Supporting Infants & Toddlers who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

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  4. Supporting Infants & Toddlers who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
A woman holds a toddler boy in a blue and red plaid shirt wearing hearing aids.

The Early Intervention Community of Practice group is composed of Early Intervention providers working with children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. This group receives focused professional development and works closely with community partners to meet the needs of children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and their families.

Resources and referral forms

Resources

The following resources are from the Central Institute for the Deaf, whose mission is to teach children who are deaf and hard of hearing to listen, talk, read and succeed. CID empowers families and professionals to help children reach their fullest potential. More information and resources can be found on the CID website.

Referral Forms

  • Rhode Island Auditory Oral Program Referral Form (English PDF)
  • Perspectives Corporation Early Intervention Referral Form (English PDF)
  • RI School for the Deaf Parent Infant Partner Referral Form (English PDF)
  • Donna Rizzo, I Hear It (English PDF)
  • RI Sign Language Initiatives Intake Form

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Agencies that work with children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and their families

Family Service of RI
134 Thurbers Avenue, Providence, RI 02905-4754
Phone: 401-331-1350
Fax: 401-277-3388
Referral line: 401-519-2307
Referral line for Spanish speaking families: 401-519-2308

Groden Center 
610 Manton Ave., Providence, RI 02909
Phone: 401-525-2380
Fax: 401-525-2382 

Looking Upwards, Inc.
2974 East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI 02871
Mailing Address: PO Box 838, Portsmouth, RI 02871
Phone: 401-293-5790
Fax: 401-293-5796

Meeting Street
1000 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02905
Phone: 401-533-9100
Fax: 401-533-9105
Referral line: 401-533-9104

Seven Hills Rhode Island
178 Norwood Ave. Cranston, RI 02905
Phone: 401-921-1470
Fax: 401-762- 0837

Printable list

Rhode Island EI agencies working with children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and their families (English PDF)

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MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories forms for EI providers