ERIC Number: ED627671
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 163
Abstractor: ERIC
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Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities and Dual Sensory Loss
M. Karvonen; B. Beitling; K. Erickson; S. Morgan; R. Bull
National Center on Deaf-Blindness
This report describes a project that uses existing data sets to describe the population of students with significant cognitive disabilities and known or suspected dual sensory loss. It includes students with suspected dual sensory loss because students with significant cognitive disabilities are reported to have unidentified sensory loss (Erickson & Quick, 2017). It is based on data collection from the 2018 National Child Count of Children and Youth Who Are Deaf-Blind (Child Count) and the 2017-2018 First Contact survey. The Child Count is updated annually by every state deaf-blind project to provide information about new children who were identified with dual sensory loss over the course of the year, update or confirm information on previously identified children, and determine those who have exited special education or are no longer eligible to receive state project services. Data on the First Contact survey describe teacher-reported characteristics and skills of their students with significant cognitive disabilities who were enrolled to take the Dynamic Learning Maps® (DLM®) alternate assessments. Both data sets contained information about students' disabilities, sensory characteristics, educational experiences, and use of assistive technology. Each data set also contained unique information (e.g., academic skills for the First Contact survey, intervener services for Child Count data). Analyses are based on students in 17 states that administered DLM alternate assessments in 2017-2018. The findings are organized according to three broad research questions: (1) What proportion of students with significant cognitive disabilities have dual sensory loss? What are the characteristics of students with dual sensory loss and significant cognitive disabilities? (2) How are students with significant cognitive disabilities and cortical visual impairment different from students with significant cognitive disabilities and other visual impairments? (3) What do the Child Count and First Contact survey data sets indicate about the prevalence of significant cognitive disability and dual sensory loss in the school-aged population?
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Comorbidity, Perceptual Impairments, Student Characteristics, Visual Impairments, Incidence, Deaf Blind, Alternative Assessment, Educational Environment, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Mathematics Skills, Science Process Skills, Students with Disabilities, Assistive Technology, Age Differences, Instructional Program Divisions, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills, Hearing Impairments, Severity (of Disability), Language Usage, Expressive Language, Receptive Language, Human Body, Psychomotor Skills, Severe Disabilities, Equal Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Multiple Disabilities, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education
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Related Records: ED661461
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) (ED/OSERS)
Authoring Institution: National Center on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB); University of Kansas (KU), Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Grant or Contract Numbers: H326T180026
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