Family Resources
Family Support & Connection
Current School Year
Meet Our Staff
2024–2025 CID School Calendar
School Closing/Inclement Weather
CID Daily Screening Guidelines 07-2024
CID Bullying Policy
CID Seclusion and Restraint Policy
Before and After School Care (extended day) Information Contact Donita Gibbs
Parent Organization: contact the PO President Shawn and Julie Hampton CIDParentOrg@gmail.com
Pediatric Audiology
Schedule an appointment with a CID audiologist.
Listening Environment Strategies
Cochlear Implants and Playground Slides
Video Quick Tip: How to conduct a Ling sound check
Video Quick Tip: Troubleshooting hearing aids
Video Quick Tip: Troubleshooting bone conduction devices
Video Quick Tip: Troubleshooting cochlear implants
Pediatric Audiology: The Basics
D/HOH Resources
AGBell supports families of children who are deaf/hard of hearing and helps advocate for appropriately trained professionals to work in the field of listening and spoken language.
Hands and Voices is a national organization supporting families of children who are deaf/hard of hearing by advocating for choices in communication.
Listening Room, by Phonak/AB. Activities to support auditory development and listening.
Hearing First provides families and professionals with resources to support a child’s listening and spoken language journey.
Local Resources
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (Missouri)
Non-Emergency Transportation Service Prior Authorization Program (Illinois)
Ameren Assistance
MO Energy Assistance
Mental Health Resources
24:1 Beyond Housing
Food and Family Resources
Start Here St. Louis provides a comprehensive resource directory of agencies in the St. Louis area that provide services for everything from housing to food and clothing to mental health and beyond.
United Way helps people by providing funding to 160+ agencies who provide services to people in the Metro St. Louis area.
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Hearing from the Heart
Hearing from the Heart is CID’s FREE family connection group, offering you a time to talk with other families and learn together about parenting your child with a hearing difference. Sessions are offered virtually and in person to meet the needs of your family.
Each meeting begins at 5pm with dinner. Learning topics begin at 5:30. Child care for your whole family is provided by university students supervised by CID staff. Our time together ends at 7pm, giving you time to finish your evening. Free after-school care is provided for all CID early childhood center and primary school students. Look for a flyer, check the calendar of events or check our CID FB group to rsvp for these free family events!
SOME PAST TOPICS
- What is the latest hearing technology?
- Ask a parent who has been there
- IFSP/IEPs and advocacy
- Promoting executive function
- Friendships and social skills
- Mindful parenting