Our History
About WISEEducating, Supporting & Empowering
The Woolley Institute for Spoken-Language Education (WISE) is dedicated to educating, supporting and empowering parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Our comprehensive therapy and educational programs are designed to provide opportunities for deaf and hard of hearing children to learn to listen, speak, read, and integrate fully into the hearing society.
Parent and Child Partnerships
WISE team members forge strong partnerships with the parents of students, as well as their local educators to ensure that our students are able to reach their maximum spoken language and listening potential.
Pushing for Change
WISE team members actively help our policy makers at the state and Federal government understand the unique needs and unlimited potential deaf and hard of hearing children accessing modern technology and spoken language can obtain.
One of a kind
WISE is the only organization of its kind in the state of Alabama that can provide for the least restrictive, most progressive option for infants and children who are deaf/hard of hearing.
Message from the President and Director
We would like to welcome you to the Woolley Institute for Spoken-Language Education (WISE)! For over a decade we have offered a tuition free program where deaf and hard of hearing children have learned to listen and speak. Many children have learned their first words at WISE and are now thriving in their neighborhood schools as confident, communicative individuals. WISE is a community where strong foundations are built and children develop a love of learning that will last a lifetime. Typical peers serve as language models in our classrooms and benefit from the language and literacy intensive environment.
Through generous contributions from public and private entities, WISE has experienced tremendous growth over the past several years. We are now reaching families across the state. We are excited about new WISE programs and the opportunities they provide for children and their families.
We invite you to learn about WISE through exploring our Website and visiting us in person to see what makes WISE such a unique place.
We are excited to have you join the WISE community.
Mission Statement
The Woolley Institute for Spoken-Language Education (WISE) is dedicated to empowering families with the skills, strategies, and resources so that every child with hearing differences or developmental delays can learn to listen, speak, read, and integrate fully into the community.
Vision Statement
Integrated in environments with typical hearing & speaking peers as communication models, every infant and child in Alabama who is deaf or hard of hearing or has speech & language delays will have access to the specialized resources necessary to ensure their ability to learn to listen, speak, communicate, read, and integrate fully into the hearing society.
Changed Lives
WISE Students and Staff
Tuition Free Programs
Life Changing Results
New Friends for life
Loving and Caring Staff
Contact
Location:
400 Corporate Parkway
Birmingham, Alabama 35242
Telephone: (205) 728-5480
Email: [email protected]
The Woolley Institute for Spoken-Language Education (WISE), is a 501 © not for profit organization dedicated to teaching deaf children to speak. We are a statewide, family focused program working in collaboration with Alabama’s Early Intervention System, local school systems, and private and public entities which advance the education of deaf children who use listening and spoken language.