Resources

There are a variety of local community, state and national resources available for cultural enrichment. Below is a list of the resources locally and nationally for students, families, community members, and educators. 

Assistive Technology

• Assistive Technology of Alaska (ATLA)
• Alaska Relay 
• Sorenson VRS
• Purple VRS

Academic Resources

• Alaska State School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Anchorage School District Listening and Spoken Language Program
• Anchorage School District STEP Center
• Alaska Advisory Board for the Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DEB)
• Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
• Juneau School District
• Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
• Mat-Su Borough School District
• University of Alaska Anchorage Disability Support Services
• Special Education Service Agency (SESA)
• Programs for Infants & Children, Inc. (PIC)

American Sign Language Classes

• Family Sign Language Classes – AKSDHH
• University of Alaska Anchorage – Language Department
• University of Alaska Fairbanks – Community Technical College

Deaf Blind Services

• Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults
• Special Education Service Agency (SESA)

Disability Resources

• ACCESS Alaska
• Hope Community Resources
  • Deaf Navigator Program
• Governor’s Council on Disabilities and Special Education
• Social Security Alaska
• State of Alaska – Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
• Ketchikan Job Center
• Kodiak Job Center DVR Office
• Stone Soup Group
• University of Alaska Anchorage Disability Support Services
• Juneau Southeast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL)
• Programs for Infants & Children, Inc. (PIC)

Employment Services

• Alaska Job Center Network (multiple locations)

Interpreter and Captioning Services

• Sorenson VRS
• Purple VRS
• JD Interpreting
• Alaska Registry Interpreter for the Deaf
• Language Interpreter Center – Alaska Immigration Justice Project
• Network Interpreting Service
• Alaska Court System
• Peninsula Reporting (CART services)
• Northern Lights Realtime and Reporting (CART services)
• RNR Interpreting LLC – contact via phone (907) 317 – 2235
• Pro Bono Interpreting Services (ran by Alaska Deaf Council)

Legal Support

• Disability Law Center (multiple locations)

Medical, Audiology, and Speech Pathology

Below are the listed medical resources that are known to work with those that are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• Anchorage School District Audiology Department
• Alaska Native Medical Center – Audiology/ENT
• Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center
• Early hearing Detection & Intervention Program (EHDI)
• Universal Newborn Screening
• School-Age Screening
• Early Intervention/Infant Learning Program
• Alaska Center for Ear, Nose and Throat (ACENT)
• Northern Hearing Services (multiple locations)
• Providence Alaska Medical Center (multiple locations)
• Southcentral Foundation
• Listen2Learn Speech Therapy

Specialist in Counseling and Therapy

• Alaska Behavioral Health
• Providence Medical Group – Behavioral Health Services
• Psychological Services Center at UAA

Other Resources

• Alaska Deaf Council
• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• American Society for Deaf Children
• Beginnings
• Deaf Awareness Week
• Deaf Child Worldwide
• DCMP
• Gallaudet University
• Hands & Voices
• National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
• National Technical Institute for the Deaf
• Online Itinerant

Directory of Services

A pdf compilation of relevant resources for Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf Blind Alaskans (last updated October 2017)