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I. A pamphlet describing what deaf-blindness is and how it impacts a person academically, socially, and emotionally. This information downloads in a pdf form. http://intervener.org/docs/what_is_%20deafblindness.pdf
II. The following link is a pdf file explaining possible causes of deaf-blindness. http://www.usd.edu/medical-school/center-for-disabilities/upload/Common-Causes.pdf III. The deaf-blind Manal Alphabet Page http://www.deafblind.com/card.html |
http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/
deafblindness This website is from the National Dissemenation Center for Children With Disabilities. This website is an informational publication describing deaf-blindness. It also has a link providing help for children with deaf-blindness. It also has a resource section that includes a link that provides information on services by state. http://www.deafblindinfo.org/start This website describes the causes of deaf-blindness. It also has many resources for parents with children who are deaf-blind, and for different age groups who are deaf-blind. The website contains tools to help people with deaf-blindness be more independent. |
The van Dijk Curricular Approach consists of 14 instructional strategies that are integrated throughout the education of a student who is deaf-blind. The teacher is the essential figre in the implementation of this approach.
MacFarland, S.Z.C. (1995, May-June). Teaching Strategies of the van Dijk Curricular Approach. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (89), 222-228. A Movement Based Approach used to develop language in students who are deaf-blind. This approach consists of four coactive movement plases, including resonance, coactive movement, nonrepresentation reference, and deferred imitation. Wheeler, L. and Griffin, H.C. (1997). A Movement-Based Approach to Language Development in Children Who Are Deaf-Blind. Americn Annals of the Deaf (142), 387-390. |