Family Resource Center

The Family Resource Center (FRC) offers an array of programs throughout the year to address hearing loss and its impact on the individual and the family across the life span.

CHC’s Family Resource Center, which includes the Muriel and Murry Kalik Connection Center, provides information and support so that parents and family members can make informed decisions to address their individual needs.

The goal of the Family Resource Center (FRC) which includes the Muriel and Murry Kalik Connection Center, is to support and empower families as they navigate complicated educational, emotional and social issues related to childhood deafness and auditory challenges. Through the FRC, CHC psychologists, social workers, audiologists, speech therapists and educators take the time that is truly needed to provide support, practical advice, and crucial referrals to families.

The programs span across all clinical disciplines of the agency:

Communications
Audiology
Emotional Health and Wellness
Educational Support

Our holistic approach addresses the developmental, social, emotional, and academic impact of hearing loss not only on the child but the entire family as well.

Activites and Workshops

Activities and Workshops

Parent Workshop

A program for parents of infants, toddlers and young children with hearing loss

Transitioning from Early Intervention to Preschool

This workshop brings parents together who are all going through the same process- transitioning from an early Intervention and Preschool and the IEP process- and provide a step-by-step guide looking at the benefits of various available preschool options (such as an oral approach, a UPK program, a neighborhood school), the services they are entitled to, and appropriate technology to ensure a successful school experience.

Just for Grandparents

This workshop helps grandparents develop an understanding of the impact of hearing loss on speech and language, social and emotional development, as well as a comfort level with their grandchild’s hearing assistance equipment.

Parent/Child Recreational Events

Through a variety of parent/child recreational events, families have the opportunity to meet, socialize and create a community of support with other families who are addressing hearing loss in their children.

Music to our Ears and Brains

Hosted in the home of “experienced” CHC parents with college graduates who received services at CHC as young children, this event gave parents of young children with hearing loss the opportunity to meet other parents who are experiencing similar concerns.

Deaf-Plus

This new workshop meets the needs of parents and families whose children have hearing loss, as well as other disabilities such as cognitive delays, autism, Down syndrome and multiple handicaps.

CHC Mentor Events

We host a variety of events between paired mentors and mentees so they may develop a relationship in an unstructured, social environment.

Devices Make a Difference

This workshop focuses on the various alerting and communication devices that are available to promote safety and independence for those with hearing loss.

Muriel and Murry Connection Center

Muriel and Murry Kalik Connection Center

The Muriel and Murry Kalik Connection Center provides the opportunity for individuals and families coping with the impact of hearing loss and deafness to connect with each other through a wide range of programming and provides critical information, support, and guidance to individuals and families who are often isolated when facing the challenges of hearing loss and deafness.

Below are some of the programs offered:

Individual and Group Parent Support Sessions
Individual and Group Technology Workshops
Family Center Workshops
Parent to Parent Support
Communication Strategies Groups for Seniors
Mentorship programs for individuals and families
Media Center for Training and Outreach

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