Admission Criteria
Admission to any of the clinical programs at National Deaf Academy does not require a formal application. The process consists of submitting a variety of clinical documentation for review and acceptance by NDA's clinical team. We have an admissions specialist available throughout the day to answer questions, assist with the process and discuss funding options.
Once the clinical and other documents are received, the admissions committee will review the application within 24 hours in order to provide the referring party with a formal letter of acceptance or specific reasons for denial.
If the individual or custodial parent wishes to proceed with admission, our highly trained staff will help the referral source work with Medicaid, private insurance companies, and other payer sources to secure funding. Admissions are scheduled based upon confirmation of funding and bed availability.
Required referral documentation:
- Psychiatric and/or psychological report
- Current list of all medications
- Copy of insurance or Medicaid card (front and back of card)
- Medical history (including reports from recent physical, dental and eye exams)
- Copy of birth certificate
- Immunization record
- Special education triennial evaluation
- School transcript (for high school students)
- Social history (if not included in psychiatric evaluations)
- Developmental ophthalmology evaluation (if visually impaired)
- Speech and language evaluation (if receiving speech services)
- Audiological evaluation (if using hearing aids)
- Custody order (when necessary)
- Signed release forms between NDA and previous providers/schools