1. Arkansas School for the Deaf Outreach Support Services
Offering unbiased support services for children birth through 21 and their families

2. ASD Outreach Staff Part-time staff: Full time staff:
Teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing, school age specialist
Special Education Administrator and teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing
Social Worker with deaf family
Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing early intervention and school specialist
2 part time Deaf Mentors
Speech Language Pathologist with knowledge of ASL and visual communication development
Speech Language Pathologist with spoken language therapy experience
Full time staff:
Karen K. Lange, Acting Director – Special Education/Early Intervention Specialist
Nancy Reynolds, Administrative assistant, CODA, parent and grandparent
Amy Yetley, Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Early Intervention Specialist
Vacant - Audiologist

3. Outreach Services
We provide services for D/HH children from birth through high school transition – services include:
Audiological screening and diagnostic
Part C – early intervention services for infants and toddlers
Preschool consultation, mentoring and coaching services for preschool programs
School age consultation, mentoring and coaching for school age population
Specialized evaluations and programming development support
Family centered home visiting program
A variety of training options to increase knowledge and skills in working with children who are D/HH
Deaf mentor services (new opportunity)
Work collaboratively with other agencies, organizations and systems to promote better services for D/HH children

4. Arkansas Facts Rural state
High poverty rate – 6th highest in US for childhood poverty = 27.3% (natl. Average = 21.6%)
Total 2015 population = 2,978,204
Births in 2013 = 37,406
Diverse population, 10.21% infants born to Hispanic moms, largest population of Marshall Islanders in continental US
Newborn infants identified as deaf or hard of hearing = 38 – 65 per year = 38, 2014 = estimated at 55
Number of D/HH children – birth to 21 = unknown. No coordinated tracking system in the state.