The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MECDHH) offers a variety of opportunities for learning American Sign Language.
ASL for High School Credit
MECDHH is fortunate to be a site for one of Maine's state-of-the-art Distance Learning Centers. Through this technology an ASLTA certified teacher, who is herself Deaf, instructs public high school students in ASL through live videoconferencing. The students receive foreign language credit for the course. MECDHH can broadcast this class to up to four schools simultaneously and has reached as many as nine schools in a school year.
Utilizing Distance Learning Centers around the state, MECDHH offers American Sign Language classes exclusively for families, caregivers and others in close contact with children that sign. The goal of the program is to provide families with ASL skills as they apply to regular, daily communication. Course content is driven by the families' needs. Courses are offered in the fall and again in the spring. Click here for the current schedule For more information about ASL for Families contact Denice Manhardt at 207.781.6215 or click on her name to send an email.
ASL for Employees
MECDHH demonstrates its commitment to a fully accessible environment by offering free weekly ASL classes to all employees of the school on work time.
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