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2013 Fingerspelling Bee

We regret to announce that the 2013 Fingerspelling Bee has been postponed. An announcement of a new date, possibly in the fall, will be made as soon as it is determined by the ITHI board. We thank you for your patience and would like to assure all that we are committed to providing this valuable experience to our students.

About ITHI

829225-about The main purpose of ITHI is to provide information and support to teachers and other organizations related to the field of Deafness. To better service our members, ITHI is broken into twelve areas across the state. Each area has at least one area chairperson who is responsible for relaying information from executive board meetings to the general membership.

2013 Conference

The 49th annual ITHI conference will be held in Lisle, IL at the Wyndham Lisle-Chicago Hotel & Executive Meeting Center on March 1 and 2, 2013. The theme of the conference is "Dream, Create, Activate, Achieve." Please click here to go directly to the conference page of this website, where you can find vital conference information and register. We are looking forward to seeing you in March!

Resource Directory

The ITHI Educational Services and Resource Directory is now online! You may now view and print any section of the directory directly from this site. To find the directory, please go to the tab marked "Resources" or click here.

Communication Plan

We need your help on a project that will benefit students across Illinois. Last year, ISHI developed a draft Communication Plan that would support team decision making for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. ITHI members reviewed the plan and offered suggestions that were incorporated, and a small pilot was conducted. The Illinois State Board has asked that we conduct a larger pilot of the Communication Plan; one that is representative of students of all ages, levels of hearing loss, regions of the state, communication mode, and service level. Our goal is to capture approximately 10% of the students served statewide, or about 400 students.

We hope you will assist us by completing the Communication Plan for one or more of your students as part of the students’ IEP process, then completing this survey once for each of those students.

Instructions for completing the Communication Plan can be found at: http://goo.gl/xJpac
The Communication Plan can be found at: http://goo.gl/ZU345
The Post-Plan Survey can be found at: http://goo.gl/M7LJo