Deaf Mentor with Language Assessment Services

The Vendor is required to provide deaf mentor services which including guidance, support and instruction in visual communication skills to families and their children who are deaf or hard of hearing from birth to the age of five and who choose to participate in the department statewide outreach center’s deaf mentor program.
- Conduct home visits or tele-intervention visits to provide instruction and support to assigned families according to program procedures, including use of the current Mentor curriculum.
- Provide the families with a positive perspective from their day-to-day, real-life experiences as a Deaf person.
- Work collaboratively with a variety of professionals providing services to the family (birth to 3 parent advisor, early childhood intervention providers, classroom teachers, or other service providers) as needed.
- Provide ASL instruction to families as well as information about deaf culture and community.
- Work collaboratively as needed with services coordinator and other mentors and role models.
- Maintain monthly records and reports as required by the agency, adhering to mentoring services and agency policies, including confidentiality.
- Attend training for administration of language assessments to families on your caseload, as well as participate in the pilot project of tracking language acquisition in the children you serve.
- Using the SOC language assessment tool, to families on your caseload and provide reports to the birth to three specialist in a timely manner according to the agreement.
- Participate in dialogues on current on key resources for deaf and hard of hearing children, including ASL resources, education, communication technology, additional disabilities or disorders, assistive listening devices, and family support issues in order to provide family members with information they need to effectively support their child.

- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: July 29, 2025