TexasSchool for theBlindandVisuallyImpairedOutreachPrograms

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TexasFamilyResourcesonDeafBlindness

The following resourceswerecompiled bythe TexasDeafBlindProject tobeshared withfamilies attheir child’sannualIndividualized Education Program meetings (often referred to as ARD meetings).

StateSupports:

  • TexasDeafBlindProject,TexasSchoolfortheBlindandVisuallyImpaired:
  • ESC DeafBlind Specialist contact information:
  • State Services for Individuals with Visual Impairments/Blindness:
  • Blind Children’s Vocational Discovery & Development Program (Heath and Human Services Commission):
  • TransitionProgram(Texas Workforce Commission): rehabilitation-youth-students
  • Texas School for the Deaf Education Resource Center on Deafness:
  • Texas Medicaid Waiver Programs:
  • Deaf-BlindMultipleDisabilitiesMedicaidWaiverProgram:
  • Long-termCareProgram Comparisons:
  • iCanConnect(free communication technology and training to stay connected with family and friends):
  • Texas Project First website:
  • Navigate Life Texas website:
  • Parent Companion – the first five years website:
  • Texas Deafblind Child Count:
  • IEP Quality Indicators:

NationalSupports(federallyfundedprograms):

  • NationalCenteronDeaf-Blindnesswebsite:
  • Library:
  • FamilyMatterswebpage:
  • IwishI had…booklet andvideo:
  • Helen Keller National Center

NationalWebsite:

  • RegionalRepresentative(TX,AR,LA,NM, OK):MollySinanan,M.S., ,Voice:516.393.7997,VP:512.394.8334

QualifiedPersonnelforIndividualswith DeafBlindness:

  • TeachersforStudentswith DeafBlindness:
  • IndividualizedSupports(Interveners,Service SupportProvidersandInterpretersforindividualswith DeafBlindness):

oOpenHandsOpenAccessIntervenerServicesLearningModules:

oIntervenersinthe HomeandCommunity–AnUnder-recognizedImperativearticle:

oIntervenersandChildrenwho areDeafBlindwebsite:

oAFamily’sGuidetoInterveners–Downloadthebooklet:

oDeterminingtheNeedforanIntervener in EducationalSettingsinTexas: in-educational-settings-in-texas

  • Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments:
  • Teachers of Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing:
  • Orientation & Mobility Specialists:

Communication and Literacy:

  • Communication for Children with DeafBlindness, or Visual and Multiple Impairments:
  • Literacy for Children with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss:

FamilyOrganizations:

  • Meet YourFamilyOrganizations: organizations
  • NFADBDeaf-BlindAwareness Video: