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Deaf-Blind: Resources
Professional Development
2024-2025 Colorado Deaf-Blind Project Intervener Series
The project is pleased to announce a series of intervener webinars that will be offered once a month throughout the 2024-2025 school year. All events will be held virtually.
** Training is for Colorado Interveners and their teams only!
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 PM
- September 9, 2024 - Behavior
- October 7, 2024 - Role of the Intervener in Educational Settings
- November 4, 2024 - Symbolic Communication
- February 3, 2025 - Tactile Strategies
- March 3, 2025 - Concept Development
- April 7, 2025 - Orientation and Mobility for Interveners
Registration for DB Intervener Series
Please be aware that:
- It is a policy in the Exceptional Student Services Unit (ESSU) that all training registrations must be closed two weeks prior to the event to address all the conference/meeting logistics needs.
2024-2025 Colorado Deaf-Blind Project Webinar Series
The Colorado Services for Children and Youth with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss Project will host webinars to kick off the new year. Each of these webinars is 90 minutes in length and focuses on learners with deaf-blindness and/or significant support needs.
** Training is for Colorado personnel only
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 PM
- October 28, 2024
- November 11, 2024
- December 16, 2024
- January 13, 2025
- February 10, 2025
Please be aware that:
- It is a policy in the Exceptional Student Services Unit (ESSU) that all training registrations must be closed two weeks prior to the event to address all the conference/meeting logistics needs.
SUMMER INSTITUTE ON DEAF-BLINDNESS AND SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT NEEDS
The Summer Institute on Deaf-Blindness and Significant Support Needs will return in June 2025.
On-Demand Professional Learning Specific to Deaf-Blindness
Pediatric deafness/hearing loss is addressed in five training modules on topics that detail (a) the importance and methods to detect and identify early-onset hearing loss; (b) the mechanics of how we hear; (c) the types and incidence of early-onset deafness/hearing loss; (d) the degree of hearing loss; and (e) causes and risk factors for early-onset hearing loss.
- Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
- How We Hear
- Types of Hearing Loss
- Degree of Hearing Loss
- Etiologies and Risk Factors of Hearing Loss
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.
Colorado Resources for Families of Children who are Deafblind
- Deaf-blindness (CDE) (PDF)
- Deaf-blindness: Educational Service Guidelines (Perkins Scout)
- Family Voices (Colorado)
- 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 Deaf-Blindness (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
For more information about the Colorado Services for Children and Youth with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss project, please contact:
Tanni Anthony
Phone: (303) 503-4647
Email Tanni Anthony
Gina Herrera
Phone: (303) 253-0451
Email Gina Herrera
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