Upcoming Events

Spring Sign Language Class (Zoom)

SDSD MS/HS Book Club

Hands in Motion Registration

Camp UBU

SDSD/CSD Pizza and BINGO Night (Rapid City)

SDSD's Virtual Storytime

ISD's Family Resources Workshops

ASL Anywhere

Midwest Conference on Deaf Education Registration

SDSD's Shared Reading Project

Scholarship applications close March 15th!

Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Scholarship Clearinghouse - get connected to all local scholarship opportunities

Please note: The Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation recommends seniors start here by creating an account. Once completed, the seniors will be presented with a list of scholarships they may be eligible to apply for, including the SDSD Foundation Scholarships.

If you are only interested in the Sunrise & Minnehaha Sertoma Clubs Scholarships, you can start here.

Please note: If students use this link, they will be unable to see other scholarships they may also qualify for.

Stay up to date with SDSD’s services

SDSD maintains several listservs. Messages sent on the listserv will include program information and upcoming trainings and events. Please use the below links to manage subscription to our listservs.

SD School For The Deaf Foundation

Supporting children who are deaf and hard of hearing in South Dakota

Opportunities funded by the Foundation:

Scholarships
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Camps
Technology Support
Educational and Family Activities

To learn where our Mobile Lab will be, call 605-367-5200.

Mobile Lab

The purpose of the SDSD mobile hearing lab is to expand audiology services across the state of South Dakota. These services include school hearing screenings at no cost to the school district.

School districts that are interested in scheduling hearing screenings through the mobile hearing lab are encouraged to contact SDSD via email at: hearingtest@sdsd.sdbor.edu.

The SDSD mobile hearing lab has been providing services since January 2010 and evaluates thousands of children annually.

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.