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Technical Assistance Center for Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Overview

The Technical Assistance Center for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, formerly known as the PREP Project (Providing Resources and Education to Professionals for working with infants and children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families) is funded by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) to provide training and technical assistance in the area of hearing impairment and deafness. Assistance is available to local public school systems as well as early intervention and preschool programs through the Virginia Network of Consultants for Professionals Working with Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (VNOC) in areas such as: identification, assessment (educational, psychological), communication competency of students, educators and interpreters in the spectrum of modalities (auditory-verbal, bilingual-bicultural, American Sign Language, etc.), auditory-oral needs of students with cochlear implants and amplification.

Major Activities

• Management and coordination of consultations carried out by the Virginia Network of Consultants for Professionals Working with Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (VNOC)
• Regional trainings in See-the Sound Visual Phonics©, as well as awareness, intermediate and tailored trainings in the area of hearing impairment and deafness
• Collaboration in the VDOE Reading Priority and Enhanced Scope and Sequence Plus Projects
• Revision and subsequent roll-out trainings on VDOE's Guidelines for Working with Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in VA Public Schools
• Coordination of a statewide conference on education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing (August 8-9, 2007)
  

Contacts

Melanie Sterling at (804)827-0197, msterli@vcu.edu
Ann Hughes at (804)828-1342, awhughes@vcu.edu
Kristen Stahr at (804)828-9920, khstahr@vcu.edu