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bullet Contact Information Contact Information
Telephone
V/TTY (217) 479-4200
FAX (217) 479-4209

Postal address
Illinois School for the Deaf
125 Webster Avenue
Jacksonville, Illinois 62650


bullet Electronic Mail Electronic Mail
Admissions & Records: Carolyn.Eilering@illinois.gov

General Information: Myriam.Young@illinois.gov

Superintendent: Marybeth.Lauderdale@illinois.gov

Webmaster:
Myriam.Young@illinois.gov

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OUR VISION
The vision of the Illinois School for the Deaf is to educate students to become responsible, self supporting citizens.  Our schools will be safe learning communities that encourage students to attain their highest potential in reading, writing, and mathematics.  We will empower our students to explore the technological trends and the employment opportunities of the future. 

We will achieve this through:

  • Providing a safe, healthy, and respectful learning, living, and work environment.
  • Using each student’s unique educational and developmental needs documented in Individual Educational Plans to guide their educational program.
  • Respecting all forms of communication and technology for deaf and hard of hearing students.
  • Providing an instructional program for deaf and hard of hearing students that is most effective when guided by the Seven Principles for Student Success (Freeman & Freeman, 1998.)
  • Providing a supportive and caring atmosphere in order to develop a positive self–esteem and skills necessary to be successful in an ever-changing world.
  • Serving the community as an informational resource in current trends and research in the field of deaf education and American Sign Language.
  • Sharing the responsibility of educating our students between the parents, students, school and residential personnel and the community.
  • Providing an accessible bilingual communication environment.

bullet for parent facilitatorNEW! STUDENTS WEB PAGE
Our students have been working hard with Mrs. Belcher on their web design class. You can see their work show cased here

bullet for You are your child's best advocateYou Are your Child's Best Advocate!
This is a keynote for the parent conferences by Michele Westmaas. It carries a very important message for the parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. PDF format with speaker notes: English Spanish
Power Point Show English Spanish

bullet for parent infant institute Kline House Reunion 2010
September 18, 2010
10:30am-3:30pm
If you were enrolled in the ISD Kline House 0-3 Program between 2000 and 2010, mark your calendars and plan to attend the reunion. Click here to read the brochure on pdf format English Spanish
Click here to download a registration form English Spanish
Click here to register online English Spanish

bulletSpecial Education Rights Guide
The 2009 special education rights guide, Educational Rights and Responsibilities: Understanding Special Education in Illinois, is available. (Click here to read more about this)

bulletAnswering Service in Spanish
Informational Brochure English Spanish

bulletIllinois Supervisors of Programs for Hard of Hearing / Deaf Individuals
(Click here to go to the web site

bullet Comprehensive Service Guidelines 1 here
Comprehensive Service Guidelines 2 here

bullet Parent Infant programLearn more about our Parent/Infant Program
at the Kline House
Click here to download a presentation of the program.

bullet Advisory Council Information here

bullet Learn here about Reform in Deaf Education

bullet Cochlear Implant Support Page at the Illinois School for the Deaf

bullet Information on Cochlear Implants in Education. See flyer English

bullet Illinois School for the Deaf ASL/English Bilingual Communication
Policy English

bulletISD blog and Twitter
Visit our IllinoisDeaf Twitter post here
Read our blog here

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