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The Department of Education, Office of Special Education, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, and a team of partners began planning the second annual “We Can! Virtual Deaf Career Day” event in early spring…
Type: News
Useful For: Administrators
Categories All News, In The News and Opinions
Deaf people in the United States are less likely to be employed than hearing people, and employment rates vary widely by race, ethnicity, and disability. This is according to new data from the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes (NDC)….
Type: News
Useful For: Administrators
Categories All News, Research and Publications
Data drives decision-making. When you want to improve existing programs and services, prepare a proposal for a new program, or justify the need for a new service, presenting data can provide a compelling case and strengthen your request. Learn where…
Useful For: Administrators
Work Based Learning (WBL) provides deaf students with opportunities to apply what they learn in the classroom to career settings, an important step for preparing them for life after high school….
Type: News
Useful For: Administrators
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Type: Events
Useful For: Administrators
Data, data, DATA! Data is everywhere, but how do we use data to make decisions, evaluate programs, and improve processes and procedures for deaf students? In this course, we will explore data-driven decision making….
Useful For: Administrators
Mentoring opportunities offer valuable experiences that can be life-changing. Yet, the number of opportunities or experiences for mentoring are limited. This is especially true for deaf youth with multiple identities, like deaf-blind, deaf who are oral, deaf people of color,…
Useful For: Administrators
Many colleges and schools are relying upon automatic captions as a quick and cheap way to convert spoken words into text for deaf students in classrooms, events, and extracurricular activities. However, it is a sub-standard option in educational settings and…
Useful For: Administrators
On March 16th, NDC hosted a Deaf Centered Interpreting Webinar wherein Dr. Thomas Holcomb, PhD, and Aundrea Love, NIC, aimed to answer the question “How can interpreting become more deaf-centered?” by proposing a deaf-centered interpreting model. This model emerged from…
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Categories Conferences and Events
On February 23rd, 2023, NDC hosted Looking AHEAD for Spring Semester — Graduation, Internships, Study Abroad, Campus Access, a webinar on how planning, creativity, flexibility, and partnership can lead to positive and accessible experiences for deaf students. A foundational aspect…
Useful For: Administrators
Categories All News, Conferences and Events
The newest version of our data dashboard helps you get the most current, accurate data that you need, when you need it, to counter assumptions and myths about deaf people. This data can be used to write grants, proposals, and…
Useful For: Administrators
Categories All News, Research and Publications
Vocational rehabilitation (VR) services are an important part of the pathway to successful employment for people with disabilities. The demand for qualified VR counselors is high – the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts nearly 10,000 rehabilitation counselor job openings per…
Useful For: Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals
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