Metro Regional Program for Children Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Alphabetical Links to Resources
Sign Language Links (click HERE)
(Several of these links are external links, you will be leaving the MRP webpage. MRP is not responsible for content found on the external sites)

A    B    C    D

Alphabet Soup  (a listing of acronyms from PTI-Nebraska)
Audient - Spanish
Audiciondelbebe - My Baby's Hearing website in Spanish
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AGBell)
American Society for Deaf Children
Answers 4 families
ASLized - This website has information about the linguistics of ASL, ASL literature, and information/resources for Deaf Culture, history, etc. This could be a good resource for those wanting to learn more about ASL, teaching ASL, and for teaching DHH students.
ASL Tales - contests and books
ASL Stories - popular children's books told in ASL with captions
Assistive Technology Partnership
Assessment System for K-12 Interpreters (ASK-12)
At 4 all

Babystrology.com
Babystrology sign games
Boys Town National Research Hospital
 

Blogs - not an inclusive list
    D/HH Kids Speak
    Deaf Web Log Directory

Captionfish - website of captioned current run movies - and where they are playing at Rave and Marcus theaters.
    Theaters in the Omaha area that have closed captions or hearing devices:
        AMC (one theater)
        Rave (one theater)
        Marcus Twin Creek (all theaters)
        Marcus Grand 20 (all theaters)
        Marcus Village Pointe Cinema (all theaters)
Cihear.com - listening site
Center for Accessible Technology in Sign (CATS)CATS is dedicated to providing accessibility to learning via sign language. CATS' goal is to enhance language, literacy and general world knowledge by providing tools which make text, captions, video, web pages, and multimedia accessible to deaf users, particularly children.
Classroom Interpreting
Closed Captioning Guide - in the search box you will need to type in "article closed captioning" to be directed to the page
Cochlear Implant Online - website of two sisters who both have bi-lateral Cochlear Implants


DCMP - Described and Captioned Media Program
Deaf Blind Link
Deaf Blind Resource
Deaf Lens - Reflections Through a Deaf Lens - Discussion of Deaf art, theater, media, and other related topics
Deaf Linx
Deafnewspaper.com - an online newspaper
DeafPlanet - cartons, sports, science, games etc. Great site.
Deaf Scientist Corner - a website devoted to great Deaf scientists.
Deaf Scientist Corner Wiki - teacher resource for the Deaf Scientist Corner
Deaftimes.net - an online newspaper
Deaf Resource Center
Deafmd.org

Deaf Summer Camps (This section is for your information only. Not an inclusive list.)
*Sponsored by the Nebraska Regional Programs
    Camp Anderson at Camp Kitaki

*Other camps not sponsored by the Nebraska Regional Programs
    Camp Sertoma
 

E     F     G     H

EIPA Testing information (TASK12)
English Idioms Explained in ASL developed at the Kentucky School for the Deaf

Food Safety in sign language
Front Range Interpreter Training Program

Gallaudet University
Graduation Considerations for Students with Disabilities
Guidelines for Educational Interpreters

Hands and Voices - National Chapter
Hands and Voices - Omaha Chapter
Hands and Voices - Brochure
Hayleigh's Cherished Charms - Hearing Aid embellishments designed by an 11 year old who is Hard of Hearing
Hearing Exchange
Hearing Exchange Kids - geared for the tweens ages 10 - 13years old
Hearing Journey
Hearing Loss Simulators
    CDC - NIOSH Mining Software
    Tiger Speech
    UCL Phonetics & Linguistics
Hearing Loss Association of America
Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy - Therapeutic horseback riding in the Omaha Metro Area


I    J    K    L    M    N


Iowa Western Community College
Info to go - Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center


Kids Club - a place for children with hearing loss to learn more about their hearing aids and loss through games
Kids Connection - Spanish
Kids World Deaf Net

 

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
The Listening Room

Metro Community College
Mid-America Regional Interpreter Education (MARIE)
My Baby's Hearing from Boys Town National Research Hospital
My Baby's Hearing in Spanish
My Smart Hands - Program for teaching ASL to hearing babies
Metro Regional Program's Plan
Metro Regional Program's Lending Library
MOPIX - Motion Picture Access

 

National Association of the Deaf
Nebraska Deaf Blind Project
Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Nebraska Department of Education
Nebraska Department of Education - Special Education
NSD Museum

O     P     Q    R    S    T

PBS Cornerstones - Literacy units for teachers of young students who are deaf and hard of hearing.
        Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type - Available as a storybook, video clip downloads in ASL/SEE and Cued Speech. Also available as Hypertext and a Between The Lions videotape
        Joseph Had a Little Overcoat - Available as a storybook, video clip downloads in ASL/SEE and Cued Speech. Also available as Hypertext and a Between The Lions videotape
        Fox and Crow - Available as a storybook, video clip download in ASL. Also available as Hypertext and a Between The Lions videotape
PTI Nebraska
Pepnet - itransition - free online transition curriculum to help students who are D/HH prepare for life after HS
Project Endeavor - Empowering Deaf and Hard of Hearing Americans with Access to High Speed Internet. Project Endeavor New Equipment Offerings feature up to 50% off handhealds, tablets and more

Raising Deaf Kids
Ref for the deaf - focused on providing notification and alerting systems for deaf athletes
Resources for the Itinerant Teacher
RIT National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Rule 51

SEE Center
Scholarships for Students
Signing Salsa - A cute website for parents of little ones. From Georgia Public Broadcasting. There are puppet shows with characters signing in front of the puppets
Space and Astronomy Pictionary - vocabulary, pictures and signs (if there is a sign) for the vocabulary word
Starkey - Spanish

 

Technical Assistance for Excellence in Special Education (TASK12)
The Interpreters Friend (a great resource - this site has many songs glossed)
Through Your Child's Eyes (This movie was created from the vision of the California Department of Education and California State University, Northridge.)
TPA Scholarship

Toolkit for funding

U      V     W     X    Y    Z

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Wee Hands - Program for teaching ASL to hearing babies

Links to Sign Language Sites
(not an inclusive list and these links are external links, you will be leaving the MRP webpage. MRP is not responsible for content found on the external sites)

Please note, signs may vary between sites due to regional differences or other reasons 


ASL dictionaries online - a word document (not an inclusive list of sites)
American Sign Language Browser
American Sign Language Library
ASL Dictionary
ASL Pro
ASL-STEM Forum - ASL signs for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math forum
Babystrology.com
Babystrology games
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Cyber Community in STEM - STEM forum from the University of Washington
Dr. Bill Vicars' ASL Fingerspelling Tool
Embe Outreach - ASL vocabulary, and videos, "for specific academic classes in elementary school through high school."
Finger spelling
HandSpeak
HowYouSign.com - link to several sign language dictionaries
Lesson Tutor
LifePrint
Methods and Materials for teaching Science to Deaf Students - from RIT (includes Science Signs Lexicon)
RIT Stem Signs ASL signs for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 
Sign Hear Communication Center
Signing Online
SigningSavvy - free to use, but you must register. More options available to those who pay the membership fee.
Signing Time

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