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Deaf Services

Individuals who use sign language are served by a Rehabilitation Counselor for the Deaf.  There are Rehabilitation Counselors for the Deaf statewide to provide services. Examples of specialized services:

  • Information and counseling about jobs.
  • Information and referral for other services.
  • Assessment about job skills.
  • Training programs with support services to learn job skills.
  • Technology (including training) - for work related technology.
  • Job Placement assistance.
  • Interpreting Services.

      Janis Friend, Program Administrator for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Branch, provides technical assistance and coordinates services statewide. She can be reached at (502) 564-4440 (V/TTY) or JanisK.Friend@ky.gov.

 
Resources
 

www.rid.org – The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. - Information concerning interpreters for persons who are deaf including testing, code of ethics, etc. External Link - You are now leaving the .gov domain.

http://ClercCenter.gallaudet
.edu/InfoToGo/index.html – The National Information Center on Deafness is a centralized source of accurate, up-to date, objective information on topics dealing with deafness and hearing loss.  External Link - You are now leaving the .gov domain.

www.ntid.rit.edu/nce/ - National Technical Institute for the Deaf Center on Employment – Information for job seekers and employers. External Link - You are now leaving the .gov domain.

  

 
Last Updated 10/13/2010
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