CHILD'S VOICE SCHOOL

SCHOOL PROGRAM: FOR NEARLY 28 YEARS, CHILD'S VOICE HAS EMPOWERED CHILDREN WITH HEARING LOSS FOR A LIFETIME OF LEARNING ALONGSIDE THEIR HEARING PEERS. PARENTS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEIR CHILD WITH THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES THEY NEED.CHILD'S VOICE PARTNERS WITH FAMILIES WITH THE END GOAL OF PREPARING EACH STUDENT TO MOVE INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ATTEND THEIR LOCAL MAINSTREAM SCHOOLS. AS THE ONLY PRIVATE SCHOOL IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS THAT SUPPORTS THIS UNDERSERVED POPULATION, WE PROVIDE SPECIALIZED DEAF EDUCATION TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.THE SCHOOL PROGRAM IS A SCHOOL-AGE, CLASSROOM-STYLE, LISTENING AND SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AGED 3-8. STUDENTS RECEIVE AN INTENSIVE CLASSROOM EDUCATION FOCUSED ON LANGUAGE AND AUDITORY SKILL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS KEY ACADEMIC COMPONENTS AND SOCIAL INTERACTIONS.

EARLY INTERVENTION: CHILDREN BEGIN LISTENING EVEN BOFORE THEY ARE BORN. LEARNING THE SOUNDS OF THEIR MOTHER, HEARING HER VOICE, HER HEARTBEAT. THOSE EARLY DAYS AND YEARS ARE SPENT ABSORBING ALL THE SOUNDS AND VOICES AROUND THEM. WHEN AN INFANT/TODDLER IS DIAGNOSED WITH HEARING LOSS THEY HAVE LOST THAT EARLY EXPOSURE TO SOUND. THAT CHILD IS NOW WORKING TO CLOSE THE GAP IN THAT EARLY LEARNING.CHILD'S VOICE STRIVES TO BRIDGE THAT GAP.THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM PROVIDES A FOUNDATION OF LISTENING AND SPOKEN LANGUAGE SKILLS TO CHILDREN FROM BIRTH THROUGH THREE YEARS OLD. THIS IS SHARED THROUGH HOME BASED SERVICES (INDIVIDUALIZED SPEECH AND LESTENING THERAPIES ALONG WITH PARENT EDUCATION SUPPORT), THE BABY VOICES GROUP (A BI-MONTHLY GROUP SESSION FOR PARENTS AND INFANT/TODDLER 4 WEEKS - 17 MONTHS TARGETING PARENT EDUCATION, SOCIAL INTERACTION AND SUPPORT) AND THE TODDLER GROUP (A GROUP EXPERIENCE THAT PROVIDES SOCIAL INTERACTION, A VARIED LANGUAGE/LISTENING ENVIRONMENT AND LANGUAGE/VOCABULARY EXPOSURE FOR CHILDREN 18 MONTHS - 3 YEARS WITH THEIR PARENTS).