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Family ASL Class

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DCS provides family American Sign Language (ASL) classes to assist parents and their extended family members to better communicate with their deaf children. Learning ASL will support your Deaf or Hard of Hearing child(ren) to maximize their potential. The classes are designed to provide families with the confidence and skills necessary to successfully communicate on a daily basis with your child. Deaf instructors teach the basics of ASL in a friendly, conversational, and supportive atmosphere. DCS also provides discussion panels, workshops, and resources about deaf culture during the classes.

The ultimate goal of the Family ASL class is to help families understand the importance of accessible language and easy communication with their child(ren), providing the building blocks for greater cognitive and academic growth which leads to personal fulfillment.

No registration needed. It’s a FREE drop-in class, so please join us anytime you want and bring your family. Free childcare is provided. You can bring your children and drop them off at the childcare room next to the community room. No infants in the childcare room, please. Contact Youth and Family Services for more information.

Photo Gallery

  • Background is a whiteboard and blue wall. A woman in calavera skull makeup poses next to a young girl in a vampire costume.
  • Lots of kids are standing and sitting in a circle around a table watching a blond woman is pouring paint on a plate.
  • A young girl in a white t-shirt is holding a crafts project up and smiling. More handmade trees can be seen on a table on her right.
  • Over forty people sit along the walls of a large room in two rows/ A large clock is on the back wall next to windows, and there is a interpreter seated in the middle.
  • A large group portrait. The people in the pictures are posing in silly ways with several making the “ILY” sign.
  • A large group of people are sitting and standing in what looks like a colorfully and dimly lit restaurant. One woman is holding a blue cape that says CODA in fingerspelling font.
  • A row of five men and women sitting in chairs, facing a crowd. A person with a long ponytail in a mustard sweater on the left and a person with glasses in a black sweater can be seen in the foreground.
  • Background: windows and blue wall. Young kids line up, acting goofy while a woman in a tan shirt holds a happy baby.
  • Background: blue wall with a whiteboard, with powerpoint slide projected on it. A man is sitting in a motorized wheelchair, pointing at an woman next to him and signing to the class.