Located in Lenexa, KS, a suburb of Greater Kansas City, SJI-KC is a campus of St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf, offering students with hearing loss an exclusively auditory-oral education taught by Listening and Spoken Language Specialists.
- Children are eligible for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten and lower primary classes.
- Our school calendar mirrors local school district schedules with full-time students attending Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Children receive intensive listening and spoken language instruction through play and direct teaching in classrooms with a small student-teacher ratio (6:1).
- Students are taught a full complement of academic subjects by trained educators of the deaf with core subjects supplemented by classes in music, computer lab, and library.
- Through a collaborative approach, academic and therapy staff members give children an expanding base of listening and spoken language skills upon which all their communication and learning skills are built.
- Teachers set high expectations for students and assist them in achieving their potential.
- Parents also learn through participation in weekly therapy and classroom sessions with their child.
Learn more about our school program and the listening and spoken language approach by contacting Program Director Sherrie Roberts at (913) 383-3535 or sroberts@sjid.org.
