SC School for the Deaf and Blind Open House

The SC School for the Deaf and the Blind is having Open Houses at its Outreach Centers next week. All of the open houses are scheduled 2:00-5:00. Here is the schedule:

Monday, June 22

Midlands Regional Outreach Center

101 Executive Center Drive Ÿ Suite 120 Ÿ Columbia, SC 29210

Tuesday, June 23

Low Country Regional Outreach Center

1064 Gardner Road Ÿ Suite 216 Ÿ Charleston, SC 29407

Wednesday, June 24

Coastal Regional Outreach Center

212 Main Street Ÿ Conway, SC 29526

Thursday, June 25

Piedmont Regional Outreach Center

355 Cedar Springs Road Ÿ Spartanburg, SC 29302

What you’ll see and hear at SCSDB’s open houses

For individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired:

-Equipment that enables communication by telephone

-Devices that alert users to a ringing phone/door bell or the sound of an alarm clock

-Sign language experts who facilitate communication in medical, legal, social service, higher - education and business settings.

For individuals who are blind or vision impaired:

-Bar code scanners and mobile readers for reading grocery store product labels, restaurant menus and more

-GPS units for independently moving around the community with confidence

-Maps and pictures that can be read by touch

-Braille and large print books and materials

-Experts, who are blind themselves, that travel the state to provide instruction in assistive technology

-Teachers who instruct students in orientation and mobility – how to travel safely and independently

-Vision simulators that allow you to experience various types of blindness

SCSDB will host a pre-event for mass media from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

Phone (864) 577-7506 for more information.

The addresses and phone numbers for the Outreach Centers are on this webpage:

http://www.scsdb.k12.sc.us/outreach/Outreach_Index.htm

Also, for more information, you can call 1-800-984-4357.

A brochure about the Open Houses can be found at http://www.scsdb.org/special/RoadShowEmailInvite0617.pdf

This is a good chance to see some of the equipment offered by the SCEDP:

http://www.scsdb.k12.sc.us/outreach/SCTEDP_2007.htm

To view the SCSDB website, please click on the link above.