FY 2008 Annual Report of Achievements - Gallaudet University

Gallaudet Research Institute
American Annals of the Deaf: Reference Issue
Status: Ongoing Begin date: January 1, 1990 End date: No set date
Principal Investigator(s):
Hotto, Sue – Gallaudet Research Institute
Description:
The Gallaudet Research Institute (GRI) is in its 18th year of compiling information for the
“Schools and Programs for the Deaf in the United States” and “Schools and Programs for the Deaf
in Canada” listings in the Reference issue of the American Annals of the Deaf. The 2008 issue includes
503 schools and programs in the United States and 26 schools and programs in Canada. The listings
have been used for various purposes by educators and researchers and serve chiefly as a directory of
programs and schools and the services these programs provide to deaf children and youth in
support of their education.
FY 2007-2008 product(s):
Hotto, S. (2008). Schools and programs in Canada: Canada directory listing and Canada program and services chart.
American Annals of the Deaf, 153(2), 186-191.
Hotto, S. (2008). Schools and programs in the United States: U.S. directory listing and U.S. program and services chart.
American Annals of the Deaf, 153(2), 121-185.
Annual Survey of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Youth
Status: Ongoing Begin date: 1968 End date: No set date
Principal Investigator(s):
Hotto, Sue – Gallaudet Research Institute
Lam, Kay – Gallaudet Research Institute
Woo, John – Gallaudet Research Institute
Other Investigator(s):
Perkins, Russell – Gallaudet Research Institute
Description:
The Annual Survey of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Youth, initiated at the
request of educators and researchers in the field of deaf education, was begun on a national level in
1968. This broad-based national survey is conducted through special and regular private and public
school systems, providing a core set of data from which meaningful research of issues related to
educating deaf children may be performed. The Annual Survey has played a monumental role in
providing quality data for discussions and debates leading to improvements in the education of deaf
students over the years. It continues to provide an ongoing database for research and planning
toward bettering the education of deaf and hard of hearing children and youth. This survey collects a
wide range of data about deaf and hard of hearing children: who and where they are, what their
characteristics are, what changes are taking place in their educational settings, and what trends are
occurring in their education. The Annual Survey is the only national database on deaf and hard of
hearing children and youth in the United States; information collected through this survey—in
summary, cumulative form only—is utilized by many individuals and organizations within and
beyond the Gallaudet community, including: (a) educators, (b) Gallaudet University researchers, (c)
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