NDC Receives $2.1 Million to Expand Deafverse Career Development for Deaf Youth
NDC receives $2.1 million from HHS to expand Deafverse with ASL-accessible career exploration tools shaped by deaf students and communities.
NDC Receives Five More Years of Federal Funding to Expand Impact for Deaf Students
NDC has received five more years of federal funding to expand the tools, partnerships, and strategies helping deaf students move through college, career, and transition. See what the next phase will build on — and what’s coming next.
5 Transition Resources Every Teacher Should Bookmark Before School Starts
Discover five free NDC transition planning resources helping teachers prepare deaf students for college, careers, and life after high school.
Expanding Deaf Centered Practices for Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors through Coaching
NDC’s new certificate program is shifting how VR counselors approach deaf-centered practices, through coaching and self-paced learning.
The Idaho Food Truck Project: Where Are They Now?
Our “Stories from the Field” piece details the transformation of a school bus into a fully functioning food truck,
where the students are the ones running the entire operation, with the invaluable support of the staff.
New Beginnings, Growth, and Uncertainty: NDC Is with You
As summer approaches, we at NDC recognize that change is in the air. Students are graduating, getting ready for summer, looking for jobs, and planning for the next phase in their lives. Reflecting on the year that has passed, it makes sense that the time ahead is filled with uncertainty.
Experts Share VR Insights and Tips in New Video Series
Vocational rehabilitation (VR) support and services can be an important factor for deaf people in reaching employment goals, pursuing further education, and achieving success after high school. But understanding what’s available and getting through the doors of VR offices can sometimes be challenging and confusing.
Raising the Bar for Postsecondary Success: Cawthon Presents Keynote on Transition as Design for Life
In a keynote address to the Collaborative Experience Conference, director of the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, Stephanie W. Cawthon, PhD, calls on parents and educators of deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing children to rethink the strategies they use to empower young adults who are making the difficult transition to life after high school — to go beyond a checklist that helps teens investigate a training program or apply to college, and instead provide a design for life that prepares them to evolve as people, seize opportunities, and respond to ever-changing environments. [Disponible en español]
As VR and RCD Training Requirements Expand, National Deaf Center Provides Support to States and Agencies
On October 15-16, the state of Illinois will gather its Rehabilitation Counselors for the Deaf (RCDs) together for the first time for statewide training that will include a session on what the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes can do to help their day-to-day efforts to serve deaf youth and adults in the state.
Transition and State Collaboration are Focus at SERID 2019
Experts from the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes will make two presentations and participate in the poster session at the Southeastern Regional Institute on Deafness (SERID) 2019 Annual Conference in Huntsville, Alabama, on October 10-13.
New Resource for Families Debuts at 2019 Hands & Voices Conference
The National Deaf Center is presenting, exhibiting, and debuting a new resource for families at the 2019 Hands & Voices Leadership Conference on September 20-22, the only conference of its kind devoted exclusively to training family members with children who are deaf to be agents of change.
National Deaf Center Releases Online Game, Deafverse, To Empower Deaf Teens
Deafverse World One: Duel of the Bots launched on September 10, an online choose-your-own-adventure game designed for deaf teenagers to build confidence, learn their rights, and develop skills to succeed in their transition from high school to adult life.