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Websites of Interest My Smart Hands www.mysmarthands.com A website about baby sign language. My Baby’s Hearing www.babyhearing.org A website provided by a Boys Town National Research Hospital team of audiologists, speech-language pathologists, teachers of deaf students, doctors, geneticists, and parents of deaf and hard of hearing children. American Speech-LanguageHearing Association www.asha.org ASHA is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 145,000 members and affiliates who are speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists in the United States and internationally. Deaf Education www.deafed.net This website provides information for Deaf education professionals and others involved in Deaf education. Postsecondary Education Programs Network (PEPNet) www.pepnet.org PEPNet provides resources and expertise that enhance educational opportunities for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Its website has many useful resources, online training curricula, and webinars.
When to Tell a Child That He Or She Has Usher Syndrome? ushersyndromeblog.blogspot. com/2011/03/when-should-youtell-your-child-that-he.html Written by a parent of a child with Usher Syndrome, this blog entry discusses circumstances of telling your child about his or her Usher Syndrome. Working with Sign Language Interpreters www.ehow.com/how_7862970_ use-sign-language-interpretersappropriately.html This article discusses how to work with sign language interpreters. Teaching Home Safety to Deaf Children www.ehow.com/how_7738682_ teach-deaf-students-home-safety. html Different suggestions and resources are shared to teach deaf children the basics of home safety and emergency preparedness. Starfall ABCs www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/play.htm?f A fun alphabet game that is accompanied by fingerspelling (click on the “interpret” icon on the webpage). Have a website you think The Endeavor readers would like to check out? Let us know by e-mailing asdctami@aol.com. 51