NYDBC has developed a wide range of resources that may be helpful to families with children and young adults who are deafblind and the professionals who serve them. Below you will find a list of currently available resources.
Check out our documents in order to download each respective item.
Accessing the General Education Curriculum
- NYDBC Educational Best Practices Fact Sheet: Literacy for Students who are DeafBlind
- Guidelines for Tactilely Adapting Books
- Task Analysis Example: Developing Functional Routines
- Functional Routines and Activities Planning tool
- Positioning & Adaptations Activity Planning Tool
Availability for Learning
- Assessment of Biobehavioral States: Supporting Availability for Learning for Students with Multiple Disabilities Including Deafblindness & Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
- Article: Russell, C. (2020). Supporting availability for learning: Student-centered assessment and intervention for children with deafblindness/multiple disabilities. Visual Impairment & DeafBlind Education-Quarterly, 65(2), pp. 56-72
Communication
- New York DeafBlind Collaborative Tipsheet: Providing Access through Sign Language & Text for Low Vision & Tactile Communicators During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Supporting Communication for Learners who are DeafBlind/ Have Multiple Disabilities (“Communication Poster”)
- Roles and Responsibilities of the AAC Team
Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)
- CVI Fact Sheet
- The Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC)/Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) Matrix: Student-Centered Guidelines for AAC & Expressive Communication Development (Russell & Willis, 2020)
- CVI Considerations for Distance Learning (Russell, Hooper & Roman, 2020)
- CVI Observation Notes
- CVI Activity Planning Tool
Family Resources
- An Inquiry-Based Guide to Prospective Schools
- Understanding the IEP: Key Terms for Families
- Your Child’s Individualized Education Plan: Increasing Advocacy and “Cracking the Code”
Identification & Referral
- A Tool for Identifying Vision & Hearing Loss in Students with Multiple Disabilities
- Eligibility Chart – Tool to Identify Children Eligible for the NYDBC Child Count
- New York DeafBlind Collaborative Tipsheet: Visual “Red Flag” Behaviors in Students who are Deaf
Interveners
- Supporting Individuals Who Are DeafBlind: Interpreters, Interveners, and Support Service Providers (Morrow & Probst, 2019)
Transition Planning
- Interdisciplinary Transition Team Initiative (ITTI) Materials
- Examples of Transition Services and Activities
- ITTI Action Plan
- Major Target Areas of Transition Planning
- Student Profile
- Transition Planning Timeline