Webinars

Screenshot of recorded presentations on TSBVI website.
Screenshot of recorded presentations on TSBVI website.

Texas Deafblind Project has created numerous webinars and video-recordings of presentations.  These are available for viewing on demand. Some of these materials are also approved for continuing education units (CEU) for ACVREP and the Texas State Board of Education Certification. Please visit the TSBVI website and complete a delayed viewing request form to receive credit. Not all of the materials listed below provide CEUs.

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2021 Texas Symposium on Deafblind Education

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Essential Tools of the Trade for Teachers of Students who are Deafblind – 1/30/23

This session will review the newest publication from TSBVI, Essential Tools of the Trade for Teachers of Students who are Deafblind: A How-To Guide for Completing Evaluations. Open Captioned and ASL Interpreted

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TSBVI Coffee Hour: Exploring the Sense of Touch 8-23-21

Open captioned. Have you ever wondered why your student seems tactually defensive or doesn’t want to touch objects or people, or shuts down and becomes passive when presented with tactile learning opportunities? Not all touch sensations are created equal. Neurologically, different forms of touch are connected to emotion and executive function such as problem solving. These tactile processing areas of the brain can work to suppress or support learning. In this webinar we will examine how we may need to change our approach to support and encourage our students’ abilities to access instructional materials through touch.

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TSBVI Coffee Hour: Guidance for Planning Behavior Intervention for Children and Young Adults who are Deafblind or Visual and Multiple Impairments – 11-29-21

Open captioned, ASL interpretation. Join us for an overview of TSBVI’s new behavior guidance document. We will explore ways to foster safety, success, independence, connectedness by using proactive and responsive strategies. We will also address how meeting these needs can impact behavior and lay the foundation for all development and learning.

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TSBVI Coffee Hour: CHARGE Syndrome: The Puzzle, The Practicals, and The Possibilities- 3/28/22

Open captioned. Join us for a Coffee Chat to learn about the many nuances of CHARGE Syndrome and explore resources and tools to support a child and family. The presenter, Djenne Morris, a parent of a young man with CHARGE, will also share her lived experiences raising a child and navigating the medical, educational, and post-secondary systems.

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TSBVI Coffee Hour: The Impact of Stress on Brain Development and Brain Resiliency – Part 1 – 9-30-21

Open captioned and ASL. In this session Dr. Cameron will explain how experiences shape brain development, and how increased anxiety and stress influence a number of processes in the developing brain. She will focus on how experiences can also help children build resilience to the impact of stress and anxiety, and on how parents and communities can enhance their use of social supports to optimize children’s brain development.

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TSBVI Coffee Hour: The Impact of Stress on Brain Development and Brain Resiliency – Part 2 – 9-30-21

Open Captioned and ASL. A Year in Review: Lessons from the Pandemic An hour-long panel discussion Led by Tanni Anthony on the impacts of COVID-19 and lessons learned on early intervention and family support services.
 

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TSBVI Coffee Hour: General Considerations for Supporting Students who are Deafblind and Proficient Communicators – 9-20-21

Open Captioned. ASL. An overview of this under-identified group of students, who participate in the general education or Deaf education settings. We will review strategies and supports to consider for this unique population.
 

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Hearing Issues Series

Hearing Issues for Students with Deafblindness: Auditory Training for Students with MIVI

Original webcast date: 10/19/2016
Description: This webinar will explore the connection between the auditory system and the development of sensory motor and language skills. We will examine the importance of creating active learning routines which focus on helping children who are blind, DeafBlind with multiple impairments learn to listen for sound cues in order to be able to move and interact with the people and objects in their environment more independently.

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PLAY BY CHAPTER: Continuum of Auditory Skills Development  07:53, Tips for Effective Auditory Training  14:23, and Review Video Examples  47:57

Hearing Issues for Students with Deafblindness: Auditory Training for Students with MIVI

Hearing Issues for Students who are Deafblind: Introduction

Original webcast date: 09/18/2014 Description: This is the first video in a series of webinars about hearing issues for students who are deafblind. This program covers basic anatomy of the ear, terminology related to hearing impairments, and how dual sensory impairment affects educational performance. Facilitators are Chris Montgomery and Adam Graves, Educational Consultants for the Deafblind Project at the Outreach department of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

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PLAY BY CHAPTER: Introduction  03:57, Deafblind Eligibility  13:18, Measuring Hearing Loss  10:45, Anatomy & Hearing Loss  16:40, Hearing vs Listening  02:58, Auditory Development  04:16
Hearing Issues for Students with Deafblindness: Introduction

Hearing Issues for Students with Deafblindness: Audiological Testing

Description: This is the second video in a series of webinars about hearing issues for students with DeafBlindness. This program is a discussion with Educational Audiologist Lisa Sutherland about types of testing and how to educators and family members can help students with multiple impairments prepare for audiological testing. Facilitators are Chris Montgomery and Adam Graves, Educational Consultants for the DeafBlind Project at the Outreach department of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

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PLAY BY CHAPTER: Intro with Audiologist  04:08, Prep for a Hearing Test  07:11, Audiological Testing  33:38, Collaboration with Audiologist  06:29,  Strategies to Prepare for Testing  14:30

Hearing Issues for Students with Deafblindness: Audiological Testing

Hearing Issues for Students who are Deafblind: Listening Devices

Description: This is the third video in a series of webinars about hearing issues for students who are deafblind. This program is a discussion with Educational Audiologist Lisa Sutherland about medical devices, i.e. hearing aids and cochlear implants and the unique listening needs of students who are deafblind. 

