Materials on Deafblindness

Texas Deafblind Outreach is actively involved in the development of materials specifically addressing issues about deafblindness for families and professionals.  Among the many materials available through Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired Curriculum Department of special interest to staff serving individuals with deafblindness are these items:

Books and Pamphlets

• A Process for Identifying Students Who May Be At-Risk for Deafblindness
• Basic Skills for Community Living
• Calendars for Students with Multiple Impairments Including Deafblindness
• Communication Guide
• Functional Academics
• IEP Quality Indicators for Students with Deafblindness
  • IEP Quality Indicators for Students with Deafblindness (PDF) (106k)
  • Indicadores de Calidad del IEP para Estudiantes con Sordoceguera (DOC)(470k)
  • Indicadores de Calidad del IEP para Estudiantes con Sordoceguera (PDF) (103k)
• Intervener Competency Resources Matrix (.doc 272k)
• Interveners for Students with Deafblindness in Texas
  • Interventores para Alumnos con Sordoceguera en Texas
• Intervener Team Training Options 2004-2005
• Intervener Portfolio Summary (.doc 204k)
  • Intervener Portfolio Summary
  • Intervener Portfolio Summary (PDF 325k)
• Independent Living Skills (Vol. I: Social Competence, Vol. II: Self-Care and Maintenance of Personal Environment, and Vol. III: Play and Leisure.
• Impact of Vision Loss on Motor Development
• Teaching Students w/Visual & Multiple Impairments
• Texas Deafblind Waiver Program Brochure
  • Download Waiver Interest List form in PDF (68k)
  • Download Wavier Interest List form in Word format (27k)
• Transition To A Medicaid Waiver Program For Individuals Who Are Deafblind With Multiple Disabilities

Assessment Tools and Forms

• Assessment Resources for Vision and Hearing
• Assessment of Biobehavioral States and Analysis of Related Influences
• Example Form: Assessment of Biobehavioral States and Analysis of Related Influences
• Callier-Azusa Scale - not a TSBVI site
• Child-Guided Strategies for Assessing Children Who Are Deafblind or Have Multiple Disabilities - not a TSBVI site
• Communication: A Resource Guide for Teachers of Students with ... (includes the Infused Skills Assessment)
• Functional Skills Screening Inventory (FSSI) - not a TSBVI site
• FUNCTIONAL SCHEME: Functions Skills Assessment - not a TSBVI site
• Dr. Lilli Nielsen's Resources - not a TSBVI site
• Infant Assessment/IFSP/Materials Worksheet (RTF)
• The Assessment of Deafblind Access to Manual Language Systems (ADAMLS) (formerly Issues Regarding the Assessment of Vision Loss in Regard to Sign ... ) - not a TSBVI site
• O&M Assessment For School Age Students With Dual Sensory...(RTF)
• Telebraille Assessment Form

Articles and Handouts

• A Standard Tactile Symbol System- Graphic Language for Individuals who are Blind and Unable to Learn Braille
• Braille/Print Literacy Issues and the Learning Media Assessment
• Bringing It All Back Home: Family-Driven Assessment and Intervention for Children Who Are Deafblind
• Deaf-Blind Multiple Disabilities Medicaid Waiver Update
• Home Talk: A Family Assessment of Children Who Are Deafblind
• How Well Can Your Child with Hearing Loss See?
  • ¿Qué tan bien puede ver un niño con pérdida de audición?
• Intervener Idea: Develop a routine that incorporates one of your students Likes.
• Issues Regarding the Assessment of Vision Loss in Regard to Sign Language, Fingerspelling, Speechreading, and Cued Speech for the Student with Deafblindness
• Let Me Check My Calendar
• Looking at Self-Stimulation in the Pursuit of Leisure or I'm Okay, You Have a Mannerism
• Make it Routine
• Portfolios for Interveners
• Syndromes/Conditions Associated with Deafblindness
• Supporting High Quality Interactions with Students who are Deafblind
• Transition To A Medicaid Waiver Program For Individuals Who Are Deafblind With Multiple Disabilities
• Twelve Things You Can Do to Plan for Your Child's Future Today
• The van Dijk Approach to Child-Guided Assessment
• What's Your Pleasure? Teaching Leisure Skills
• Syndromes and Conditions Associated with Deafblindness:
  • Students with Usher Learn the Ropes
  • A Word About Prematurity
  • Syndromes Associated with Progressive Or Degenerative Vision or Hearing Loss
  • Meningitis
  • Brain Injury and Associated Vision and Hearing Loss
  • Mitochondrial Diseases
  • Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
  • Vision and Hearing Loss Associated with Goldenhar Syndrome
  • Hearing and Vision Loss Associated with Down Syndrome
  • Leber's Congenital Amaurosis
  • CHARGE Syndrome
  • Cerebral Palsy and Children with Vision and Hearing Loss
  • Education Protocol for Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
  • Syndromes/Conditions Associated with Deafblindness

• By Persons with Deafblindness
  • I Love my Life, Swimming, and Texas Longhorns!
  • My First Scuba Diving Lesson
  • Driving with Usher Syndrome 

