The Postsecondary Education Consortium (PEC) is one of four Regional Postsecondary Education Centers for Individuals who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.  The Centers strive to create effective technical assistance for educational institutions providing access and accommodation to these students.  Funded through a contract with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education programs, the PEC serves the southern region of the United States through eleven State Outreach and Technical Assistance Centers.

For further information, for technical assistance with serving deaf and hard of hearing individuals, or for materials, please contact us at any of the State Centers or at the PEC Central Office.

I would like to thank Jennie Bourgeois, Louisiana State Outreach & Technical Assistance Coordinator, for giving me the opportunity to develop this program and explore my life-long interest in Deaf education and culture.  I am very grateful to Pat Lively, Joey Nipper and Connie Tullos, my colleagues at Louisiana School for the Deaf, for so generously sharing their time and expertise with me.  My sincere thanks go to Kelly Becker, my interpreter for this program, who beautifully translates much more than just my words.  Above all, I would like to thank the students I have worked with at Louisiana School for the Deaf for their hard work, enthusiasm and patience.