The field of deafblind education has developed a rich collection of resources to guide professionals and families in providing quality education for individual who are deafblind. This includes strategies to address the full array of abilities and challenges these individuals face regardless of the age of onset of becoming deafblind, additional medical, physical, sensory and emotional challenges, or the setting of their educational instruction (general education classroom, self-contained classroom, residential program, etc.). The resources included on this website are only a portion of the resources available.

COVID Supports and Services

• • • Harvard’s Guide to COVID-19 and Early Childhood Development

Texas Education Agency COVID Supports and Services: 

• • • Supplemental Special Education Services (SSES)SPEDTex

• • • COVID-19 Support and Guidance webpage

• • • Students with Disabilities Planning Supports Guidebook

• • • Parent Resources for Students in Special Education 

• • • ESC Special Education COVID Sites

Deafblind Organizations:

• • • • Deaf-Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas (DBMAT)

• • • • Texas Chargers

• • • • Texas Hands & Voices

• • • • National Family Association for Deaf-Blind

• • • • DeafBlind Camp of Texas

• • • • Deafblind International

• • • • Deafblind Citizens in Action

• • • • American Association of the DeafBlind

State Deafblind Resources

• • • Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

• • • Texas Sensory Support Network

• • • Education Service Centers Deafblind Specialists contact information: 

• • • Texas School for the Deaf Statewide Outreach Center 

• • • Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center

• • • Texas Mental Health Initiative for Deaf/Deafblind Youth

• • • Texas Complex Access Network

State Services for Individuals with Visual Impairments/Blindness:

• • • Blind Children’s Vocational Discovery & Development Program (Heath and Human Services Commission)

• • • Transition Program (Texas Workforce Commission)

Texas Medicaid Waiver Programs:

• • • Deaf-Blind Multiple Disabilities Medicaid Waiver Program

• • • Long-term Care Program Comparisons

Community Services

• • • American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Center on Vision Loss

• • • Described and Captioned Media Program

• • • Learning Ally

• • • Texas State Library Talking Book Program

• • • Touch Base Center for the Deafblind

• • • iCanConnect (free communication technology and training to stay connected with family and friends)

National Supports (federally funded programs):

• • • National Center on Deaf-Blindness website

• • • • Info Center

• • • • For Families

• • • • I wish I had… booklet and video

• • • • Helen Keller National Center – National

Regional Representative (TX, AR, LA, NM, OK): Victoria Dorante, Administrative Assistant, at Victoria.dorante@hknc.org and 516-320-0274

 Educational Considerations:

• • • Texas Deafblind Child Count

• • • IEP Quality Indicators

• • • Literacy for Children with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss

• • • Expanded Core Curriculum – American Foundation for the Blind

• • • Active Learning Space

• • • Paths to Literacy

• • • Nordic Welfare Center

Qualified Personnel for Individuals who are Deafblind:

• • • Individualized Supports (Interveners, Service Support Providers, and Interpreters for individuals who are Deafblind):

• • • • Open Hands Open Access Intervener Services Learning Modules

• • • • Interveners in the Home and Community – An Under-recognized Imperative article

• • • • The Intervener as Instructional Coach: For Students who are Deafblind in the General Education Setting 

• • • • Interveners and Children who are Deafblind website

• • • • A Family’s Guide to Interveners – Download the booklet

• • • • Determining the Need for an Intervener in Educational Settings in Texas

• • • • Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments

• • • • Teachers of Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing

• • • • Orientation & Mobility Specialists

• • • • Teacher of Students who are Deafblind Standards for Texas
         

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Transition Planning in Texas

• • • Texas Transition: Student-Centered Transitions Network

• • • Texas Education Agency (TEA) Secondary Transition Guidance

• • • Navigate Life Texas – Transition to Adulthood

• • • Pathways to Adulthood Transition Program (Texas Parent to Parent)

Other Family Websites

• • • Texas Project First website

• • • Navigate Life Texas website

• • • Parent Companion – the first five years website

Deafblind Orientation and Mobility

• • • Orientation and Mobility for Students who are Deafblind LiveBinder

• • • Orientation and Mobility from a Distance LiveBinder

• • • Resources for Orientation and Mobility Social Distancing LiveBinder

• • • Remote and Virtual Orientation and Mobility Services LiveBinder

• • • Sound Travels LiveBinder

• • • Orientation and Mobility for Students in Functional Programs LiveBinder

• • • Collection of all Chris Tabb Orientation and Mobility LiveBinders
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