CAPED Interest Group

What is the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing CIG?

The Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing CIG is a special interest group within the CAPED organization. The purpose of this special interest group is to facilitate the exchange of information among personnel providing services for students with hearing loss in the college setting.

Over the past few years, we have been meeting at the CAPED conference in the Fall, as well as at other regional and national conferences. Our members are directors, faculty and staff at community colleges and four year institutions throughout California. We welcome anyone who provides services to students who are D/deaf, late deafened, deaf-blind, or hard-of-hearing, and to anyone who is interested in learning more about this population. Generalist counselors who have only a few deaf or hard of hearing students on their case loads are strongly encouraged to attend meetings and get involved.

Interpreter Coordinators/Lead Interpreters

Here are a few links to the...
Interpreter Handbook
Student/Interpreter Service Form (sample)

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Report

Feel free to use them as a guide or to edit, change, or revise them to fit your needs at your organization.

Resources & Links of interest to everyone

drumsey@cerritos.edu

• ADARA
  (Professionals Networking for Excellence in Service Delivery with Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing). A national association, which promotes quality human service delivery to Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals.
• COMTEK
  COMTEK is an Assistive Listening Device Dealer located at 357 West 2700 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115. (801) 466-3463
• National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
  National deaf community organization
• National Center on Deafness (at California State University, Northridge)
  A great resource for information for deaf and hard of hearing service providers at the post-secondary level.
• Northeast Technical Assistance Center
  Rochester Institute of Technology, NTID Resource for NETAC Teacher Tip sheets. They are located at 52 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5604 (716) 475-6433 V/TTY
• OhSoEZ.com
  A website with resources for the deaf community.
• Postsecondary Education Programs Network
  This is the national collaboration of the four Regional Postsecondary Education Centers for Individuals who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing. They have an excellent online, interactive, training module for faculty and staff.
• RapidText
  Sells captioning equipment and offers remote captioning. 1801 Dove Street, Suite 101, Newport Beach, California 92660 (949) 399-9200
• Region IX Interpreter Training Consortium (RITC)
  It is housed at El Camino College. ItÕs goals are to elevate the skills of manual, oral, tactile and cued speech interpreters by providing continuing education opportunities throughout Region IX. RITC may co-sponsor workshops with colleges and community organizations, as well as provide mentoring opportunities.
• Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)
  It is the largest and most recognized organization that certifies sign language interpreters.
• Western Region Outreach Center & Consortia
  National Center on eafness18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8267(888) 684.4695 V/TTY- Toll Free, wrocc@csun.edu | lclemons@elcamino.cc.ca.us

Northern Co-Chair
Debbie Jan Ezersky
Santa Rosa Junior College
(707) 527-4278
(707) 524-1768 fax
dezersky@santarosa.edu

Southern Co-Chair
Duane Rumsey
Communication Services Coordinator/Supervisor (DSPS)
Cerritos College
562-860-2451x2352 voice
562-467-5043 tty/tdd
562-653-7824 fax
www.cerritos.edu/drumsey
drumsey@cerritos.edu