Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
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  • RESOURCES
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  • VISIT CAMPUS
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  • ABOUT
    • WESP-DHH Admin Team
    • School Leadership Team
    • Facilities & Construction
  • PROGRAMS
    • WESP-DHH
    • WSD
    • OUTREACH
      • Request for Service
    • WDBTAP
  • DPI
    • Advisory Council
    • Long Range Plan
    • The Cabinet
    • Re-Organization
    • Feasibility Study
      • FAQs
  • RESOURCES
    • Edu Resource Library
  • VISIT CAMPUS
  • CAREERS

Administrators and Teachers

  • Communication Planning Guide for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
  • Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf
  • Deaf Education – Educational Enhancement for the field of Deaf Education
  • Deaf Education Resources
  • Hands and Voices
  • Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
  • Pathways to Licensure
  • Resources for Identifying DHH Student Needs: Eligibility Assessment and Beyond
  • Students with Cochlear Implants: Guidelines for Educational Planning
  • Supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students: Tools, Technology and Key Resources to Cultivate Academic Success
  • Supporting Success for Children with Hearing Loss
  • WCASS Guide: How to Provide Students with IEPs Access to their Grade Level Curriculum through Text to Speech (See pages 128-129 for information about print disabilities and accessibility for students who are deaf or hard of hearing)
  • Wisconsin Civics Exam in ASL
  • Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction – Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

American Sign Language and Deaf Culture

  • American Sign Language Resource Guide
  • ASL Nook
  • American Sign Language Teachers Association
  • Boys Town National Research Hospital – Classroom Interpreting
  • Career Stories of Individuals Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  • ASL Children’s Stories
  • Deaf 101, National Deaf Center
  • Deaf Culture Online
  • iPhone and iPad Apps for Learning Sign Language
  • National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
  • Promoting Access for People Who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, or Visually Impaired
  • Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
  • Shared Reading Project (SRP)
  • Stories in ASL
  • Wisconsin Association of the Deaf (WAD)
  • Wisconsin Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (WisRID)

Audiology

  • American Speech, Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
  • Auditory Skills Checklist
  • Audiology Online
  • Frequently Asked Questions Regarding School Audiology Services
  • Healthy Hearing
  • Hearing First
  • Supporting Optimal Listening Environments for Learning
  • Supporting Success for Children with Hearing Loss
  • Wisconsin Educational Audiologists – September 2025

Books (and articles) about Deaf and Hard of Hearing Inequity

  • Equity in Assessment for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (downloadable)
  • For Hearing People Only: Answers to Some of the Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Deaf Community, Its Culture, and the “Deaf Reality,” 3rd Edition
  • The SAGE Deaf Studies Encyclopedia (need subscription)
  • Shifting the Dialog, Shifting the Culture: Pathways to Successful Postsecondary Outcomes for Deaf Individuals (Volume 7) (Deaf Education Series)

Classroom Tools

 

  • Advanced Bionics: Tools for Toddlers & Tools for Schools
  • Alexander Graham Bell Association-Listening and Spoken Language Knowledge Center
  • Baylor University: Using Music to Support Language Development in Children with Hearing Loss
  • Boys Town National Research Hospital-Classroom Interpreting
  • Classroom Tips
  • Cochlear Americas HOPE Teacher Education Program
  • Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature
  • Deaf Education – Educational Enhancement for the field of Deaf Education
  • Described and Captioned Media Program Learning Center
  • Hear-Ye!: Your Collection of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing News
  • Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
  • Rochester Institute of Technology, Home of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
  • Tina Childress – iPad apps to use with students who are deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind

Comprehensive Evaluations

  • Tips and Strategies for Conducting Standardized Assessments with Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Deafblind

  • ICanConnect
  • Wisconsin Deafblind Technical Assistance Project (WDBTAP)
  • WDBTAP Lending Library Request Form

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Equity

  • National Deaf Center: Why Captions Provide Equal Access
  • National Deaf Center: Creating Test Equity
  • Iglesia Martell Law Firm, PLLC: Understanding the Injustices Faced by the Deaf Community
  • rethinkEd: 7 Tips for Achieving Equity in Special Education
  • The Hearing World Must Stop Forcing Deaf Culture to Assimilate

