Illin ois St ate Un ive rsity
Early Intervention Graduate Certificates
Expanding Skills of Specialists in the Fields of Deaf or Vision
Education to Include Early Intervention
The AIM To Be Ahead and EL VISTA programs at Illinois
State University (ISU) are each a one-year, five-course
sequence of study aimed at increasing the number and quality
of personnel prepared to provide early intervention for Illinois
children who are deaf and hard of hearing, blind/visually
impaired or deafblind. Upon completion, candidates will have
earned a graduate certificate from ISU as a:
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing Listening and Spoken
Language Professional, or an
• Early Intervention Vision Specialist
Contact us for more information.
EL VISTA is supported by a grant from
the U.S. Department of Education's
Office of Special Education
(H325K140108).
Learn More:
EL VISTA
education.ilstu.edu/cert_vision
Mindy Ely msely@ilstu.edu
AIM To Be Ahead
education.ilstu.edu/cert_hearing
Tracy Meehan tmeehan@ilstu.edu
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Illinois State University EL VISTA
AIM to be Ahead
AIM is supported by a grant from the
U.S. Department of Education's Office of
Special Education (H325K120163).
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