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New Resources from NCDB

From announcements by the National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB)

Abstract: There are two new resources available from the National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness

Key Words: blindness, deafness, deafblind, visual impairment, National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness, Harmonious Interactions, ADAMLS

The National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness is pleased to announce our newest publication,“Harmonious Interactions”. It describes the importance of teaching families and educators the techniques to create and maintain high-quality interactions with children who are deaf-blind, and is based on research and training activities conducted by Marleen Janssen, Marianne Riksen-Walraven, Jan van Dijk, and Bernadette van den Tillaart.

This is the first of series of NCDB publications, entitled Practice Perspectives, designed to expand and broaden the use of current information resources. The document is available at: <http://www.dblink.org/pdf/harmonious-interaction.pdf>.

In addition, as part of a Practitioner Developed Product initiative, DB-LINK has partnered with TSBVI’s Deablind Outreach Specialist Robbie Blaha and DARS/DBS Deafblind Specialist Brad Carlson in the formatting and dissemination of their tool, The Assessment of Deafblind Access to Manual Language Systems (ADAMLS). ADAMLS is a resource for educational teams who are responsible for developing appropriate adaptations and strategies for children who are deafblind and are candidates for learning manual language systems. It includes strategies for organizing the assessment process, assessment questions with considerations for adaptations, and a tool for organizing and summarizing the results. It is available as a pdf document found at <http://www.dblink.org/pdf/adamls.pdf>.

We hope that you will find it to be useful and welcome your comments and feedback. For more information contact:

National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness

Voice: 800-438-9376

TTY: 800-854-7013

E-mail: info @ nationaldb.org

Web: www.nationaldb.org

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