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PLAY BY CHAPTER: Review: Types of Hearing Loss  04:15,  Hearing Aids  12:22, Cochlear Implant  01:27, Structures of Cochlear Implant  03:54, Different Listening Needs  08:29, Deafblind Difference   13:53, Other Hearing AT  11:34

Hearing Issues for Students with Deafblindness: Listening Devices

 

Hearing Issues for Students with Deafblindness: Functional Hearing Evaluation

03/26/2015
This is the fourth webinar about hearing issues for students with deafblindness. This program discusses the rationale and process for creating an Informal Functional Hearing Evaluation. Facilitators Adam Graves and Chris Montgomery, Educational Consultants for the Deafblind Project at the Outreach department of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired are joined by TSBVI Teacher of the Deafblind, Deanna Peterson.

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PLAY BY CHAPTER: Introduction  03:33, Testing Deaf vs. DeafBlind  01:14, Why Do Informal Eval?  14:33, Who Contributes to the IFHE?  04:18,  IFHE Draft Document  15:23, Informal Evaluation  12:48

Hearing Issues for Students who are Deafblind: Auditory Training

Description: 05/21/2015 This is the fourth webinar about hearing issues for students with DeafBlindness. This program discusses auditory training that addresses specific concerns for students who are DeafbBlind. Facilitators are joined by Susie Tiggs, Deaf & Hard of Hearing Specialist for Region 11 ESC, and Kate Hurst, Statewide Staff Development Coordinator for TSBVI Outreach Programs.

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PLAY BY CHAPTER: Auditory Issues for DeafBlindness  17:52,  Working on Auditory Skills  24:10, Tactile Input in Auditory Training  12:01, Student Response Awareness  07:34

Hearing Issues for Students with Deafblindness: Auditory Training

Hearing Issues for Students who are Deafblind: Learning Media Assessment

Description: 12/03/2015 A documented hearing loss creates specific differences in assessing and interpreting data for learning media assessments for students who are deafblind. This webinar will discuss a collaboration process between the TSVI and the TDHH to determine general and literacy media that includes a review of audiometric data and the functional impact of the hearing loss in instructional settings. This webinar expands on topics and information presented in the Hearing Issues Series from the previous year. Participants will need to have viewed the “Introduction to Hearing Loss” and “Audiological Testing” webinars prior to viewing this session.  Facilitated by Adam Graves, Deafblind Specialist with TSBVI Outreach Programs.

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PLAY BY CHAPTER: What Do I Need for an LMA?  14:48, Determining Sensory Channels   13:32, TVI & TDHH Collaboration   06:55, Assessment Tools   19:50

Hearing Issues for Students with Deafblindness: Learning Media Assessment

 

Achieved Webinars

Active Learning Webinars

There are a number of videos on the Active Learning approach developed by Dr. Lilli Nielsen available on a the Active Learning Space website. These include presentations and study groups presented by staff from Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Perkins School for the Blind and Texas School for the Blind. Go to Active Learning Space – Resources – Webinars to view these.

The Intervener as Instructional Coach

 This video follows academic student who is deafblind in Lufkin Middle School who has an intervener. Interviews with Intervener and retired TVI.

Sexuality Education for the Student with Deafblindness

Description: 02/27/2014 Sexuality Education for the Student with DeafBlindness presented by Robbie Blaha, M. Ed. The topic of this video is Issues in Sexuality and DeafBlindness: Modesty, Appropriate Touch, and Menstruation. These topics are taken from the IDEA/OSEP approved book Introduction to Sexuality Education for Individuals who are DeafBlind and Significantly Developmentally Delayed.

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PLAY BY CHAPTER: Introduction  01:00, Online Resources  03:05, Menstruation  09:03, Teaching Modesty – Strategies Part 1  08:57, Modesty  06:57, Teaching Modesty – Strategies Part 2  10:14, Modesty Summary  05:40, Appropriate Touch  05:06, Appropriate Touch – Teaching Strategies Part 1  11:41, Appropriate Touch – Teaching Strategies Part 2  10:01, Appropriate Touch – Teaching Strategies Part 3  08:58

Sexuality Education for the Student with Deafblindness

Stories of Success after Graduation

Original webcast date: 4/4/2014
Description: TETN 20443 Stories of Success after Graduation is presented by David Wiley, consultant with the Texas Deafblind Project. He shows four videos of adults who are DeafBlind and have additional disabilities; and how these persons live, years after leaving the familiar routines of school behind. David outlines some ways to measure “success” after graduation; i.e. active life, access to the community, social connections, support to pursue interests, and meaningful activities.

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PLAY BY CHAPTER: Measuring Success  08:23,  Chris  13:51, Brett  18:34, Jaceson  14:23, LeeAnn  16:36

 
Stories of Success after Graduation

Strategies to Help Young People with Deafblindness and Behavior Issues

Description: Strategies for Difficult Behavior in Students who are Deafblind is presented by David Wiley, former Transition Consultant with the Texas Deafblind Project. He explores how the unique sensory impairments of deafblindness contribute to challenging behaviors and presents some strategies for supporting positive behavior.

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PLAY BY CHAPTER: Introduction  06:19, Effects of Sensory Impairment  33:40, Addressing Behavioral Concerns  06:59, Prevention vs. Reaction  08:59, Functions of Behavior  13:01, Deafblindness & Behavior Functions  03:15, and Additional Resources  02:04

Strategies to Help Young People with Deafblindness and Behavior Issues