Acknowledgements

PROJECT WRITING TEAM

Barbara Chubb, M.Ed. | PA Educators of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing | Project Chairperson, Lead Writer

Denise Brown | Representative |Department of Labor & Industry| Office for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Jennifer Craig, Au.D., CCC-A | Consultant, Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN)

Alexandra Dyuyeskina, PhD. | Parent

Jennifer Pirring | Interpreter Supervisor, RID Certified Interpreter | Allegheny County Intermediate Unit #3

CONTRIBUTORS

Maia Geiger, LSW | School Social Worker, Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21

Ingrid Gilpatrick, M.A., C.E.D. | Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, PA Certified ASL Teacher

Judy Sexton, M.S., CED LSLS Cert AVEd | Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech

Lentha Zinsky, M.S. | Interpreter, RID Certified/AOPC Qualified | Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Jane Freeman, M.Ed. | Consultant, Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (Retired)

Shana Montgomery, M.Ed.| Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Assistive Technology Specialist | Capital Area Intermediate Unit #15

PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

Carole Clancy, Ed.D.| Director, Bureau of Special Education

Educational Resources for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (ERCHL) | PA Bureau of Special Education Advisory Board Members

Cathy Rhoten, Co-chair (retired)

Nan Rodgers Wood, Co-chair (retired)

Francis Merrifield, Co-chair

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Marsha Gunderson, Consultant for Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Education Services at the Iowa Department of Education and to the Iowa ECC writing team, whose original ECC document provided the framework and catalyst for our work in Pennsylvania.

Last Updated: December 2023