Accreditation and Awards

The CID auditory-oral school program is accredited by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Illinois State Board of Education. The CID Joanne Parrish Knight Family Center is an approved Parents as Teachers site. CID Family Center Staff are credentialed providers for the First Steps program in Missouri and the Child and Family Connections program in Illinois.

In competition with elementary schools across the country, the Central Institute for the Deaf oral school has twice earned a national award for excellence in education from the U.S. Department of Education. This award-winning program has been replicated in other schools. In May of 2006, CID received a FOCUS-St. Louis "What's Right With the Region!" Award  for Creating Quality Educational Opportunities.

Central Institute for the Deaf teachers are fully accredited by the Council on Education of the Deaf (CED). CID continuing education workshops are accredited by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

The CID school building, constructed with "quiet school" technology to meet the educational needs of deaf children, received a 2000 Regional Excellence Award from St. Louis Construction News and Review and a 2000 Construction Keystone Award for Partnering Excellence from the Associated General Contractors of St. Louis. In 2001, the Landmarks Association of St. Louis named the CID campus one of the city's Eleven Most Enhanced Sites. In November of 2003, the CID school received an Impact on Learning Award from School Planning and Management magazine.