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Mission

 

The mission of the Western Oregon University Regional Resource Center on Deafness is to prepare professionals in the Northwest to be qualified to serve the unique communication, rehabilitation, and educational needs of deaf and hard of hearing children and adults. To that end, the Center offers:

1. graduate and undergraduate degree programs for professionals entering fields that serve people who are deaf or hard of hearing,
2. continuing education opportunities for currently practicing professionals, and
3. consultation and community service activities designed to enhance the quality of life for all citizens who are hard of hearing or deaf.

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Degree Programs

 

Teacher Preparation: Deaf Education (master's degree) - The Teacher Preparation: Deaf Education (TPD) program emphasizes an ASL/English approach that prepares teachers to be effective in the full range of possible teaching settings with pre-school through secondary deaf and hard of hearing students.

 

Rehabilitation Counseling: Deafness (master's degree) - The program in Rehabilitation Counseling: Deafness (RCD) prepares professionals to work with deaf or hard of hearing adolescents and adults in rehabilitation and other human service settings. A general rehabilitation counseling option is also available.

 

American Sign Language/English Interpreting (bachelor's degree) - The ASL/English Interpreting program offers a non-teaching bachelor's degree in Education with a major in American Sign Language/English Interpreting. The ASL/English Interpreting program is designed to prepare graduates to enter the interpreting field as work-ready professionals.

 

American Sign Language Studies (bachelor's degree) - The American Sign Language Studies major prepares students with competencies in ASL linguistics, literature, and Deaf culture; an understanding of the role of the sociolinguistic aspects of sign languages and Deaf communities; and the roles of Deaf history, Deaf culture and cultural diversity in American Society.

 

American Sign Language courses - WOU's center on deafness offers nine American Sign Language courses: ASL I through IX, plus Comparative Linguistics: ASL/English. ASL is recognized as meeting WOU's second language requirement for the Bachelor of Arts degree. ASL I through IX also qualifies for diversity credit for undergraduate degrees. Students need not be admitted to a deafness related degree program to enroll in ASL courses at WOU.

 

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Community Outreach and Continuing Education

 

Western Region Interpreter Education Center - The WRIEC provides continuing education opportunities throughout the Western US and the Pacific Rim Islands for interpreters working in sign language, oral and cued speech environments, and for interpreter educators. In addition video- and audio-taped materials and WRIEC-produced telecourses are available for loan, free of charge, from the WRIEC Lending Library.

 

PEPNet-West at WOU (formerly the WROCC Outreach Site at WOU) - PEPNet-West at WOU provides technical assistance, consultation and training to postsecondary service providers (e.g., vocational rehabilitation counselors, disability services providers, tutors, audiologists, employers) to insure that the access needs of deaf and hard of hearing individuals are met. Serving the Western U.S., PEPNet-West at WOU is an outreach project supported by a subcontract from the PEPNet-West at California State University, Northridge. PEPNet-West is one of the four Regional Postsecondary Education Centers for Individuals who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing making up PEPNet (Postsecondary Education Programs Network). The centers are supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Our Web site contains many valuable resources. Click or contact jan.herdman@pepnet.org for more information.

 

RCDHHA (Rehabilitation Counseling with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adults) - WOU offers a national in-service training program for active rehabilitation and other social service professionals who wish to enhance their skills and knowledge relative to services for deaf and hard of hearing adults. One four-week session is offered each summer and full scholarships are awarded to each participant. Click here for 2008 program information. Application due date: April 1, 2008.

 

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