Earle B. Wood Middle School

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Earle B. Wood Middle School houses the only Middle School component of Montgomery County's programs for students who are deaf and Hard of hearing.

For academic classes, students are placed in regular education and special classroom settings, according to their Individualized Education Plan. All Deaf and Hard of Hearing students join their peers for Physical Education and Arts Classes.

The Program offers 3 modes of communication: Total Communication (Sign Language), Cued Speech and Oral/Auditory. The special classroom teachers are certified Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and are skilled in all 4 modes of communication.

Total Communication Interpreters and Cued Speech Transliterators are provided for those students in the regular education classroom and for after school activities. The program also provides communication and speech services

Meet the Staff

Teachers:
Ms. Amy Crumrine
Ms. Lori Leal-Johnson
Ms. Peggy Mannhaupt
Ms. Roxanne Scott

Auditory Communication Specialists:
Ms. Donna Gentry
Ms. Donna Snyder

Paraeducators
Ms. Akila English
Ms. Susan Eister
Ms. Renne McCullough Ms. Gretchen Randolph Ms. Maria Tullis

Support Staff
Transliterators/Interpreters:

Ms. Theresa Bitanga (Cued Speech)
Ms. Jill Davis (Cued Speech)
Ms. Joy Farnum-Badley (Cued Speech)
Ms. Ann Marie Greaney (Sign Language)
Ms. Haley Jeeter (Cued Speech)
Ms. Erin Lynch (Cued Speech and Sign Language)
Ms. Betsy Marcus (Sign Language)
Ms. Barbara Milenky (Cued Speech)
Ms. Katie Parker (Cued Speech)

Programs for Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Montgomery County Public Schools

Web sites of interest:

Cued Speech
Cued Language
Cued English and American Sign Language
Deaf Resource Library: About Americal Sign Language
- provides a short and accurate description of ASL and answers some common questions
Online Dictionary of ASL and signed English Signs -- an online "mini" dictionary of ASL and signed English signs.
Lesson Tutor -- Here's a good description of the difference between signed English and ASL
National Association of the Deaf
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People of Montgomery County, MD
Electronic Deaf Education Network -- an extensive, friendly site.

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last updated January 30, 2008