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Getting Ready for School
Programs in Your Community
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male adult talking to a young girlYou are probably curious about the placements in your area.

There are a lot of people that you can ask:

Ask the Special Education Director for your school district.
Ask other parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Ask your neighborhood school principal.
Ask your Infant/Family Specialist or teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

You can use this chart to keep track of their information.

Person Answers from each of the people you ask Special Adapted
Special EducationDirector      
Other Parents      
School Principal      
Infant/Family Specialist      
Others      

Ask for a chance to visit places that sound interesting to you and appropriate for your child. If you have an Infant/Family Specialist, maybe you can go together, and talk about what you have seen.