FHSR EDUCATION COORDINATOR PROGRAM
FHSR experiences such value from our partnership with Lurie Children’s and the Hart Family Education Coordinator. As we work with families and educators they have shared their need for additional support and resources. In response, we have created the FHSR Education Coordinator Program to serve as another opportunity to support parents, educators, and caregivers of deaf and hard-of-hearing children.
If your child has hearing loss and you are in need of resources to be their best advocate, FHSR has created the Education Coordinator program specifically to support the parents, caregivers and hearing loss professionals of deaf and hard of hearing children.
The FHSR Education Coordinator will serve as a resource for parents and their children living with hearing loss to assist in the transition to school, class placement, services, and accommodations. The position will be to educate the parents / caregivers on how best to partner with their school district to assure the child’s educational needs are being met within the classroom and give any additional support including the use of hearing technology in the learning environment. The Education Coordinator can work with the families and their school team to ensure best practices around education of students with hearing loss are being followed. These services will be provided at no cost to the families and school partners.
If you are a parent, caregiver or hearing loss professional who needs resources on your DHH child’s best school placement, services or accommodations, the FHSR Education Coordinator is here to help you become your child’s best advocate.
The Education Coordinator services will be available starting in January 2024. Please email [email protected] for more information.
FHSR INTRODUCES ANNA TESS, Ed.D
OUR NEW FHSR EDUCATION COORDINATOR
Anna has worked as a teacher of the deaf and a school principal. Anna has taught in a variety of deaf education classrooms including listening and spoken language and total communication.
Anna has a doctorate in special education, masters in deaf education and educational leadership from Illinois State, American College of Education and Vanderbilt University.
Anna has additional certifications in early intervention and a Director of Special Education.
The FHSR Education Coordinator works closely with:
- Parents, teachers, administrators and other staff at schools
- Organization of in-service programs, including sessions for teachers and school staff on new equipment and/or techniques.
In person services will be available to the following Illinois counties:
Cook, Dupage, Lake, Kane & Will
Remote services can be available to Illinois counties other than those listed above.
Please email [email protected] for more information.
FHSR has created the new Education Coordinator Position because we saw a need for support for parents and teachers with Technology, IEP’s , 504’s, accommodations and transitions in the Chicagoland community.
At FHSR we strive to offer programming for Children with Hearing Loss and creating this important position to support those gaps has been a goal for us.
