PEPNet-Northeast
formerly the Northeast Technical Assistance Center (NETAC)

Accessible Web pages:

Run through " WebXACT:" http://webxact.watchfire.com/

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Assessment/Testing:

ACT College Admissions Test - For use with students who are deaf or hard of hearing:
Jerry Walter, Research Faculty, NTID
585-475-6612 (voice/TTY); GGWNCP@rit.edu

Career interest/transition/school-to-work/learning style/personality:
Robb Adams, NTID Counseling Services
585-475-6597 (voice/TTY); REANSE@rit.edu

Career awareness programs:
Robb Adams, NTID Counseling Services
585-475-6597 (voice/TTY); REANSE@rit.edu
Jean Bondi-Wolcott, NTID Educational Outreach
585-475-6705 (voice/TTY); JMB4646@rit.edu

Psychological testing adaptations for people who are deaf or hard of hearing:
Matt Searls, NTID Psychological Services
585-475-5707 (TTY); JMSDHD@rit.edu

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Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs):

David Manning, Ed.D., Director
The Mainstream Center - CLARKE
Northampton, MA 01060
413-582-1121; mainstream@clarkeschool.org

Phyllis R. Wald
Sound Choice Assistive Listening, Inc.
sndchoice@aol.com
908-647-2650
www.assistivelistening.net

Classroom renovation incorporating ALDs:
Charles Johnstone, Senior AV Specialist, NTID
585-475-7113 (voice/TTY); CWJ0488@rit.edu
See also http://www.rit.edu/ntid/crtl/er/equipment.html. Then click on "Assistive
Listening Device Services and Information" on the left frame menu.

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Textbooks in Braille:

Contact your local association for the blind

American Printing House, Louisville, KY (to see if a book is already in print)
800-223-2839 (voice); http://www.aph.org

National Braille Association Bookbank
3 Townline Circle, Rochester, NY 14623
585-427-8260 (voice)

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C-Print:

Pam Francis, C-Print Training Coordinator, NETAC
585-475-7557 (voice/TTY); cprint@rit.edu
http://www.pepnetnortheast.rit.edu/cprint.html

 

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Captioning:

G&G Video, Portland, ME
800-527-0551 (voice/TTY)

National Captioning Institute (NCI), Virginia
703-917-7600 (voice/TTY); www.ncicap.org

WGBH/National Center for Accessible Media, Boston, MA
617-492-2777 (voice); 617-492-9258 (TTY); www.wgbh.org

Captioned Media Programs, Spartansburg, SC
800-237-6213 (voice); 800-237-6819 (TTY); www.cfv.org

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Career Awareness: see Assessment/Testing

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CART (Computer Aided Realtime Translation)

Judy Larson, Court & Conference Reporting Program
St. Louis Community College
314-644-9942 (voice); jlarson@fpmail.stlcc.cc.mo.us

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Classroom renovations incorporating ALDs: see Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs)

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Clearinghouse On Mathematics, Engineering, Technology and Science (COMETS)

A comprehensive, Web-based resource in the education of deaf students. http://www.rit.edu/~comets/

 

 

Cochlear implants:

Catherine Clark, NTID Audiology
585-475-6354 (voice/TTY); CCCNCA@rit.edu
http://www.rit.edu/~cccnca/cochlear_implants

David Manning, Ed.D., Director
The Mainstream Center - CLARKE
Northampton, MA 01060
413-582-1121; mainstream@clarkeschool.org

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Cued Speech:

National Cued Speech Association
800-459-3529; cuedspdisc@aol.com
www.cuedspeech.org

Catherine Quenin, Past President, National Cued Speech Association
Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
585-389-2776; ncsa@naz.edu

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Distance learning:

Barbara Keefe, NETAC site coordinator for Maine
207-781-6209 (voice/TTY); Barbara.keefe@gbsd.org

Web based:
Kathleen Eilers Crandall, NTID English
585-475-5111 (voice/TTY); KECNCP@rit.edu

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Electronic career searches:*

NTID Center on Employment
585-475-6219 (voice/TTY); : ntidcoe@rit.edu
www.rit.edu/~435www/

* job searches for people who have decided on a career, not career exploration

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Employer training:

NTID Center on Employment
585-475-6219 (voice/TTY); : ntidcoe@rit.edu
www.rit.edu/~435www/

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Employment of people who are deaf or hard of hearing:

NTID Center on Employment
585-475-6219 (voice/TTY); : ntidcoe@rit.edu
www.rit.edu/~435www/

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Teaching English to students who are deaf or hard of hearing:

Pam Conley, NTID Liberal Arts Support
585-475-2021 (TTY); PRCNGE@rit.edu

Dianne Falvo, Camden County College
856-346-8764; dfalvo@camdencc.edu

Sue Livingston, LaGuardia Community College
sueliving@aol.com

Diane Magee, E.C. Drury School for the Deaf
905-878-2851; Diane.Magee@edu.gov.on.ca

David Manning, Ed.D., Director
The Mainstream Center - CLARKE
Northampton, MA 01060
413-582-1121; mainstream@clarkeschool.org

Connie Mayer, York University, Toronto
416-736-2100 ext 30738; cmayer@edu.yorku.ca

Supporting English Acquisition: A Professional Development Web Site for Educators Serving Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students by Gerald P. Berent and E. William Clymer.