• Parenting a Child with Deafblindness
  • Brothers and Sisters: Strategies for Supporting Siblings Of Children who are Deaf Blind
  • A Halloween to Remember
  • We Finally Made It!
  • Abraham Has a Friend
  • "Tuff" Love or Raising Laurie
  • Letter to Laurie
  • Lessons Learned
  • Inclusion in Church Communities
  • He's Not Crazy, He's My Husband
  • Just a Little Further Down the Road
  • It Happened to Mary and Joseph
  • Refelections on the First Three Years of Having a Child with a Disability
  • Toilet Training Children with Deafblindness- Issues and Strategies
  • Transition To A Medicaid Waiver Program For Individuals Who Are Deafblind With Multiple Disabilities
  • Twelve Things You Can Do to Plan for Your Childs Future Today
• Vision and Hearing Loss
  • Cochlear Implants
  • The Importance of Auditory Training for Children Who are Deafblind
  • Assistive Listening Devices
  • Neurological Visual Impairment - Also Known as- Cortical Visual Impairment, Delayed Visual Maturation, Cortical Blindness
  • Minimal Losses...Major Implications
  • Early Identification of Hearing and Vision Loss is Critical to a Child's Development
  • How Well Can Your Child with Hearing Loss See?
    • ¿Qué tan bien puede ver un niño con pérdida de audición?
• Assessment
  • Key Elements for Effective Assessment of Children who are Deafblind
  • The van Dijk Approach to Child-Guided Assessment
  • Bringing It All Back Home: Family-Driven Assessment and ...
  • Home Talk: A Family Assessment of Children Who Are Deafblind
  • Braille/Print Literacy Issues and the Learning Media Assessment
• Language, Concept Development and Communication:
  • Make It Routine
  • Let Me Check My Calendar
  • A Standard Tactile Symbol System- Graphic Language for Individuals who are Blind and Unable to Learn Braille
  • New Teacher Series: Getting Started with Activity Routines
  • Get Out in the Kitchen and Rattle Them Pots and Pans
  • Supporting High Quality Interactions with Students Who are Deafblind - Part One: A Summary of Current Research
  • A Trip to the Doctor Turns GOOD!
  • Planning and Supporting a More Active Life at Home
  • What A Concept!
  • Learning to Communicate
• Active Learning:
  • Introduction to Active Learning
  • Active Learning and the Exploration of Real Objects
  • Five Phases of Educational Treatment Used in Active Learning
  • Job One for Educators: Becoming a Good Playmate

• Touch:
  • The Importance of Touch in Parent-Infant Bonding
  • Creating and Using Tactile Experience Books For Young Children with Visual Impairments
  • Hand-Over-Hand Guidance- What Lesson Do We Teach?
  • Feelin' Groovy- Functional Tactual Skills 

• Orientation and Mobility:
  • Orientation and Mobility Training for Students Who Are Deafblind: Going Beyond the Blue Book
  • A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place

• Sexuality
  • Strategies for Minimizing the Risk of Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Health Care -- Excerpts from Introduction to Sexuality Education for Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind and Significantly Developmentally Delayed
  • Preparing Your Daughter for Her Menstrual Cycle

• Recreation and Leisure:
  • Creating Pathways for Children with Deafblindness - The NTAC/NFADB Parent Training
  • What's Your Pleasure? Teaching Leisure Skills
  • Looking at Self-Stimulation in the Pursuit of Leisure or I'm Okay, You Have a Mannerism

Transition Issues

• Planning and Supporting a Life at Home
• Tuff Love or Raising Laurie
• Twelve Things You Can Do for Your Child's Future Today
• When Planning for Adult Life, How is a "Life-style" Different than a "Program"?
• A Brief Guide to Personal Futures Planning Manual
• A Brief Guide to Personal Futures Planning Workbook 
• A Brief Guide to Personal Futures Planning Manual
• A Brief Guide to Personal Futures Planning Workbook
• Transition from School to Adult Life in the Community A Three-Part Planning Sheet
• Transition from School to Adult Life in the Community A Three-Part Planning Sheet

Videotapes/DVD

• Ain't Misbehavin'
• A Lifetime of Patience
• Power of the Heart
• Routines - All Dressed Up With Somewhere to Go
• SSPs What Are They and Why Are They Needed?

Other materials

• Tactile Symbols- Directory to Standard Tactile Symbol List
• Deaf Network Links - not a TSBVI site

SEE/HEAR newsletter

 A quarterly newsletter for families and professionals on visual impairments and deafblindness.

• TXSenseAbilities
• See-Hear Archives
• Submissions/Comments

VER/OÍR Noticiero

Noticiero trimestral para familias y especialistas en incapacidades de la vista y sordo-ciegos.

• VER/OÍR Edición Actual
• Revistas Pasadas
• Mailing List Application
• Submissions/Comments

National Products on Deafblindness

• Sexuality Education for Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind and Significantly Developmentally Delayed. - not a TSBVI site
• The Intervener In Early Intervention and Educational Settings For Children and Youth With Deafblindness - not a TSBVI site