Montana Family ASL

Our potty training video is here! If you are potty training your Deaf toddler and need support, this video is for you! It includes:

🚽 Explanation of using the potty in ASL
🚽 Visuals and enactment to aid in comprehension
🚽 Vocabulary for parents, with voiceover

Check it out at https://language1st.org/language-for-little-ones/v/potty-training-in-asl

Summer session is open for registration!

Woohoo! Registration for our Summer classes is now available on our website!

What classes do we have?

⭐️Level 1A⭐️
👉🏻This is a beginning-level class, following the ASL at Home curriculum Chapters 1-4.
📆 Independent work starts June 7, 2026
📆 Zoom classes June 14 to Aug 2, 2026
📆 Sundays from 1:00-2:15pm PT / 4:00-5:15pm ET
👉🏻 Instructors: Karen Ruiz & Leslie Manjarrez

👉🏻 The language of instruction will be ASL & English. Zoom auto-captions will be available for anyone’s use. Please contact [email protected] with any additional requests for accommodations

💰Registration is on sale for early birds until May 20, 2026: $99 instead of $119!

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Amazing new resource for kids who want some more opportunities to learn/use ASL!

https://www.missoulagives.org/organizations/center-for-asl-acquisition-and-access

Support Center for ASL Acquisition and Access | Missoula & Bitterroot Gives I’m ready to support Center for ASL Acquisition and Access on April 30, 2026 during Missoula & Bitterroot Gives. Learn more about Center for ASL Acquisition and Access and all the other organizations participating in Missoula & Bitterroot Gives.

Services — ASL at Home These services offer personalized ASL tutoring and Deaf mentorship grounded in early intervention and family‑centered support. Drawing on professional experience supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing children ages 0–3 and their families, sessions focus on building strong, meaningful communication ...

Registration is open for March sessions of ASL at Home's online classes!

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Post from NASLECE: 2026 Early Childhood Education Summit- Meet the presenters! (April 17-19, 2026; Lafayette Elementary School; San Diego CA). Headshots with presenter names: Celena Ponce, Adele Ann Eberwein, Mallorie Evans, Cecily Whitworth, Stacy Abrams, Millicent Musyoka, Morgan Lee, Leah Geer, Trisha Danah.

💙 We can’t wait to see you in San Diego!

The NASLECE Summit is April 17–19, 2026, and we’re bringing together passionate professionals who are dedicated to supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing children and their families.

📍 Lafayette Elementary School
🗓 April 17–19, 2026
🎯 Theme: Bridging Silos, Building Futures

Let’s learn, collaborate, and build stronger pathways—together.

👉 Register today:
https://form.jotform.com/252865423124152

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Families with d/hh toddlers- are you looking for playful ways to engage with your kids using ASL? We have two seats left in our February/March session. Thursday evenings, 2/5-3/26. More details & sign up form on our website (or link in bio).

Thank you Headwaters Foundation!

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Image 1: 1. Boys & Girls Club of Missoula County 2. Butte 4 C's 3. Center for ASL Acquisition and Access 4. Lincoln County Health Department 5. MAPS Media Institute.
Image 2: 6. Mineral County Health Department 7. Native American Student Services 8. Never Alone Recovery Support Services 9. Office of Public Instruction- Tribal Student Achievement and Relations 10. Raise Montana 11. Reframing Rural
Image 3: 12. Séliš-Qľispé Culture and Language Studies 13. Soft Landing Missoula 14. KFF Health News 15. The Village Playspace 16. United Today, Stronger Tomorrow 17. Western Montana LGBTQ+ Community Center