The Mississippi Assistance Center was established to be a resource for families and school districts seeking services for children with hearing loss or visual impairments.

Areas of Support Services: 

Outreach Services

• Low Vision Aid Evaluation
• Low Vision Aid Loaner Program
• Professional Development for Districts for ASL Interpreter use, Bi-lingual strategies, Low Vision Aid usage, Braille incorporation, peer educational interpreting development, peer O&M specialist development, etc…
• Interpreting evaluation and usage assessment
• Orientation and Mobility Services
• Community ASL classes       
• IEP Development Support
• Vision Assessment Services from an Ophthalmologist
• Audiological Services from an Audiologist

Professional Development Resources

Parent Infant Programming (Birth – 3 years)

• Deaf and Hard of Hearing infants and toddlers
• Blind and Visually Impaired Infants and toddlers
• Deaf/Blind infants and toddlers

Assessment Team Reports to LEAs, MSD, and MSB may include:

• Academic Assessment in the areas of:
  • English
  • Reading
  • Math
• Speech/Language assessment
• American Sign Language assessment
• Orientation and Mobility Evaluations
• Cognition Assessment Services
• Audiological Assessment
• Low Vision Assessment

For more information about this newly developed center, please contact Dr. Leigh Warren at lwarren@mde.k12.ms.us or (v)1.844.332.3464 or (v) 601.984.8029.