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John Tracy Clinic offers programs emphasizing oral communication. The programs include educational and diagnostic services for pre-school aged children and parent education. The John Tracy Clinic was founded by Louise Tracy, the wife of Spencer Tracy, to help educate and offer support to the parents of young deaf children. When the Tracys discovered their son, John, was deaf, Mrs. Tracy devoted a great deal of time and effort to learn how to communicate with him and teach him how to understand language and speak. When she discovered that other mothers of deaf children were also looking for help, she founded the John Tracy Clinic in Los Angeles in 1942. The John Tracy Clinic offers "year-round, parent-centered education programs" for deaf and hard of hearing children from birth to age 5 and "audiological testing, counseling and evaluation emphasizing early diagnosis and treatment" in the Los Angeles area. Worldwide education programs include correspondence courses for parents and summer classes for pre-school children and their parents in Los Angeles. There is a special correspondence course offered for the parents of deaf-blind children. The Clinic also offers two programs for training teachers of the deaf. The information on this website is available in English and Spanish. A long list of resources will be found under several topics on Links page. Contact the John Tracy Clinic at 806 West Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007, Phone: 800-522-4582, 213-748-5481,
Fax: 213-749-1651, 213-745-5074, or TTY: 213-747-2924. Direct Access numbers from around the world are listed on the "Telephone Numbers" page found under "Contact Us." Send e-mail to mabell@jtc.org
CODA International (CODA-Children of Deaf Adults) is an organization for the adult hearing children of deaf parents. The hearing children of deaf parents live in two worlds. They have to learn different ways to communicate with their parents and with the hearing world. CODA provides educational opportunities and advocacy, and is a resource for the adult children of deaf parents. Membership in CODA is primarily for, but not exclusively for, the children of one or two deaf parents. CODA is also a resource for professionals doing research on hearing children with deaf parents.
The CODA website has some interesting poems and essays under "Artistic Codas". "My CODA Story" provides insight into the coda experience for those, both hearing and deaf, that have never experienced it. "Don't Forget the Children" reminds deaf parents that their children are always their children and not to cut them out of their activities when they aren't needed anymore. "What CODA Is and Is Not" explains the purposes of CODA. Besides these and other writings, this section lists two videos or movies and several books about the children of deaf parents.
CODA also offers two scholarships for the children of deaf parents. Information and an application for these scholarships can be found on the CODA website. CODA also has a newsletter called the CODA Connection mailed to members four times a year and an e-mail version of the newsletter. There is an organization for children who are the hearing children of deaf parents called KODA (Kids of Deaf Adults that has a local chapter in Maryland. At the present time, KODA's website is being constructed. Sometime in the future, KODA will have a kit available for starting local chapters. A list of videos/movies and books can be found under Artistic CODAS. Information for people doing research and about Koda National can be found under FAQ. A list of CODA events and links to other organizations for the deaf will be found on the "Links" page.Contact CODA International, Inc. at PO Box 30715, Santa Barbara, CA 93130-0715, Phone: 262-521-5300 or Fax: 262-521-5302. codakim@prodigy.net
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