Educational Content Created with Improved Success
For Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Learners as the Focus
Welcome to
Engage-Ed!
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Education Built For
Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Students
Engage-Ed creates lessons that are accessible to DHH students who sign, speech read, use captions and/or amplification, or any combination of the above
Our student lessons are created FOR DHH students of all ages, with them specifically in mind
Our educator trainings are created to support teachers in general education and special education, Teachers of the Deaf, and case-managers/support personnel who work with DHH students
Our interpreter trainings, workshops, and programs are focused on creating partnerships between the interpreting community and DHH students, both those in educational interpreting and those who provide access to these students in the broader community
Our page also offers a collection of resources for families with DHH students
Why This Is Needed
DHH students have needs and strengths that are often different than those of their
hearing peers, & teaching them requires an understanding of their uniqueness, whether in a
mainstream classroom, a self-contained program, or a Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing school
However, most content used by teachers, staff, & interpreters (whether in a general-education
setting or in Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing settings) are designed for hearing children
Many assessments aren’t normed for DHH students
General education teachers have few resources and little information
Itinerant teachers often have to create ways to keep documentation, check out equipment, share data, & train other staff
Students who make use of ASL interpretation are often given no training on how to best utilize, request, or manage those services (in school or outside of it)
Educational interpreters often find themselves isolated from the wider interpreter profession, without support or focused training, & struggling while Community interpreters often have no experience with younger Deaf consumers (Smith, 2018)
Click For More information and to read our Mission Statement and Goals
Smith, S. (2018, January 31). Guilt by association: Are educational interpreters sabotaging ... Street Leverage. https://streetleverage.com/2018/01/guilt-by-association-are-educational-interpreters-sabotaging-themselves/
How We’re Doing This
Our team is comprised of three highly qualified educators:
Two certified Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing who sign and teach both culturally Deaf students and hard-of-hearing oral/LSL students. One of us is Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing, the other hearing. Both have itinerant, Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing classroom & general-education classroom experience, and one also worked as an Educational Interpreter
* An RID certified, and highly interpreter with a focus on training and continuing education for interpreters
All 3 have a focus on individualized & fully-accessible education for all DHH children, including
specific subject-matter support, vocabulary building, linguistic access, & self-advocacy, as well as
staff/educator/interpreter training to ensure these professionals are able to best serve their DHH students in the classroom and beyond
Click Here to Learn More About Or Team of Professional Educators
