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Parents whose children are deaf or hard of hearing don't always have access to the resources they need. Communicating with their young children can bring specific challenges, as can navigating the various choices required of them regarding education, speech, and language development.

The Deaf Children's Society of BC offers programs, support and resources for families of young children with hearing challenges that range from parent groups for new parents of deaf or hard of hearing infants, preschool and summer programs for young kids, to a library and bookstore where families can access print resources. Their small staff includes several speech-language pathologists and sign language instructors, and they came to us looking to extend the reach of the services they are able to offer through the web. We helped them extend their resources online through the use of instructional videos for new parents to learn sign language that can then be used with their children as they develop language and reading skills.

The new website is a clean but cheerful home for their fun, informative, instructional videos as well as detailed information about the society's programs and services. Parents can learn sign language in child-sized portions - with signs grouped in themes like animals, colours, numbers, and of course the alphabet, which they can then use to help their young children with developing language skills.

One of the great pleasures of working on this project was that we learned a great deal ourselves, thanks to the dynamic and brilliant team at the Deaf Children's Society. Their passion for teaching, sharing, and strengthening communication shines through on every page in the site.

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   The home page provides easy access to programs, resources, and events.

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   Videos teach basic sign language in child-sized portions that are grouped thematically.

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   The site is clean and easy to navigate, but with a fun & cheerful flavour.