John Tracy Clinic Online

I think I've posted about this in the past, but I'm excited to share info about the John Tracy Clinic (http://www.jtc.org/) and what it has to offer. Here is some info from their site:

"The John Tracy Clinic MissionJohn Tracy Clinic is a private, non-profit education center founded by Louise Treadwell Tracy in 1942. Its mission is to offer hope, guidance and encouragement to families of infants and preschool children with hearing losses by providing free, parent-centered services worldwide. The Clinic has over 60 years of expertise in the spoken language option.

Worldwide Family ServicesParent Distance Education / Correspondence Courses and Summer Sessions for families of young deaf children ages birth to 5 years. A special course is available for parents of preschool deaf-blind children.

Local Family ServicesYear-round, parent-centered education programs for newborns, toddlers and preschool children who are deaf and hard of hearing. Free comprehensive pediatric audiological testing, counseling and evaluation emphasizing early diagnosis and intervention.

Professional EducationDeaf Education Master's and Credential Program, offered in partnership with the University of San Diego. Available in two options: 1) one year at JTC for full-time graduate students or 2) two-years online for working teachers. Both options include two summer residencies at the John Tracy Clinic campus in Los Angeles."

Although we use sign at times with Josh, I am working very hard to help him progress in his listening and speaking abilities. I signed up for this course a week or so ago, FINALLY downloaded the first section just now. Things haven't been too organized around here, but we're getting things moving now! We're also very interested in their summer camp, may attend this summer. It's been a little disheartening to see Josh struggle more with speech than Matt did, but he's coming along. :) It's hard to describe until you've seen it, but just this last week with him on ProEFA has given us more hope for his progress than anything else so far.

Well, I would encourage anyone with deaf/hoh children to look into John Tracy's correspondence courses. They are free, been around for a long time, and have helped many folks already. Our most recent course is printing right now (just bought more printer paper, yeah!), and I already have a binder set up to keep things straight. Now to settle this in our daily routines...