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The Learning Center for the Deaf

Educational institutions established in 1970Schools for the deaf in MassachusettsSchools in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Administration Building, The Learning Center for the Deaf, Framingham MA
Administration Building, The Learning Center for the Deaf, Framingham MA

The Learning Center for the Deaf (TLC) is a Framingham, Massachusetts-based non-profit organization and school serving deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adults. The mission of The Learning Center for the Deaf is to ensure that all deaf and hard of hearing children and adults thrive by having the knowledge, opportunity and power to design the future of their choice. TLC has three campuses. The main Framingham campus, where the Marie Philip and Walden Schools, and audiology clinic are located. There is also a second Framingham campus which houses Walden Community Services (WCS) and the interpreting department. There is a third campus in Springfield, MA where WCS has an additional office. TLC offers educational programs for deaf and hard of hearing students from infancy through high school. It also provides community programs including American Sign Language (ASL) classes, an audiology clinic, and interpreting services.

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Kellogg Street, Framingham

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