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Personal Professional Development -
Resources Specific to Literacy and Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing


Publications
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Subscription required for more recent articles.
The Volta Review
Click for viewing the archives. Subscription required for more recent articles. For more recent articles,
click HERE
Volta Voices Magazine
Free publication from the AG Bell Association.
Central Institute for the Deaf Blog for Professionals
CID Blog for Professionals
American Annals of the Deaf
Subscription required
Odyssey Magazine
Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Clerc's Center Free Publications
Clerc's Info to Go
Clerc's Center Info to Go
The Reading Teacher
Subscription required
Resources included with ILA subscription:
  • ILA E-ssentials
  • ILA Bridges: Instructional Units for the Engaging Classroom
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International Literacy Association
Various free publications
Literacy Today Magazine
Literacy Today magazine, a free publication from the International Literacy Association
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Center on Literacy and Deafness
VL2
VL2 Research Briefs
Website Links:
DHH
Reading
Writing

eLearning Opportunities
Crossroads
Find eLearning Opportunities for Deaf Ed Professionals by clicking on the links under "Training."
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The Low Incidence Disabilities Network (Region 3 ESC)
The "Teaching Literacy to Students with Significant Disabilities" training modules are accessible at Region 13 ESC eCampus, workshop ID FA1430887.
Center for Literacy and Deafness
Gallaudet
Search Webcasts for titles containing "Gallaudet's Program in Educational Neuroscience (PEN) Distinguished Lecture Series" and "VL2."
Some of the Gallaudet Webcasts are available on Youtube:
  • Goswami's "Dyslexia, Phonology, and the Brain"
  • Klein's "How Language Experience Shapes the Brain"
Central Institute for the Deaf Professional Development
Laurent Clerc National Education Center
Find Online Learning and Webcasts links on the left side of the page.

TEA Resources
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Gateway Courses
ELPS Academy
Progress in the General Curriculum
Progress in the General Curriculum (PGC) offers resources specific to: Standards-Based Individualized Education Programs (IEPs); Least Restrictive Environment (LRE); Specially Designed Instruction (SDI); and Grading and Progress Monitoring.

General Resources

ASCD Newsletters
ASCD Newsletters: Education Update, Policy Priorities, and ASCD Express
ASCD Educational Leadership

Coaching Resources

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Jim Knight's website Resources
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Jim Knight is the director of the Kansas Coaching Project
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