Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind Parentsı Support Group
September 7, 2004
D.E.A.F. Inc. received a grant from the Childrenıs Trust Fund for the fiscal year 2005. This grant will provide 23 bi-weekly workshops for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind parents with children aging from birth to 6 years old who live in the Greater Boston community.
The topics we will cover include:
* Never leave a child alone in a car..not even for a minute
* What you should know about nutrition
* What you should know about depression
* What is Shaken Baby Syndrome?
* What is lead paint? What are the effects and hazards from the lead paint?
* Choking and first aid for children
* Facts about childhood immunizations
* And much more!
The materials we will use mostly will be visual aids and information from these materials will be interpreted from English to American Sign Language to allow our consumers full access, as well as to best enable them participation in the discussion of informational literature. For Deaf-Blind parents, materials will be printed in Braille as often as possible. In addition, when materials are not in Braille, the skills trainer will use a tactile interpreting method to allow Deaf-Blind parents access to all materials.
Our Skills trainer herself is a native Columbian, a Deaf mother, a former DEAF, Inc. consumer, and is fluent in American Sign Language. Her background and approach are in accordance with DEAF, Inc.ıs policy of providing services that are sensitive to the cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic background of our target population.
The workshops run from August 2004 until June 2005. Please call ahead to find out when the next workshop will be held and the topic we will be discussing.
All workshops are provided free of charge and staff will watch your children while you attend the workshop. Light refreshments will be provided. The workshops are held at D.E.A.F. Inc., 215 Brighton Ave, Allston, MA 02134.
For more information about the workshops please contact Kendra Timko-Hochkeppel at (617) 254-4041 tty/v or email her at ktimko@deafinconline.org.