Youth and Family Connections

Welcome to DEAR Week 2024!

Day 7: #ProudDeaf!

Through exploring culture, companionship, and community, books can help us find our identities. For our last day of DEAR Week 2024, we are celebrating Deaf identity. It is our job as educators, professionals, parents, and family members to help our Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing kids develop a strong sense of confidence and self-esteem. Let's raise a next generation that is #ProudDeaf!

Deaf Idioms

By: Statewide Outreach Center

Deaf Kids Try Old Deaf Devices

By: Sorensen Outreach

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Extraordinary Jordyn (2023): Dr. Jasmine Simmons

Picture Book

Jordyn is proud of her hearing aid and cochlear implant but when a new student joins her class, he starts making fun of Jordyn's bionic ears. With the support of her family, her self-advocacy skills, and her passion for space, Jordyn can make this bully into a friend.

DeafBlind Author
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My Hearing, My Way (2023): Dr. Stacey Armas

Picture Book

My Hearing, My Way is a book about the ways a group of kids can customize and accessorize their hearing technology to show off their personalities. Love yourself and your hearing tech by adding stickers, dangles, coil wraps, rhinestones, and more!

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Leading Ladies (2007):

Marlee Matlin & Doug Cooney

Elementary

Megan and Lizzie, two Deaf fourth grade girls, put their friendship to the test when they both audition for the same role in the school play. Will they be able to resolve the tension or will playing Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz tear them apart?

Deaf Author
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Success Wisdom (2024):

Karen Putz

Middle / Teen

Meet the over 100 Deaf and Hard of Hearing contributors of Success Wisdom! They share all about how they got to where they are today, while handing out advice and encouragement along the way. Learn from the cultural wealth of the Deaf community through their first-hand accounts!

Deaf Authors
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Youth and Family Connections partners with schools and families to provide READ Days. A Deaf, DeafBlind, or Hard of Hearing adult goes into classrooms to read with students, foster a love for reading, and connect with students as a DDBHH role model. Children also receive free books through a CHS/American Library Association partnership!
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