters to hold an associate license, valid for five years, after having completed an approved program of preparation.

Deaf Education Website To enhance the preparation of new teachers, support the ongoing professional development of existing teachers, expand the array of learning resources and opportunities that are available to deaf/hard-of-hearing (d/hh) students and increase collaborative activities between all those individuals involved in the education of d/hh students.

ISLR - Find out about the Ohio Department of Education's Interpreter and Sign Language Resource located at the Ohio School for the Deaf.

Approved Interpreter Training Programs

Technocopia has just completed an Assistive Technology website. It features information for blind and deafblind as well as sections on remote telephone access and home automation. The Resource Directory lists companies and other websites containing AT information.

Deaf Mentor Program

** Classic Movies with Open Captioning! **

Training Opportunities

Kent State University, Council on Education of the Deaf

Ohio School for the Deaf Introduces New Staff

Personal Captioning System

 

Visit these web sites:

National Cued Speech Association

SoundBytes

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf

American Society for Deaf Children

Auditory Verbal International, Inc.

Boystown National Research Hospital

John Tracy Clinic

National Information Center of Deafness

Listservs

Captioned Films/Video Program

Deaf Education at The University of Kansas

Deaf World Web

Deafscape

Deaf Success Center

Deaf Resources

Internet Public Library

Columbus Dispatch

Columbus Supersite

National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials (videos)

 

Additional Resources for Educational Interpreters

Gallaudet University Regional Centers

Johnson County Community College

Region: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin

Instructional Modules

Northwestern Connecticut Community-Technical College

Distance Learning

Front Range Community College
Westminster Campus