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  • The Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing is now providing telephone service, loans of print and video materials (via UPS or in Nashville, curbside pick-up at select locations), AND we are accepting new library card applications! We have expanded our online offerings (e-books and e-videos) and online programming!  For Events posted on the Calendar - please contact the sponsor to see if the event has been cancelled before you go. If you have questions, call us or email dhoh@nashville.gov.

Emergency Preparedness

Sign Language Instructions for Law Enforcement Officials
Title:
Sign Language Instructions for Law Enforcement Officials
Summary: 

Basic signs and law-enforcement related signs are presented. Practice sentences are also given in a Pidgin Sign Format. Designed as a training aid to improve communication between officers and deaf citizens. Part 2: Medical Signs II; Vocabulary Quiz; Police Signs; Parking & Traffic Enforcement, I & II; Descriptions I. Part 3: Verbs II; Time Sings, I & II; Miscellaneous; Sentences I. Part 4: Sentences IV, V, VI and Quizzes.

Author: 
Gallaudet University
Imprint: 
Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University, 1980
Tags: 
Educator Resources
Emergency Preparedness
Sign Language Vocabulary
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Sign Language Instructions for Law Enforcement Officials
Title:
Fire Safety for You at Home
Summary: 

This DVD presents fire safety solutions for people with disabilities.  Smoke alarms built especially for deaf and Hard of Hearing people are explained component by component.  The importance of fire safety plans is discussed along with instructions for how to develop one for your own home. Presented in American Sign Language.

Author: 
Nancy Trench and Craig Woods
Imprint: 
Stillwater, Oklahoma: Oklahoma State University Fire Protection Publications, 2005
Tags: 
Fire Safety
Emergency Preparedness
Catalog Link: 
Fire Safety for You at Home
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