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Teaching students who are deaf-blind:

Beth Jordan, Helen Keller National Center Regional Office
913-677-4562 (voice/TTY); HKNC7BJ@aol.com

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Teaching students who are hard of hearing:

Brenda Battat, Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. (SHHH)
301-657-2248 (voice); 301-657-2249 (TTY); battat@shhh.org

David Manning, Ed.D., Director
The Mainstream Center - CLARKE
Northampton, MA 01060
413-582-1121; mainstream@clarkeschool.org

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Institutional Research:

Jerry Walter, Research Faculty, NTID
585-475-6612 (voice/TTY); GGWNCP@rit.edu

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Interpreter Mirror:

Stephen Frank
SJFrank Enterprises
3216 Abell Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21218
www.interpreter-mirror.com
sjfrank@interpreter-mirror.com

 

Remote interpreting:

Rapid Text
949-399-9200; http://rapidtext.com

Central Captioning (a non-satellite distance captioning company), Columbus, OH
Ken Ellis

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Interpreting services - hiring, repetitive motion injuries, pay and levels:

See also Services

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Interpreter Training Program, summer programs at NTID:

Rico Peterson, Chairperson, American Sign Language and Interpreting Education, NTID
585-475-6297 (voice/TTY); RXPNSS@rit.edu

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Interpreter Training Workshops - Oral Transliterating:

David Manning, Ed.D., Director
The Mainstream Center - CLARKE
Northampton, MA 01060
413-582-1121; mainstream@clarkeschool.org

 

Interpreters - locating across the U.S.:

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
301-608-0050 (voice/TTY); www.rid.org

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Working with late deafened adults:

Association of Late Deafened Adults, Inc. (ALDA)
1131 Lake St. #204, Oak Park, IL 60301
877-907-7537 (voice/fax); 708-358-0135 (TTY)
www.alda.org

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Teaching Mathematics to students who are deaf or hard of hearing:

Vince Danielle, Chairperson, NTID Science and Mathematics
585-475-6744 (voice); 585-475-5331 (TTY); VADNTM@rit.edu

David Manning, Ed.D., Director
The Mainstream Center - CLARKE
Northampton, MA 01060
413-582-1121; mainstream@clarkeschool.org

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Medical supplies for use by people who are deaf or hard of hearing:

Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses (AMPHL)
www.amphl.org

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Mental health:

J. Matt Searls, NTID Psychological Services
585-475-5707 (TTY); JMSDHD@rit.edu

Donna Rubin, Associate Direcotr, RIT Counseling Center
585-475-6587 (voice/tty); dcrdhd@rit.edu

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Notetaking:

Kim Brecklin, English Specialist, Tulsa Community College
918-595-7428 (voice); 918-595-7434 (TTY)
kbreckli@tulsa.cc.ok.us

NCR Notetaking Paper:
RIT Campus Connections 585-475-2504 (voice)

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Programs serving students who are deaf or hard of hearing:

College & Career Programs for Deaf Students, Tenth Edition http://gri.gallaudet.edu/ccg/index.html

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Psychological testing adaptations for people who are deaf or hard of hearing:

J. Matt Searls, NTID Psychological Services
585-475-5707 (TTY); JMSDHD@rit.edu

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Remote interpreting: (see Interpreting)

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Retention:

Dr. Ellie Rosenfield, Associate Dean for Student and Academic Services, Career Exploration Studies
585-475-6202 (voice/TTY); EDRDHD@rit.edu

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Services - policies defining roles and responsibilities:

Florence Cooney, Community College of Baltimore County-Catonsville
410-455-4369 (voice); 410-455-4553 (TTY); fcooney@ccbc.cc.md.us

David Manning, Ed.D., Director
The Mainstream Center - CLARKE
Northampton, MA 01060
413-582-1121; mainstream@clarkeschool.org

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Deafness materials in Spanish:


Dra Juanita Rodriguez-Colon, University of Puerto Rico
787-442-9000 x3157 (voice/TTY); drjmrodriquez@hotmail.com

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Student affairs:

Dr. Ellie Rosenfield, Associate Dean for Student and Academic Services, Career Exploration Studies
585-475-6202 (voice/TTY); EDRDHD@rit.edu

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Technical signs, books, tapes:

Books:
Campus Connections, RIT 585-475-2504 (voice); 585-475-7071 (TTY)

Tapes:
GLADD Bookstore 213-550-4270

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Telecommunications Relay Service:

Mary Beth Mothersell, Spring Relay Account Manager, New York Relay
800-927-0282 (TTY); 585-243-4880 (voice)
marybeth.mothersell@mail.sprint.com or mbmothersell@wyndtell.com

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Testing accommodations:

David Buchkoski, Training Coordinator, Midwest Center for Postsecondary Outreach
651-221-1437 (voice/TTY); david.buchkoski@sptc.mnscu.edu

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Transition:

Robb Adams, NTID Counseling Services
585-475-6597 (voice/TTY); REANSE@rit.edu

Jean Bondi-Wolcott, NTID Educational Outreach
585-475-6705 (voice/TTY); JMB4646@rit.edu

Lucy Howlett, Coordinator, Virginia State Outreach and Technical Assistance Ctr.
540-674-3619 x4235 (voice/TTY); nrhowll@nr.cc.va.us

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Tutoring:

David Manning, Ed.D., Director
The Mainstream Center - CLARKE
Northampton, MA 01060
413-582-1121; mainstream@clarkeschool.org

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Vocational Rehabilitation:

Patricia Tomlinson, Rehabilitation Consultant
732-477-9346 (voice/TTY); mandalay@idt.net

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