EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Regional Educational Service Centers

II. REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTERS

Connecticut is divided into six independent Regional Educational Service Centers. These Centers are composed of towns from within the Service Center’s region. A town’s choice to join the Regional Center is voluntary. Each Service Center tries to provide a variety of special services that address the educational needs of their cooperating towns. Each Educational Service Center is maintained by state and federal funds and through membership dues.

The six Regional Educational Service Centers for Connecticut are:

Region 1 -Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES)

Region 2 -Cooperative Educational Services (CES)

Region 3 -Capitol Region Education Council (CREC)

Region 4 - LEARN

Region 5 -Eastern CT Regional Educational Service Center (EastConn)

Region 6 - Education Connection (EC), formerly RESCUE

Contact with the Regional Educational Service Center can be made directly or through the local boards of education.

AREA COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
350 State Street
North Haven, CT 06473-3108 / (203) 498-6800 Voice
(203) 498-6890 FAX
ACES has no hearing impaired program.

CAPITOL REGION EDUCATION COUNCIL

111 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106-1912 / (860) 524-4064 Voice
(860) 246-3304 FAX

SOUNDBRIDGE is an integrated auditory/oral day school program for children pre-school through high school. The program is located at six Wethersfield sites:

123 Progress Drive

Wethersfield, CT 06109

/ (860) 529-4260 Voice/TDD

SOUNDBRIDGE...... Administration, Preschool and Clinical Services

Webb Kindergarten Center...... Kindergarten

Hanmer School ...... Elementary

Emerson Williams School...... Elementary

Silas Deane Middle School ...... Middle High, Grades 7-8

Wethersfield High School...... High School

Students in this program have hearing losses ranging from moderate to profound with the majority in the severe to profound range. All students are instructed in small classes with their hearing impaired peers and in integrated classes for art, music, physical education, lunch and socialization activities. Students are integrated into regular classes for academic subjects as soon as possible. Planned sequential curricula are delivered in language, auditory training, speech and all academic subjects. Note taking and oral interpreter services are provided as needed. As soon as possible, students are returned to their home schools. Support services specifically oriented to deafness include auditory/verbal services, psychology, a counseling and affective development program, learning disability services, a parent education program, occupational and physical therapy and student health services. Intensive aural habilitation programs for cochlear implant children are provided.

COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
25 Oakview Drive
Trumbull, CT 06611-4723 / (203) 365-8800 Voice
(203) 365-8804 FAX
EASTCONN
376 Hartford Turnpike
North Windham, CT 06256-1612 / (860) 455-0707 Voice
(860) 455-0691 FAX
EDUCATION CONNECTION
355 Goshen Road
P.O. Box 909
Litchfield, CT 06759-0909 / (860) 567-0863 Voice
(860) 567-3381 FAX

EC, formerly RESCUE, has no hearing impaired program at the present time, but may be able to provide individualized services if needed.

LEARN

44 Hatchetts Hill Road

P.O. Box 805
Old Lyme, CT 06371-1512 / (860) 434-4800 Voice
(860) 434-4820 FAX

LEARN offers a total communication program for its deaf and hard of hearing students. Self-contained classes are located in public schools with mainstreaming individually planned and carefully monitored. Many of the students are involved in regular school activities, sports and clubs. The program has monthly parent meetings and sign language courses are offered for parents, school personnel and the public. This program is based in East Lyme. Staff includes 5 teachers, 5 teacher assistants, a staff speech therapist and assistant tutor. Services are also provided by an audiologist, counselor for the deaf, physical therapist, and occupational therapist. Summer activities will be provided for children in need of a continuous educational program.

Please note that through each Regional Service Center one or more BIRTH TO THREE COORDINATORS work directly with children with handicaps and their parents. However, they are not part of the specialized hearing impaired programs.

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