Salt Lake City,
UT,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
This specialized program equips future educators to support Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. Participants can select between two pathways. Pathway 1: Focuses on serving children from infancy to age five in home environments and preschool programs. Pathway 2: Prepares educators for specialized classrooms or inclusive/itinerant placements serving K-12 students. The Deaf and Hard of Hearing curriculum offers extensive training covering auditory-verbal approaches, visual communication methods including American Sign Language, and strategies for fostering language acquisition, literacy skills, cognitive growth, social development, and academic achievement across all grade levels.