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Applied in 2007

Happy Hands

Happy Hands Education Center

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 9
  • Program Participants Last Year: 35
  • Meets about 22 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 48 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 20

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally approves the budget.
  • Ensures that arrangements with outside fund raising firms are made in writing.
  • Receives information about the financial arrangements with such firms and, if applicable, the anticipated portion of the gross proceeds that goes to the organization.
  • Has formally approved a conflict of interest policy and regularly monitors it to ensure adherence.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.
  • Receives, at least annually, an auditor's management letter and report.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
Hearing impaired and communication delayed children will increase their language skills through visual and auditory communication receptively and expressively.

Measure
Hope Publications, SKI HI Language Development Scale, Brigance Inventory of Early Childhood Development, Preschool Language Scale IV

Outcome 2
Hearing impaired and communication delayed children will increase their speech articulation proficiency.

Measure
Goldman Fristoe Test of Articulation, Informal Speech Samples, Teacher Observation

Outcome 3
Parents of hearing impaired children will increase their sign language skills to communicate with the children.

Measure
ASL and Total Communication post assessments, Parent/Teacher conferences.

Change Process: (self-reported)

Children with hearing loss and communication delays in the past have typically achieved at best a second or third grade reading level. This affects reading, writing, and academics - literacy for the remainder of their lives. When early intervention happens for these children, they can and do achieve normal language development which directly affects their literacy skills. We are now seeing these children in middle school and high school programs succeeding along with their hearing peers. We expect these young people to be successful, literate, contributors to their families and communities.