Center for Community & Professional Services

The mission of The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (PSD) is to provide deaf students with meaningful and engaging academic, social, cultural and personal experiences which will enhance their educational development and prepare them for life-longrticipation in society. Included in these experiences are programs developed inrtnership with families and diverse communities which provide the basis for academic achievement, literacy, technological competence, the ability to think critically and creatively and a strong sense of positive self identity. We believe that students, immersed in an early language rich and fully accessible communication environment and challenged by high expectations, can acquire the academic, cognitive, social and personal skills and attributes necessary to function as self-fulfilled, independent individuals who are prepared for adult life in the communities of their choice.education and services for the deaf