Deaf-Blind: Resources

Professional Development

2021 Western Region Early Intervention Conference

2021 Save the Date - Salt Lake City, UT -Western Region Early Intervention Conference (PDF)

Lending Library

A lending library is maintained with up-to-date books, articles, workshop materials, videotapes, and manuals related to the topic of vision and hearing loss.Lending library materials are mailed out upon request.

• Lending Library Inventory 2018 (XLS)
• Lending Library Request Form (PDF)

 Colorado Resources for Families of Children who are Deafblind

• Deaf-blindness (CDE) (PDF)
• Deaf-blindness: Educational Service Guidelines (Perkins Scout)
• Hands and Voices (Colorado Office)
• Helen Keller National Center - Rocky Mountain Office
• Parents of Blind Children (Colorado)
• Parent to Parent of Colorado
• Peak Parent Center
• Special Education - Parent Information and Resources
• Special Education - Parents Encouraging Parents  Conference

National and International Resources Specific to Deaf-Blindness:

• American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB)
• Center for Literacy and Disability Studies
• Communication Matrix
• Deafblind International
• Experience Books (Washington Sensory Disability Services)
• Hands and Voices
• Hands and Voices - Colorado Office
• Helen Keller National Center for Deafblind Youth and Adults (HKNC)
• Interveners and Children Who Are Deaf-blind
• Intervener Resource Page (NCDB)
• Intervener Resources, Videos and Recommendations (NCDB)
• Literacy for Children with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss (Literacy Website Resources)
• National Center on Deafblindness (NCDB)
• National Family Association for the Deafblind (NFADB)
• National Organization of Rare Disorders (NORD)
• Path to Literacy
• Promoting Literacy - Emergent  Writing
• Sibling Support Project
• Tarheel Reader- a collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics

National Resources Specific to Children with Disabilities

• NORD - National Organization of Rare Disorders

For more information about the Colorado Services for Children and Youth with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss project, please contact: