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Division for Communicative Disabilities and Deafness

The Organization with the Personal Touch

For information on joining the Council for Exceptional Children please see the Online Membership Application.
You may also print a copy of the membership form from PDF here.

Features: What you Get By Joining DCDD

  1. Access to specialized Professional Development Activities in communication disabilities and deafness
  2. DCDD Facebook Site Access
  3. Website Access: www.dcdd.us
  4. Journal: Communication Disorders Quarterly a quarterly research and practice publication
  5. Invitation to Memberfest (annual meeting of DCDD members at the CEC Convention)

Benefits of Joining DCDD and CEC

  1. All the Features and Benefits of CEC Membership
    • Exceptional Children research journal
    • Teaching Exceptional Children practice journal
    • CEC Today newsletter
    • CEC online Job Board
    • CEC website access
    • Collaboration from multiple perspectives within special education

  2. A Supportive Professional Development Community
    • Opportunities for annual convention and online professional development resources
    • Participation in discussions with colleagues in Communicative Disabilities and Deafness
    • DCDD website and Facebook access to specialized presentations, convention programs and joint committee papers
    • Collaboration from multiple perspectives in language, literacy and literacy

  3. Opportunity for Professional Advancement
    • Easy access to participation at the national level in DCDD committees
    • Routine contact with DCDD leadership (phone, email, website, facebook)
    • DCDD Board members sit on several national committees such as the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities and the Council on Education of the Deaf

  4. Opportunity for Creativity
    • Opportunity to submit presentations and poster to the national CEC convention including the DCDD program
    • Postings on the DCDD Facebook page
    • Theory to Practice section of journal invites members to submit articles describing application of research

  5. A Larger Voice for Advocacy
    • Strength in numbers. Tired of feeling isolated? Join your voice with others and be heard.
    • Political action. Join forces with CEC is THE voice for special education on Capitol Hill.
    • The Common Ground of Deaf Education. A place where the field can unite and work toward common goals.