Social Work with the Hearing Impaired Program

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School Social Work Service provided to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing student population:

Helping students to improve self-advocacy skills, peer relationships, problem-solving skills, and other social and emotional behavior, as provided for the “Hearing” student population (click here for a list of interventions)

Conducting a Parent Support Group for the “Hearing” parents of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and their families

Conducting a Sibling Support Group for siblings of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Teaching American Sign Language to Parents to communicate with their child who is Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Providing Resource Information of agencies that provide services and programs for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Planning and escorting Deaf and Hard of Hearing High School Students on college tours to Gallaudet University for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Washington D.C., and the National Institute of Technology for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in New York

For further information contact the Office of School Social Work Service at (313) 866-0860