Clerc Center
Public Relations and Publications

Contact Info and Staff

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Products catalog
Info to Go
Odyssey
World Around You
News and Notables
KidsWorld Deaf Net

Clerc Center's Public Relations and Publications unit performs a number of functions related to information dissemination. Our team responds to inquiries about a diverse range of topics related to deaf and hard of hearing students (under age 21). We also collaborate with authors from within the Gallaudet community and around the nation to design, produce, and disseminate books, videotapes, periodicals, and other information related to deaf and hard of hearing children, their families, and other professionals who serve them.

Responding to Inquiries

Our staff responds to a wide range of questions from the general public and the professional education community about the education of deaf and hard of hearing children. Questions are answered by individuals with broad knowledge and specialized training who responds personally to each request, sometimes referring questions to other organizations or agencies. Information is also available online through the Clerc Center's Info to Go site.

Products

The Public Relations and Publications team distributes, either by sale or for free, more than 70 informational products. Product topics include literacy, transition, deaf culture, communication, assessment, family involvement, and professional studies. Products include instructional videotapes such as Reading to Deaf Children, Learning from Deaf Adults; books such as Educating Deaf Children Bilingually and Starting With Assessment: A Developmental Approach to Deaf Children's Literacy; manuals; the Sharing Ideas series of occasional papers; the Sharing Results series of occasional papers; and fact sheets of various kinds from Info to Go.

A catalog is available upon request and at the Clerc Center products online catalog. Many products can be downloaded for individual use for free. We also offer online ordering through our e-commerce partner PayPal.

Odyssey

Since 1999, Odyssey, our flagship magazine, highlights trends in deaf education by reporting on Clerc Center projects and programs. Odyssey also contains peer-reviewed articles from contributors from around the country, as well as Clerc Center news.

The magazine is sent free to everyone on the Clerc Center mailing list and can be viewed online.

World Around You

World Around You is the Clerc Center's on-line magazine for deaf and hard of hearing teens. World Around You provides motivation for independent and assisted reading, creative writing, drawing, and related activities for these teens.

World Around You fosters a sense of community and enhances its readers' self-esteem by focusing on the achievements of people from all over the world who are deaf and hard of hearing.

World Around You also co-sponsors the annual Gallaudet University National Essay, Art, and ASL Contest for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students.

If you would like to receive World Around You free in your email, please send your request to worldaroundyou@gallaudet.edu.

Clerc Center News and Notables

Clerc Center News and Notables keeps readers up to date on all that is new at Clerc Center.

KidsWorld Deaf Net

KidsWorld Deaf Net (KWDN), sponsored by the Clerc Center with support from the AT&T Foundation, is a Virtual Library with E-Documents and Useful Links for professionals and parents.

It provides concise, important information about the Clerc Center's three priority areas (literacy, family involvement, and transition) with special consideration for information that assists students who are lower achieving academically, come from homes in which English is not the primary language, have secondary disabilities, are from diverse cultures, and are from rural areas.