ERIC Number: ED391294
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-Dec-31
Pages: 86
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The Indiana Deaf-Blind Services Project. Final Performance Report.
Goehl, Karen S.
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of the Indiana Deaf-Blind Services Project, a 3-year federally funded project to enhance and further develop coordinated direct services to children and youth, birth through age 2 and ages 18 through 21. It also was designed to provide technical assistance to public and private agencies serving children with deaf blindness and their families. The study identified and tracked 205 children and youth with deaf-blindness through community agency and public school programs. Inservice training workshops on such topics as communication, functional curriculum, integration, and challenging behaviors were conducted. Over 1,000 items were entered into a materials resource center for distribution statewide. An existing mentor teacher training project was expanded. Parent support weekends were conducted for families of children with deaf-blindness. A 2-day statewide workshop on assessment and evaluation of infants and toddlers with deaf-blindness was conducted. Additional workshops provided transition plan training. The project also coordinated information and training regarding technology with the state's technology project. Various brochures and newsletters were developed and distributed. Individual sections of this report describe the project's purpose, goals and objectives, accomplishments, outcomes, problems, and impact. Appendices provide a detailed sample consultation report and two case studies. (DB)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Programs, Deaf Blind, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Infants, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials, Parent Education, Preschool Education, State Programs, Technical Assistance, Toddlers, Transitional Programs, Young Adults
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute. Blumberg Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Special Education.
Identifiers - Location: Indiana
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