Topical Resources
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Educational Considerations:
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
- Individualized Supports (Interveners, Service Support Providers, and Interpreters for individuals who are Deafblind):
Transition Planning in Texas
Other Family Websites
- Texas Project First website
- Navigate Life Texas website
- Parent Companion – the first five years website
Assessment Tools
- Blaha, Robbie and Carlson, Brad, 2007. Assessment of Deafblind Access to Manual Language Systems (ADAMLS), The National Information Clearinghouse On Children Who Are DeafBlind, Monmouth, OR.
- Assessment Matrix for Students who are Deafblind (handout), 2018. Texas Deafblind Outreach, Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Austin, TX.
- Hagood, Linda, 2006. Basic Infused Skills Assessment (handouts). Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Curriculum Department, Austin, TX.
- Informal Functional Hearing Evaluation (IFHE), 2018. Texas Deafblind Outreach, Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Austin, TX.
- Hurst, K. and Obrzut, P. , 2016. Functional Scheme Assessment – Active Learning Space, https://activelearningspace.org/assessment/assessment-page.
- HomeTalk: A Family assessment of Children who are Deafblind. Bringing It All Back Home Project. John Harris, Nancy Hartshorne, Tracy Jess, Harvey Mar, Charity Rowland, Nancy Sall, Shaunie Schmoll, Philip Schweigert, Linda Unruh, Nancy Vernon, Tandy Wolf
- Kitchen, Sara, 2009. The Communication Matrix by Charity Rowland, Ph.D., _©1990, 1996, 2004: WHAT IS IT? & HOW DO I DO IT? (handout). Outreach Programs, Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Austin, TX.
- Roland, Charity, 2009. Assessing Communication and Learning in Children Who Are Deafblind or Have Multiple Disabilities, Design to Learn Projects, Oregon Health & Science University.
- Sensory Learning Summary (Handout), 2017. Texas Deafblind Project, Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Austin, TX.
- Summary of Deafblind Specific Evaluation Tools (handout), 2017. Texas Deafblind Project, Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Austin, TX.
- Taylor, E., Stremel, K. and Steele, N. 2006. Classroom Observation Instrument for Educational Environments Serving Students with Deaf-Blindness, The National Information Clearinghouse On Children Who Are Deaf-Blind, Monmouth, OR.
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.