Resources, Advocacy, Information, Services, and Support
CHOICES for Parents is a statewide coalition of parents and professionals ensuring that children identified as deaf or hard of hearing and their families connect with the necessary resources, advocacy, information, services and support.
Literacy
A key goal of CHOICES for Parents is to support parents in the early stages of literacy development with their deaf, hard of hearing, or deafblind child and foster a love of books.
What is it?
The READ Program for pre-literacy aged children (0-3) provides parents with the learning opportunities and tools (READ Kits) needed to engage, relate, and build on vocabulary that is part of the story telling process. In executing this program we are providing parents with successful strategies to create language rich, interactive memories with their infants/toddlers and giving children the communication skills needed to start school on par with their hearing peers.
More information...
CHOICES for Parents has created two instructional videos that specifically target reading with a deaf, hard of hearing, or deafblind child. The children and parents in the videos are shown using various reading strategies and the information presented is completely accessible in spoken language, sign language, and captions. The first video focuses on how to read to deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind children aged 0-18 months and the second video focuses on reading with toddlers from 18-36 months. In addition to the videos, we created several webinars to share more detailed information about the reading strategies presented in the videos.
See what we have to offer!
Books for every child!
Every year, through amazing partnerships with Polk Bros Foundation and Foundation for Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation, CHOICES for Parents is able to donate books to children in deaf and hard of hearing programs throughout the state.
Offered in various locations throughout the year
CHOICES for Parents offers American Sign Language classes taught in spoken Spanish. These classes are for Spanish speaking parents whose children are deaf or hard of hearing.
CHOICES for Parents also offers READ Kit Classes for toddlers and their families.
February 28, 2019!!
CHOICES sponsors this annual event that highlights the importance of early identification and intervention of children with hearing loss.
Connect With Us
Email
info@
CHOICESforParents.org Phone
312.523.6400 (Call or Text)
866.733.8729
Mailing Address
CHOICES for Parents
PO Box 646
Highland Park, IL 60035
Fax
312.277.0997
