Resources: Tools for Improvement
Assure Care in a Medical Home
Referral Form that Includes Hearing Status
Prescription and Parent Consent (sample)
Engage Families as Partners
Babies & Hearing Loss: an interactive guide for families
A Parent's Wish List for Early Interventionists
Connect to Community Resources
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Deaf Mentor Program (DMP)
DMP Referral Form
DMP Family Form
WISHES Program: WI amplification loaner bank for hearing aids and FM systems
Ready...Set...Go: Ensuring a Smooth Transition from Birth to 3 to Special Education (webcast featuring Lori Witteman and Jill Haglund)
Assure Change is an Improvement
Continue Skill Building
Request a Birth to 3 Consultation from a D/HH Expert
Explaining the Audiology Report
Glossary of Terms to talk about hearing, causes of hearing loss and hearing aid devices.
Training Opportunities
Local Calendar of Events
Building Blocks of Intervention: Hearing Loss in Children 0-3 Years
Sponsored by a grant from the Verizon Foundation.
“Parents, caregivers, professionals, and members of the Deaf community recognize the need for a greater number of qualified professionals and improved service provision”
- The National Agenda: Moving forward on achieving educational equality for deaf and hard of hearing students (2005)
"Oliver was fitted recently with an FM System, loaned to us by the WISHES Program. Our providers were skeptical because he was so young and attended a daycare, not a school setting where they are typically used. However, Oliver's daycare teachers were so excited to share the profound changes they witnessed in him. The first day that he accessed sound through the FM he went from communicating sporadically in 2 word phrases, to speaking in 4-6 word sentences. He went from looking at other children for cues to know what to do, to following directions because he can now hear them. He went from being quiet at circle time, to full participation. With the benefit from the FM System, he quickly turned into a confident little boy!"
- Alicia Boeme, Oliver's mother