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State of Rhode Island, Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing , Executive Department / Established in 1977. Restructured in 1992.

Effective Communication (Videos)

Effective Communication with RI Law Enforcement (RI Police): A chat with Chief Ted Baran

A video chat between Mike Baer (RICDHH EPCAP) and Chief Theodore Baran, Director of Campus Security at Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. over a wide range of topics and scenarios on effective communications and a partnership between Police and Public Safety officers and D/HH people.

Each video is approximately between one (1) minute and three (3) minutes in length. Each video is captioned, transcript (pdf), and voiced over.

RICDHH sends its sincere appreciation to Gallaudet University for sending Chief Baran to work with us on this project.