Why Give?

• PSD is widely recognized as a center for excellence due to its innovative educational approaches
• PSD serves an increasingly diverse student population that includes
  students who have cochlear implants, are autistic, and have disabilities in addition to deafness, both physical and learning challenges.
• PSD offers an individualized bilingual/bicultural approach whereby students learn in the most appropriate language for them-English (written/spoken) and/or ASL (American Sign Language).
• More than 85% of PSD's instructional staff have Master's degrees or higher
• PSD's Center for Community and Professional Services is the foremost deafness resource center in the Delaware Valley
• PSD collaborates whenever and wherever it can - with CHOP, Mercy Vocational Technical High School, public and private schools for hearing children, cultural organizations for both hearing and deaf audiences, parent groups, social service agencies-throughout the Delaware Valley area
  
• PSD is efficient with 90% of every dollar spent on direct services