Early Intervention
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
Perspectives works with various Early Intervention providers to provide culturally and linguistically affirmative consultation, education, and support to families with a Deaf or Hard of Hearing child in the home or other natural environments.
Specialty Consultation
Perspectives Corporation works collaboratively with Early Intervention providers throughout the state who work with infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard of hearing.
We are a diverse team of ASL-fluent professionals from varying backgrounds, and may be Deaf or Hard of Hearing ourselves. We support families in navigating the unique social, emotional, and communication needs of a Deaf or Hard of Hearing child.
Early Intervention services include:
- Home-visits and family engagement with our team of professionals to support development of a language-rich environment for the child.
- Informal direct ASL modeling and support in the home or community.
- Formal ASL classes are also available at no cost to the family.
- Availability of Deaf cultural/linguistic language models for the family.
- Connecting families to resources for their child relating to accessibility, education, technology, community connections, and similar.
- Consultation with a licensed social worker with experience supporting families in navigating the systems of care and education specific to Deaf and Hard of Hearing people in Rhode Island.
