LINKS TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE DEAF AND EDUCATIONAL POLICIES IN MISSOURI
Following are a list of links that may be useful for anyone who is interested in learning more about the deaf and the educational policies in Missouri.

The links will provide you with ample opportunity to learn about other aspects of deaf culture as well.

Favorite Sites

Missouri Parents Act (IMPACT) Services: Individual assistance, newsletter, parent training and information for parents of children with disabilities, resource library, special education issues, workshops.

National Deaf Education Network and Clearinghouse Services: Social activities, programs, supports, and support group.

Missouri Institute of Mental Health Services: Community awareness, community education services, books/videos, loan library, consumer education, research, video lending library.

Missouri Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities Services: Advocacy services and advocate training, conferences, consumer education, disability awareness program, parent groups, technical assistance.

Department of Mental Health, Office of Deaf Services Services: Mental health services including an Office of Deaf and Linguistic Services.

Missouri School for the Deaf Services: Assistive listening devices, early childhood education, educational information and resources, outreach services.

National Association for the Deaf Programs and activities include grassroots advocacy and empowerment, captioned media, certification of American Sign Language professionals; certification of sign language interpreters; deafness-related information and publications, legal assistance, policy development and research, public awareness, and youth leadership development.

Missouri Commission for the Deaf Services: Advocacy services, community resource referral, complaints, deaf awareness, deaf community services, deaf services, discrimination complaints, educational informational resources, hard of hearing, newsletter, public awareness.

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Access to individuals with information on educational policies in Missouri concerning the deaf and hard of hearing.

Certification and Licensing of Interpreters for the Deaf

University of Missouri-Columbia, Disability Services Services: Accommodations, adaptive aids and equipment, assistive listening devices, deaf and hard of hearing program, deaf awareness, deaf services, deaf/blind, interpreter/deaf services, discrimination complaints, volunteer services.

Missouri's Resource Center on Deafness Services: Academic testing, academic tutoring, communication disorders, deaf and hard of hearing, language/communication development, communication therapy, deaf services.

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education (JDSDE) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal integrating and coordinating basic and applied research relating to individuals who are deaf, including cultural, developmental, linguistic, and educational topics. JDSDE addresses issues of current and future concern to allied fields, encouraging interdisciplinary discussion. The journal promises a forum that is timely, of high quality, and accessible to researchers, educators, and lay audiences.