CHIP Staff
CHIP Director	CO-Hear Regional Coordinator
CHIP Facilitator	Parent Consultant
Consumer Advisor	Sign Language Instructors
D/HH Adult Role Models	Advisors and Consultants

Sign Language Instructors

The Sign Language Instructor provides a vital service to families who have decided to use American Sign Language (ASL) or another sign system to communicate with their child. In order to maximize the child with a hearing loss acquisition of language during this critical period of development, family members need to become skilled sign language communicators. This can best be accomplished in a family-centered environment where the instructor comes into the home and teaches the family through a combination of activities, interaction, and modeling, meeting the unique needs of each family.

Qualifications:

• Communicate fluently in ASL or sign system of the family's choice

• Respect the family's choices regarding communication

• Work in a family-centered program

• Work independently, complete tasks without daily supervision

• Understand child development

• Attend training sessions

Credentials:

• Demonstrated fluency in American Sign Language (ASL) and/or Pidgin Signed English (PSE) and/or Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE)

• High school diploma or GED from an accredited school

Responsibilities:

• Teaching the family how to communicate with their child using sign language

• Interacting with the child in play activities using sign language

• Maintaining a portfolio containing lesson plans, and workshop handouts

• Submitting monthly progress reports

• Communicating, on a regular basis, with the CHIP Parent Facilitator in order to provide a comprehensive program for the family

• Teaching the adult family members to read storybooks using sign language