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Classroom Observation Instrument for Educational Environments Serving Students with Deaf-Blindness
The
Classroom Observation Instrument for Educational Environments Serving Students with Deaf-Blindness
(Taylor, E., Stremel, K., and Steele, N.) was developed by the Teaching Research Institute at Western Oregon University. It is designed to help identify model classrooms serving students with severe and profound disabilities including those with deaf-blindness. A copy of this document can be found at the following link:
http://sda.doe.louisiana.gov/Lists/Resources/DispForm.aspx?ID=3&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fsda%2Edoe%2Elouisiana%2Egov%2FLists%2FResources%2FTitlesOnly%2Easpx
DB 101
DB 101 is designed to introduce you to children who are deaf-blind. These brief tutorials provide information about the nature of deaf-blindness, the impact of combined vision and hearing loss on communication and social interactions, and the importance of individualized educational strategies and supports. The tutorials can be found at the following link:
http://nationaldb.org/DB101.php
National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB)
The National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB) (
http://nationaldb.org
) is a national technical assistance and dissemination center for children and youth who are deaf-blind. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), NCDB builds on the technical assistance activities of NTAC, the information services and dissemination activities of DB-LINK and adds a third focus related to personnel training. NCDB brings together the resources of three agencies with long histories of expertise in the field of deaf-blindness, The Teaching Research Institute (TRI) at Western Oregon University, the Helen Keller National Center (HKNC), and the Hilton/Perkins Program at Perkins School for the Blind.
NCDB (National Consortium on DeafBlindness) Outcomes and Performance Indicators: Literacy
The
NCDB (National Consortium on DeafBlindness) Outcomes and Performance Indicators: Literacy
, produced by the National Consortium on DeafBlindnes, provides information related to literacy for students with deafblindness. Refer to the following site for a copy of this document:
http://sda.doe.louisiana.gov/ResourceFiles/Literacy%20OPIs%20(all)(version%202).pdf