Parent Support & Resources

All Ages:

Parent, Teachers, Counselor Organization for parents of ISD students

(But all parents Can peek!)  www.isdptco.org

Deaf Blind Children  www.deafblindchildren.org

The National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness   www.nationaldb.org 

also email klumphr@wou.edu to join the private discussion group for NFADB members

Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services  www.in.gov/fssa/ddrs/5298.htm

     Includes:

• Indiana Interpreter Certification Program
• Interpreting and Case Management Funding
• Telecommunication Relay
• Community Education
• Resource Directory
• Advocacy
• DHHS Gazette

About Special Kids

American Society For Deaf Children                      Hands & Voices-National     

Laurcent Clerc National Deaf Education Center      Insource

Indiana Chapter of Hands & Voices                      Raising deaf kids

Hear Indiana 

Northwest Indiana Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community

Educational Audiologists Association

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

The Early Years

www.isdpreschool.blogspot.com

Early Childhood Meeting Place

Indiana Perinatal Network

Infant Hearing                                                  Cente-R 

Universal Newborn Hearing Screening     if link does not work here is the address:                   

www.in.gov/isdh/programs/nbs/HearingScrSitemap.htm

Baby Hearing  

Indiana Family Resource Guide for
Children with Hearing Loss (pdf)                                Baby Sign Language Classes

Indiana's Early Intervention System  

School Age

Indiana Department of Education

National Deaf Education Agenda

Transitioning to Adulthood:

Indianapolis Resource Center for Independent Living www.ircil.org

For Interpreters

Indiana Interpreter Certification Regulations

from www.in.gov/fssa/files/JanuaryGazette2007.pdf

The rules for Indiana Interpreter Certification can be found in the Indiana
Administrative Code, Title 460, Article 2, Rule 2.1. These requirements are stated on the website www.in.gov/legislative/iac/title460. Under Article 2. Division of
Rehabilitative Services, click on the PDF link and go to Rule 2.1. (Rule 2 expired and has been replaced by Rule 2.1.) The specific requirements for certification can be found in 460 IAC 2-3-3. The following is a summary of these qualifications.

• To qualify for an Indiana Interpreter Certificate (IIC) a person must be
nationally certified through the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID),
National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Level III or above, or the NAD-RID
National Interpreter Certification (NIC). Beginning July 1, 2010, to become
certified a candidate must also hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited
college or university. If an interpreter is nationally certified and has a
current IIC before July 1, 2010 they will be exempt from holding a bachelor’s
degree.

• To qualify for a Provisional IIC a person must pass the RID written exam or
the NIC Knowledge Written Exam and graduate from an interpreter training
program with a letter of recommendation from the head of the program.
Within five years of obtaining this certificate, a candidate must become
nationally certified.

• To qualify for an Educational Indiana Interpreter Certificate (EIC) a person
must be employed as an educational interpreter, and submit a letter from
the school system where they will work stating such information. If a person
is nationally certified and holds the IIC, they may work in the educational
setting.  For each certificate, the interpreter must renew their certification with the state every two years, and earn a total of 4.0 or 40 hours of Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Provisional Certificate holders, Grandfathered Community Interpreters and Educational Interpreters must submit a $50.00 fee for each renewal cycle to cover the administrative costs of managing CEUs. Nationally Certified Interpreters are exempt from this fee because their CEUs are maintained by their national organization, but they still must apply to receive the IIC.

If you have any questions or concerns about certification requirements please contact
Donald Tinsley, Certificate Coordinator at Donald.Tinsley@fssa.in.gov.

For questions
about CEUs please contact Deka Oliver, CEU Program Coordinator at
Deka.Oliver@fssa.in.gov.
Indiana Interpreter Certification
Regulations


  From January 2007 Volume XVI Number 7
DHHS Gazette 1 www.in.gov/fssa/disability/dhhs
INDIANA DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING SERVICES

Resources for Professionals:

Educational Interpreters

National Interpreter Education Center www.asl.neu.edu

Educational Audiologists Association

Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services  www.in.gov/fssa/ddrs/5298.htm

Indiana Deaf Education Interpreter Project

Indiana Chapter of Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (ICRID)

Deaf Educators

Educational Audiologists Association

Indiana Deaf Educators

Fifth Annual 2008 Indiana Deaf Educators Conference

Thursday, July 31, and Friday, August 1, 2008

2008 Indiana Deaf Educators and Educational Interpreters Conference

"Mission Possible...Independent Child to Successful Adult"

Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Education Center

7435 North Keystone Avenue

Indianapolis, Indiana 46240-3247

Deaf Education Website

General information

National Association of the Deaf

National Information Center on Deafness

Indiana State Government
 

Other Organizations for d/Deaf & Hard of Hearing Individuals & their Families

Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services www.in.gov/fssa/ddrs/5298.htm

Indiana Association for the Deaf

Alexander Graham Bell (AG Bell) Organization   

American Speech and Language Hearing Association for latest update on Hearing Aid Tax Credit Legislation

League for the Hard of Hearing

Hearing Loss Association of America

Captioned Media Program

The Hearing Review