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.