New Online Course Teaches How to Design a Successful Summer Program for Deaf Youth
Designing Summer Programs for Deaf Youth, a new self-paced course available in the online learning library of the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes (NDC), provides evidence-based and deaf-centered insights, real-world examples, and measurable objectives to create, launch, and evaluate a successful summer camp or program to help deaf youth achieve educational and employment success after high school.
New ASL Name Sign Debuts for Deafverse; Contest Winner to Appear in World Two
The Deafverse Name Sign Contest has been concluded, and Deafverse is now represented by a name sign in American Sign Language (ASL). Congratulations to Starla on winning the Name Sign Contest with her name sign!
New Resource for Disability Support Professionals: Making Online Learning Accessible for Deaf Students
Making Online Learning Accessible for Deaf Students: Tips for Disability Student Services provides a clear, easy-to-understand guide to the legal obligations, best practices, and resources available to ensure deaf students get the same education as their peers when classes are online.
Disability Services During COVID-19: Supporting Deaf Students and Preparing for an Uncertain Fall 2020
From finding face masks to facing unknown details for fall semester, disability services professionals at hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities are finding unique ways to serve deaf college students, faculty, and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deaf at Work During the Pandemic: Making Gains with Flexibility, Optimism, and Resilience
Before the pandemic, deaf employees of all trades faced barriers and challenges, which have now become magnified by the major workplace and life changes imposed by the response to COVID-19.
Yet deaf people have seized the opportunity to be flexible, stay optimistic, and remain resilient. [Disponible en español]
State Leaders Gather to Strategize Transition Planning and Services for Deaf Youth During COVID-19
Determined to provide vital transition services for deaf youth despite a global pandemic, 45 leaders in education and vocational rehabilitation (VR) from 25 states gathered online on May 28 for a special event, “Transition Planning in the Time of COVID-19,” organized by the Engage for Change | state team at the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes (NDC).
New Resource Offers Tips for Teaching Deaf Students Online
Tips for Instructors: Teaching Deaf Students Online, a new resource from NDC, helps teachers and professors ensure their course remains fully accessible and that deaf students are included in decisions about accommodations, access, and more.
Congratulations, Class of 2020: Celebrating Your #DeafSuccess!
Everyone at the National Deaf Center is thrilled to celebrate you, your hard work, and all the people who helped you get here.
Serving Deaf College Students: A Live Discussion on Navigating COVID-19 and Beyond
NDC is providing an opportunity for disability services professionals to attend TWO live online panels. In our efforts to meet scheduling options for as many participants as possible, we are offering two different opportunities to choose from. Since the content will be the same for each date, we ask people to register for one date. The live panels will be recorded for internal evaluation purposes only. Recordings will not be made available to the public.
Deaf Success Story: Carlos Aponte-Salcedo, School Counselor and Administrator
Carlos Aponte-Salcedo is the newest profile in the #DeafSuccess video series by the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes. Featuring firsthand accounts from deaf Americans, #DeafSuccess videos show deaf youth the wide variety of paths adulthood can take and seek to empower them to have high expectations for the future.
Join Us for TWO #DeafAtWork Online Panels — May 27 and June 9
Many of our work routines have been disrupted with the COVID pandemic. We want to take the opportunity to come together as deaf employees to share strategies and success stories with our community.
NDC will host TWO live online panels for deaf employees.
8 Essential Resources for VR Success with Deaf Youth During COVID-19
NDC has a wealth of online VR resources just a click away, to boost deaf success during the pandemic (and beyond). These are the “essential eight” — the most useful, evidence-based assets every VR counselor needs right now — in a checklist format for easy implementation with deaf clients.