About the Preschool Course

The Correspondence Course for Parents of Young Deaf Children Part B- Preschoolers, available in English and Spanish, consists of twelve separate lessons and four DVDs for home study, which cover family relationships and beginning communication skills. It is planned for parents to use with their own children. Depending on the age and ability of the child and the amount of time parents can devote to the lessons, it takes about a year to complete.

Individual Help

Parents are requested to send in a report to the Clinic at the end of each lesson. From these reports, the Clinic's staff is able to adapt the printed lessons to the special needs of each family. This is done through individual letters which offer each family information, encouragement, guidance, and training, and through a series of supplemental papers. A new lesson is mailed when the previous one is completed and the report received.

What The Lessons Cover

Communication is a part of living, not a separate, unrelated skill that can be learned - therefore, the growth and development of the whole child is put first. Each lesson includes information on communication, on the physical, emotional, and social development and growth of all children, and on activities planned with the express purpose of helping deaf children take the beginning steps in auditory learning and conversation skills, as all three play a critical role in the development of language and its effective use.

Family Relationships

Everything parents feel, not only toward their child, but toward each other and the world around them - everything they do in front of their child, with their child, and to their child, contributes to his character, personality, his feelings about and attitudes toward the world in which he lives, and to his ability to communicate. The Course, therefore, devotes a great deal of attention to the feelings and emotions of parents.

Families may enroll immediately through our website.

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