Deaf and Hard of Hearing
By Lori Johnson
Criteria Resources Links Contact
The SW/WC Service Cooperative has two educational audiologists and a consultant for Deaf/Hard of Hearing that provide:
• Hearing evaluations and educational assessments.
• Support and assistance in educational programming including social emotional and self advocacy needs.
• Collaboration and inservices with families, school personnel and community agencies.
• Observation of students to help determine educational needs.
• Coordination of family and student camps and events.
• Facilitation of professional development for Teachers of Deaf/Hard of Hearing , Sign Language Interpreters, and Cued Language Transliterators.
• Participation in statewide networks for early hearing detection intervention, Audiology, Deaf/Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind.
Always striving to work with you to understand and meet the needs of our students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/arule/3525/1331.html
The SW/WC Service Cooperatives has hearing test facilities located in Glencoe, Madison, Marshall, Spicer, and Worthington. To schedule an appointment for a child birth to 21 years of age please call 507-537-2269.
Audiology
American Academy of Audiology (AAA)
American Academy of Otolaryngology
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Interpreting
College of St. Catherine Interpreter Education Project
Assessments
Greater Minnesota Outstate Assessment Services
Resource Websites
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf (AGBell)
Lifetrack Resources - The Family Connection
Deaf Nation - Language and Pride
National Information Center on Deafness
National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc (SHHH)
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, Gallaudet University
Boystown National Research Hospital
HIP Publishing Group for DHH Children and Teens
Deaf Ed Net - Educational Enhancement for Deaf Education, Job Postings
Center for Accessible Technology in Sign
Hearing Conservation
The Right to a Quiet Society - Sound Awareness and Protection
National Hearing Conservation Association Kids Page
Cochlear Implants
Cochlear Implant Education Center, Clerc Center
Cued Speech
National Cued Speech Association
ADA/Law/Government
Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Government
EHDI/Parents
Beginnings for Parents of Children how are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
NCHAM National Center for Hearing Assess and Mgmnt
Minnesota's Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
John Tracy Clinic - for Parents of young children with Hearing Loss
Lifetrack Resources - The Family Connection
Transition/Assistive Technology
Deaf Professor - support videos for drivers training, career training
PepNet Postsecondary Education Programs Network
West Kentucky Educational Cooperative
Catalogs/Products/Magazines
Sign Language Symbols, Sign Language Dictionaries.
Simple Steps, Developmental Activities for Infant Toddler.
Auditory Based Language Stimulation Toys
Kidlfyx Kreations for kids with hearing loss and Totes for Hearing Aid Kit
Spell Well and other Sign Language Programs
Baby See ‘n’ Sign DVDs Volumes I and II
Sam Trychin Products RE: Hard of Hearing
Deaf/Blind, Autism Spectrum, and Multiple Disabilities
Idaho Project for Children and Youth with DeafBlindness
http://www.autism-resources.com
The Gray Center Social Stories
Regional Contacts:
Ed
VanDerHeiden
Educational Audiologist - SW/WC Service Cooperatives
Prairie Meadows Learning Center
650 Cty. Road 10 West, Room 107
P.O. Box 37
Spicer, MN 56288
Phone: 320/796-0270
Email: ed.vanderheiden@swsc.org
Sharyce
Baartman
Educational Audiologist
SW/WC Service Cooperatives
1420 East College Dr.
Marshall, MN 56258
Phone: 507/537-2283
Email: Sharyce.baartman@swsc.org
Jill
Rohman
Consultant of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing - SW/WC Service
Cooperatives
Prairie Meadows Learning Center
650 Cty. Road 10 West, Room 107
P.O. Box 37
Spicer, MN 56288
Phone: 320/796-0270
Email: Jill.rohman@swsc.org
State Contact:
Mary
Cashman-Bakken
State Consultant for Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Resourece Center Deaf/HH
P.O. Box 308
615 Olof Hanson Drive
Faribault, MN 55021
Phone: (800) 657-3936
Email: mary.cashman-bakken@state.mn.us
State DAPE
Contact:
Bruce
Suneson
DAPE Consultant
Metro ECSU
4001 Stinson Blvd. NE, Suite 304
Minneapolis, MN 55421
Phone: 612.638.1538
Fax: 612.638.1548
Email: bsuneson@ecsu.k12.mn.us