Diagnosis and Early Intervention

  • Alexander Graham Bell Association – Listening and Spoken Language Knowledge Center
  • American Society for Deaf Children
  • Babies and Hearing Loss: An Interactive Notebook for Families With a Young Child Who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing
  • BOYS TOWN National Research Hospital (information also available in Spanish)
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Hearing Loss in Children
  • Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI): A Sound Beginning for Wisconsin’s Babies
  • Hands and Voices: New Families
  • Joint Committee on Infant Hearing
  • Marion Downs Hearing Center: An International Center of Excellence in Hearing and Communication
  • National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders
  • Wisconsin Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Toolkit

Equity in Education

  • Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: Culturally Responsive Problem-Solving Guide An Evidence-Based Guide for Team Practice
  • National Deaf Center: Statement on Racism and Oppression
  • Black Deaf Center
  • National Black Deaf Advocates
  • National Museum of African American History & Culture: Talking About Race
  • Learning for Justice: Race & Ethnicity
  • Learning for Justice: Let’s Talk!
  • Learning for Justice: Teaching About Race, Racism and Police Violence
  • Anti-Defamation League: How Should I Talk about Race in My Mostly White Classroom?
  • Anti-Defamation League: George Floyd, Racism and Law Enforcement
  • Anti-Defamation League: Helping Students Make Sense of News Stories about Bias and Injustice
  • National Association of School Psychologists Calls for Action to End Racism and Violence Against People of Color
  • National Association of Social Workers condemns yet another incident of lethal police force against an African American
  • National Public Radio: Talking Race with Young Children
  • National Public Radio: What to Say to Kids When the News is Scary
  • Books About Racial Equity
  • CCBC Diversity Statistics Book Search

Mental Health

  • DeafLEAD: Deaf Crisis Line
  • Deaf Unity
  • DPI: Resources and Materials Supporting Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  • Independence First
  • Milwaukee Center for Independence
  • National Association of the Deaf: Mental Health Services
  • National Deaf Center: Mental Health Services
  • National Deaf Therapy
  • The National Coalition on Mental Health and Deaf Individuals
  • National Institute of Mental Health
  • Student Mental Health: A Guide to Identifying Disorders and Promoting Wellness
  • Wisconsin Department of Health Services: Counseling Services for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or Deaf-Blind Individuals
  • Wisconsin Department of Health Services: Resources for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Parents

  • American Society for Deaf Children
  • ASL Children’s Stories
  • Babies and Hearing Loss: An Interactive Notebook for Families with a Young Child who is Deaf or Hard
  • Communication Access Real-Time Translation (CART) Information
  • Communication Planning Guide for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
  • Hands & Voices
  • Hand N Hand – Green Bay Area
  • Hear Wisconsin
  • John Tracy Center
  • Language and Communication Chart, BEGINNINGS for Parents of Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc.
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
  • Parent Advocacy App
  • Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER)
  • Sign Language Interpreter Information
  • Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction – Wisconsin Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative

Simulations

  • PHONAK – What does hearing loss sound like?

Transition

  • Visit the Outreach Services Transition resources page.

WESP-DHH


309 W. Walworth Ave.
Delavan, WI 53115

Phone: 262-740-2066
Videophone: 262-725-3445
Email: ​i​nfo_​wesp-dhh@wesp-dhh.wi.gov

WSD


309 W. Walworth Ave.
Delavan, WI 53115

Phone: 262-740-2066
Videophone: 262-725-0097
Email: ​i​nfo_​wsd​@wsd.k12.wi.us

Outreach Services


309 W. Walworth Ave.
Delavan, WI 53115

Phone: 262-749-6761
Videophone: 262-725-0495
Email: info_outreach@wesp-dhh.wi.gov

WDBTAP


309 W. Walworth Ave.
Delavan, WI 53115

Phone: 608-356-2023
Email: info_wdbtap@wesp-dhh.wi.gov


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