Hello Friends of Deaf Education!

The Midwest Conference on Deaf Education (MWCDE) committee has decided, due to the plethora of online opportunities available, our conference will be postponed until June of 2023. The committee concluded that seeing our colleagues face to face and sharing is one of the best things about our conference and hope you feel the same. So with that in mind, Midwest Conference on Deaf Education will be back better than ever, and we look forward to seeing you in person in 2023! Please continue to check the MWCDE website (http://mwdeafconference.org/) and Facebook page for updates.

Accessibility at SDSD

The South Dakota School for the Deaf (SDSD) is committed to web accessibility for all, regardless of ability or disability. We work continually to improve the accessibility and usability of our digital content, informed by web accessibility standards. Accessibility is an ideal and responsibility that we share with the greater community. We collaborate with our webmaster to make this website and its contents as accessible as possible.

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Click the image below for a Camp UBU (You Be You) Announcement!

Early Hearing Detection & Intervention

The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing and U.S. Public Health Service's Healthy People 2010 health objectives recommend that all newborns be screened for hearing loss by 1 month of age, have diagnostic follow-up by 3 months of age, and receive appropriate intervention services by 6 months of age. Early hearing screening is critical in making the best decision for a child's future.

Check out the above video about early hearing detection and identification. The video was created through the collaborative efforts of South Dakota Department of Health (https://doh.sd.gov), University of South Dakota, and South Dakota School for the Deaf.