Assessment Tools

Early Childhood:

• • Orientation and Mobility: The Early Years of Infancy Through Preschool 
  • Early Childhood: Beginning to Use an Object Calendar
  • Orientation and Mobility: Preschool Style
  • Early Concept Development
  • Federal Requirements for Transition from Part C to Preschool
  • Active Learning Space
  • Talking the Language of the Hands to the Hands
  • The Sooner the Better: A Framework for Training Early Intervention Practitioners on Deaf-Blindness
  • Early Identification of Hearing and Vision Loss is Critical to a Child’s Development
  • Where are All the Babies? Early Identification of Visual Impairment and Combined Vision and Hearing Loss
  • Connected Baby: Bringing the Science of Connection to Life, Dr. Suzanne Zeedyk
  • What Is Early Childhood Development? A Guide to the Science, – Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
  • Brain Architecture- Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
  • Serve and Return- Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
  • Resilience- Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
  • The Oregon Project Curriculum and Skills Inventory

Educational Considerations:

• • Active Learning Space
  • Expanded Core Curriculum – American Foundation for the Blind
  • Hand Under Hand Technique Practice Guide- NCDB
  • IEP Quality Indicators
  • Literacy for Children with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss
  • Nordic Welfare Center
  • Paths to Literacy
  • Texas Deafblind Child Count

IEP Development Tools

• • IEP Quality Indicators for Students with Deafblindness, 2009. Texas Deafblind Outreach, Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Austin, TX.
  • Determining the Need for an Intervener, 2015. Texas Deafblind Outreach, Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Austin, TX.
  • Let’s Talk Deafblind Eligibility FAQ & Answers, 2016 (revised 2020). Texas Deafblind Outreach, Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Austin, TX.
  • Specialization Knowledge and Skill Set for Paraeducators who are Interveners for Individuals with Deafblindness, 2016. Texas Deafblind Outreach, Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Austin, TX.
  • Role of the TDB in the FIE ProcessTDB Role FIE Eligibility, 2016. Texas Deafblind Outreach, Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Austin, TX.

Other Family Websites

• • Texas Project First website
  • Navigate Life Texas website
  • Parent Companion – the first five years website

Proficient Communicators

• • IEP Checklist for Proficient Communicators who are Deafblind
  • Lace, Jenny (2015). Minimal Losses…Major Implications . Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
  • Schultz, Matt (2017). Understanding Concept Development and Related Challenges for Academic Students with DeafBlindness. TX SenseAbilities Summer Summer 2017 Issue.
  • The Intervener as Instructional Coach: For Students Who Are Deafblind In General Education Settings
  • Montgomery, Chris Let’s Talk Eligibility: Frequently asked Questions. Tx SenseAbilities Spring/Summer 2017 Issue

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

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)
  • Texas Transition Resources for Students with Visual Impairments