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Regional Day School Program for the Deaf

Providing family support and educating Deaf or Hard of Hearing students through a full continuum of services in a learning environment that addresses their communication modality, language development, and self-advocacy skills that will positively impact students’ future. 

The Dallas Regional Day School Program for the Deaf is a program that serves students with varying degrees of hearing loss that severely affects their processing of linguist information, with or without amplification, which adversely affects the student’s academic performance.  

Dallas RDSPD provides a full continuum of services based upon each student’s individual needs as determined by assessment and the ARD committee. Services may include:

  • Parent/Infant (ages 0-3); services are provided in the home.
  • Services for early childhood through high school (ages 3-22); services are provided in centralized campuses located throughout the district.are available for early childhood through 
  • Itinerant services (ages 3-22); itinerant teachers provide support to students enrolled in general education or basic special education programs on their home school campus.

Students are instructed in their or their family's preferred mode of communication. Dallas RDSPD currently utilizes two different communication modes in the program

  • Auditory/oral Communication- students utilize their hearing technology and speech to communicate and receive instructions.
  • Total Communication - students may utilize some type of hearing technology, a signing system, gestures and lip reading to communicate and receive instruction. Dallas RDSPD currently utilizes Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE), as the signing system. 
  •  Assisted listening devices are provided when recommended by the RDSPD audiologist. 

Sign language interpreting/transliterating is provided in the general education setting and for before and after school educational activities.

Deaf Education counselors are available to students if recommended through evaluation and the ARD process.

Students can fully participate through extra-curricular sports, clubs, and campus activities. Parent groups encourage family and community involvement.

Contact Us

Tina Vaguine

Manager RDSPD

972-581-4140

tvaguine@dallasisd.org 


Stacey Giard

Lead Techer, Preschool & Itinerant

972-794-8735

saldrich@dallasisd.org


Sabrina Hurd

Lead Teacher, Elementary and Secondary

972-581-4263

sahurd@dallasisd.org


Carol West-Harris

Lead Interpreter Coordinator

972-581-4129

CaWest@dallasisd.org


Jennifer Cook

Deaf-Blink Instructional Specialist

972-581-4693

Jencook@dallasisd.org


Militza Torregrosa, AuD

Audiology Coordinator

972-581-4261

mtorregrosa@dallasisd.org