In this issue:
- Deaf-Blind Interveners
- Strategies of the Month
- Upcoming Events
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University of South Dakota
Center for Disabilities
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This newsletter is packed full of best-practice strategies for professionals, including interveners working with students who are deaf-blind. It is a lot of information, but well worth the read.
Enjoy!
Rose and Brandy
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-Contact the
SD Deaf-Blind Project
if you are interested in more information regarding Intervener training!
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This video of Jarvis visiting the drum store completely embodies the 11 principles of intervention detailed below.
It is worth the time to watch it!
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- Total and unconditional belief in and respect for an individual who is deaf-blind.
- Total and unconditional belief in the value of intervention for all individuals who are deaf-blind.
- The amount of intervention and the form it will take must be individualized to meet the specific needs and desires of each individual who is deaf-blind.
- Individuals who are deaf-blind have a right to access information in their modes of communication.
- Intervention is “Doing With, Not For.”
- No assumptions should be made regarding the abilities of an individual with deaf-blindness.
- Never underestimate the importance of the relationship between the intervener and the individual who is deaf-blind.
- The process of intervention must always provide the individual who is deaf-blind with the information required for anticipation, motivation, communication, and confirmation.
- Every experience is an opportunity to provide information and encourage interaction.
- The focus of intervention should always be on the needs of the individual who is deaf-blind.
- Intervention is recognized as a process that requires interveners to have specific skills, knowledge and experiences in order to be effective in providing the best possible opportunity for people who are deaf-blind to gather information, process it and develop communication, concepts and skills.
-Canadian Deaf-Blind Association National
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Strategies of the Month:
1) Do With, Not For
2) Be a Bridge, Not a Barrier
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Read more about "Do With, Not For"
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Additional "Be a Bridge, Not a Barrier"
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FREE TRANSITION TO EMPLOYMENT TRAINING SERIES!
Please join us at the Center for Disabilities as we host a group viewing of a 3-part (2 remaining) webinar series on transition to employment using the Discovery Process. The training, offered by a collaboration of the Montana/South Dakota Deaf-Blind Programs, teaches supporting students with significant disabilities (including deaf-blindness) the tools to: explore community employment as a post-school outcome for all of their students; begin identifying students’ interests, skills and abilities, and support needs; and identify tasks the student could offer in employment. The goal of the series is for parents/teams/professionals to use the information to create an individualized work experience for a student they are currently working with.
About the Trainer
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Ellen Condon
, M.Ed. is the Transition Projects Director, and the Montana Deaf-Blind Project Director at the University of Montana's Rural Institute on Disabilities, where she has worked since 1996 on transition and employment for youth with significant disabilities.
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Part 2:
Using the Strategies of Discovery to Learn About the Student
This session will introduce the strategies of observation, interview and description to assist teams to identify skills and interests, ideal conditions for success, and potential tasks that a student could do for employment.
April 16th, 2019
2:00-3:15 pm
Room 106
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Part 3:
Translating the Information Learned in Discovery into Characteristics of a Well-Matched Work Experience
This session will illustrate how to translate interests and skills into job tasks, and perceived barriers to employment into ideal conditions for success.
September 17th, 2019
2:00-3:15 pm
Room 106
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Meeting Location:
Center for Disabilities
Room 106
1400 West 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
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Questions?
Contact Jon Wallner or Rose Moehring at
800-658-3080 or 605-357-1439.
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The USD School of Education and the USD Center for Disabilities are partnering together to host the
2019 Educators' Conference
. The conference is geared to all K-12 educators, school administrators, counselors, and staff.
The conference will be held over 5 days running from July 15th - July 19th. Morning sessions will have an intense focus on one of the following 5 topics: Trauma/ACES, Social & Emotional Behaviors, Child Maltreatment, Poverty, and Health/ Addictions.
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The Aberdeen School District has an opening for an
This is a great opportunity if you live in/near the Aberdeen area. Please share with any interested candidates. Thanks!
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Rose Moehring, Deaf-Blind Program Director
Rose.Moehring@usd.edu
(605) 357-1437
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Brandy Sebera, Deaf-Blind Program Instructor
Brandy.Sebera@usd.edu
(605) 357-1437
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SD Deaf-Blind Program Grant #H326T180053
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