CHILDREN AND YOUTH: WEBSITES
Alexander Graham Bell
Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Parents' Section, AG Bell
A variety of resources for parents, including news updates,
conferences, and hearing health information, a parent message board,
information about hearing loss organizations, parent advocacy
training, financial assistance, early identification of hearing loss
and intervention.
Website: For Parents
Teens with Hearing Loss Website: For Teens
Hear Our Voices
Teen website sponsored by AG Bell. Departments include: Serious
Stuff (College Opportunities and Funding, Communication Strategies,
Job Strategies) Express Yourself (art, poetry, chat, photographs,
messages), Fun + Entertainment (movies, TV, games), Fight for Your
Rights, Tech Talk (communication technology).
Website: www.hearourvoices.org
Color of Language
This non-profit organization develops materials for the education
and benefit of Deaf and
Hard-of-Hearing children and their families. It publishes and annual
American Sign Language calendar and other language resources.
Website: www.coloroflanguage.com/about.html
DeafKids.com
"An Exciting Place Just for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Kids!"
This website has been designed for young Deaf and hard-of-hearing
people, age 17 and under. It belongs to all Deaf and HH kids around
the world. The purpose is to give Deaf/HH kids a place to meet
friends, network, share their ideas, and keep informed. Deaf kids are
encouraged to get involved, participate, and help run the site.
Website: www.deafkids.com/for_window.html
HiP Magazine
A cool "WebZine" especially for kids with hearing loss, their
parents, and friends.
The HiP Publishing Group is a non-profit educational organization
that produces educational print and electronic materials for deaf and
hard-of-hearing children and teens. In operation since 1994, its
mission is to make information accessible to all deaf and
hard-of-hearing youth through reading, a universal form of
communication. HiP Publishing Group supports and respects all modes of
communication and technological advances for deaf and hard-of-hearing
people. Specific goals include: to develop written English skills, to
foster a love of reading and writing, and to foster a positive
self-image to help deaf and hard-of-hearing kids interact with and
learn from others like themselves.
Website: www.hipmag.org
Kids World Deaf Net
Welcome to KidsWorld Deaf Net (KWDN), a national communication
network for parents and professionals involved in the education of
deaf and hard of hearing children.
KWDN, sponsored by the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center with support from the AT&T Foundation, is a national communication network with
information for professionals and parents. It includes both a Virtual Library with E-Documents and Useful Links, and a Discussion Forum area that includes a forum for continued dialogue
with E-Document authors. The long-range plan for KWDN is for it to be
a link with parents of deaf and hard of hearing children, the
professionals who work with the students and their families,
mainstream programs, schools for the deaf, parent organizations,
special education directors, and other key representatives in each
state. With the combination of the Discussion Forum and the Virtual Library, KWDN should become a valuable tool for sharing
and obtaining information. KWDN is a work-in-progress and will expand
over time.
Website: clerccenter2.gallaudet.edu/KidsWorldDeafNet/about.html
KidsWorld Deaf Net (KWDN) Virtual Library
The goal of the KWDN Virtual Library is to provide concise,
important information about the priority areas: literacy, family
involvement, and transition from high school issues. The library
contains E-Documents and a library of useful Web sites, focusing on
the students with special needs targeted by the Clerc Center, deaf and
hard of hearing students who also are lower achieving academically,
come from non-English speaking homes, have secondary disabilities, are
from diverse cultures, and, are from rural areas. The E-Documents
portion of the Virtual Library provides an easy-to-read, non-technical
look at a variety of topics that would be helpful to parents,
educators, and others involved in the education of children who are
deaf.
Website: clerccenter2.gallaudet.edu/KidsWorldDeafNet/library.html
KWDN Transition Weblink Resource Library
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, Gallaudet University,
Washington, D.C.
Information on career development, School-to-Work programs, issues for
disabled students, and resources for parents and students.
Website: academic.gallaudet.edu/KWDN/Libraries/TransitionLIB.nsf?opendatabase
KWDN Family Involvement Weblink Resource Library
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, Gallaudet University,
Washington, D.C.
