Julie Lemman and Sarah Steele will discuss strategies based on previous experiences in remote instruction for students who are deafblind and/or have multiple disabilities. Their session will include reflections of supporting the families of their students through remote learning, strategies for supporting social-emotional needs for students during the novelty and uncertainty of the changes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. They will provide examples of low and high assistive technologies that may be used to support students that are accessible in a home setting.

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2/23/2021

Dr. Jan van Dijk discusses the education of children who are deafblind. Chapters: 1. Early Research; 2. Vision's Importance in Emotional Development; 3. Emotional Connections and the Developing Brain; 4. The Sense of Touch; 5. Early Intervention; 6. Security and the Biology of Stress; 7. The Biology of "It"; 8. The Importance of Friendship; 9. Taking Time to Connect; 10. Resonance

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12/15/2020

02/21/2015 An interview with Bernadette Van Den Tillaart and Gunnar Vege, who both work with children with congenital deafblindness. Their experiences and research have led them to emphasis the need for educators to enter into the tactile world of the child with deafblindness, to mirror and affirm a child's experiences and emotions, from which a child becomes increasingly self-aware and better able to communicate and interact with the environment. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - Introduction - From Meaningful to Significant - Applying Meaningful Experiences - To Be the Affirming Mirror - The Co-Present Partner - Becoming a Tactile Mind - Tactile Mirror - Tension & Emotion in Interaction - Bodily Emotional Traces Click the Resources button for a transcript (txt) or audio recording (mp3).

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9/27/2016

10/07/2014 TSBVI Outreach staff members Kate Hurst, Statewide Staff Development Coordinator and Matt Schultz, Deafblind Education Consultant discuss Chapter 3, Movements: A Pre-requisite for learning in the book Early Learning Step-by-Step by Dr. Lilli Nielsen, creator of Active Learning. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - Introduction - Foundation for Learning - Child Development without Disabilities - Video Sample - Child Development with Disabilities - Video Sample - Discussion Click the Resources button for a transcript (txt) and/or audio recording (mp3).

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10/24/2014