Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is a HUB program of the Western
Region Outreach Center and Consortia. The college, in conjunction with local school
districts, Vocational Rehabilitation, the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, Pikes
Peak Mental Health Center and the Pikes Peak Center on Deafness, has developed a
four-semester transition program for deaf and hard of hearing students and adults. This
transition program provides instruction in English, Mathematics, Study Skills, Critical
Thinking, American Sign Language and Resource Management in a community college
(adult) environment. Classes are taught by Deaf instructors and are conducted in sign
language. The presentation will outline the development process for this program, as wel
l as discuss the component classes.