This library is an annotated bibliography of links to information
about family involvement topics. The topics are organized into such
categories as general family information, "I just learned my child is
deaf", family/school partnerships, legal issues, and related topics.
Website: academic.gallaudet.edu/KWDN/Libraries/FamilyInvLIB.nsf?opendatabase
KWDN Literacy Weblink Resource Library
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, Gallaudet University,
Washington, D.C.
Fairview Learning Network
Fairview Learning is dedicated to helping Deaf and Hard of Hearing
individuals maximize their reading skills. Specific strategies,
materials, programs, and assessments have been developed to jumpstart
the reading skills of Deaf and Hard of Hearing students and hearing
students and adults who are at risk for reading difficulties or those
with low literacy skills.
Website: www.fairviewlearning.net/index.php
The Family Place in Cyberspace
This website is a project within the Alliance for Technology Access
program, an initiative funded by the Stulsaft Foundation to address
the assistive technology needs of families of children with
disabilities. It includes resource pages on Accessible Toys,
Transition programs (high school-to-work or further education),
success stories, frequently asked questions, and more. Several
resources are available in both English and Spanish.
Website: www.ataccess.org/resources/fpic/default.html
Information and Advocacy for People Interested in Hard of Hearing
Children
Created by a parent of a hard-of-hearing child in Canada, this
website features family-friendly resources on deafness and hearing
loss.
Website: www.hardofhearingchildren.com
The Listen-Up Web: Specializing in Information for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing
A comprehensive resource for parents and professionals. Very
user-friendly, with a huge collection of resources.
Website: www.listen-up.org
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
(NICHCY)
(formerly the National Information Center for Children and Youth
with Disabilities)
This organization offers information on disabilities in infants,
toddlers, children, and youth, including IDEA and special education
laws, No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with
disabilities), and research-based information on effective educational
practices.
Address: P.O. Box 1492 . Washington, D.C. 20013
Voice/TTY (Toll Free): 800-695-0285
Fax: 202-884-8441
Email: nichcy@aed.org
Website: www.nichcy.org
Pages By and For Deaf and Hard of Hearing Kids, Teens, and Their
Families
One of the many topics on this page full of resources.
Website: www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/stdnt/pahmd/pahmd3.htm
Signs of Literacy (SOL) project
Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
Website: sol.gallaudet.edu
Through the Looking Glass
National Resource Center for Parents with Disabilities (NRC)
Through the Looking Glass (TLG) has pioneered research, training,
and services for families in which a child, parent, or grandparent has
a disability or medical issue. TLG is a disability community based
nonprofit organization, which emerged from the independent living
movement, and was founded in 1982 in Berkeley, California. The mission
is "To create, demonstrate and encourage non-pathological and
empowering resources and model early intervention services for
families with disability issues in parent or child which integrate
expertise derived from personal disability experience and disability
culture."
Website: lookingglass.org/index.php
What Works Clearinghouse
The What Works Clearinghouse was established in
2002 by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education
Sciences to provide educators, policymakers, researchers, and the
public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of
what works in education. The WWC aims to promote informed education
decision making through a set of easily accessible databases and
user-friendly reports that provide education consumers with ongoing,
high-quality reviews of the effectiveness of replicable educational
interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies) that
intend to improve student outcomes. The WWC is administered by the
U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences through
a contract to a joint venture of the American Institutes for Research and the Campbell Collaboration. Both organizations are nationally
recognized leaders in education research and in rigorous reviews of
scientific evidence. Subcontractors to the project are Aspen Systems Corporation, Caliber Associates, Duke University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Website: www.w-w-c.org
Where Do We Go from Hear?
Information for parents and families on deafness and hearing loss.
A Colorado resource.
Website: www.gohear.org
Colorado Commission for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing
1575 Sherman Street, 2nd Floor . Denver, CO
80203
TTY: 303-866-4734 . Voice: 303-866-4824 . Fax:
303-866-4831
Email: Deaf.Commission@state.co.us . Website: www.ColoradoDeafCommission.Com
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information resources available. Listings generally appear in alphabetic
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to the accuracy or timeliness of content or information on other sites. We
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