Acknowledgements

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

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

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

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.