CID at a Glance                                   DONATE NOW!

• School that teaches deaf children to talk without the need for sign language

• Caring, energetic, highly trained, master level teachers of the deaf

• Expert on-site pediatric audiology, speech-language pathology
  and occupational therapy

• 4-1 student-teacher ratio

• Significant scholarship support for families; we turn no hearing-impaired child away because of a family's financial situation.

• Free loaner hearing aid program so children can receive amplification while waiting for insurance approval

• Assessment- and ability-based learning

• Friendly, accessible, responsive staff

• Highly individualized instruction designed so each child
  experiences success

• Focus on the whole child at every age level

• Emphases on speech, language and academics

• Emphases on literacy, natural language and social skills

• Parent and family education and regular support meetings

• Parents welcome to observe nursery classes anytime through one-way observation windows

• Before and after school care

• Cochlear implant and digital hearing aid expertise

• Mainstream preparation for students and family members

• State-of-the-art "quiet school" facilities featuring classroom sound-field systems

• Focus on early child development and the whole child 

• School counselor who is deaf and school nurse on premises

• Preschool peer program where children with hearing loss learn, explore and interact in classes with hearing children

• Newly updated computers, laptops

• A new interactive SMARTBoard in every primary and pre-k classroom

• Children's library and computer learning lab

• Art, music, gym, etc. -- activities every child experiences in school

• Opportunities for recreational sports with hearing children

• Special activities including photography, tennis, art projects, soccer,
  field trips, science and literacy fairs and more

• Affiliated with the research and graduate education programs at Washington University School of Medicine

• Conveniently located off of Highway 40 within walking distance of St. Louis Children’s Hospital and the Central West End MetroLink Station

• Relationships with the cochlear implant teams at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Cardinal Glennon Hospital

• We adapt our programs and services to respond to individual needs and to build on individual strengths. We make sure every child experiences success. After they leave CID, our alumni become successful.

• Nearly 95 years of helping deaf children learn to listen, talk, read and
  succeed in the mainstream

• We provide a culture that is nurturing for families and encourages professional growth and innovation among our staff.

• We work with other professionals to foster program excellence, and to help all deaf and hard of hearing children benefit from progressive methods and technologies in auditory-oral education.

CID's mission is to teach children who are deaf and hard of hearing to listen, talk, read and succeed. We partner with families and collaborate with universities, educators and other professionals worldwide to help children communicate and achieve to their fullest potential.

CID teachers weave speech, listening and language instruction throughout the academic curriculum to prepare students for work in mainstream educational settings. Literacy, natural language and social skills are also developed as part of a program emphasizing the whole child.

Our highly individualized, comprehensive program meets children's needs and gives them a solid foundation for success. Most CID graduates go to college and pursue professional careers.

CID serves children with hearing loss birth-12 and preschoolers with language delays.

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