Teaching Children who are Deafblind

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Teaching Children who are Deaf-blind

• Etiology
• Characteristics
• Communication Techniques
• Teaching strategies

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Etiology of Deaf-blindness

• Rubella
• Usher Syndrome I II
• Congenital deafness RP (I)
• Uses sign
• Late onset deafness RP (II)
• Mostly uses speech
• Meningitis
• CHARGE Syndrome

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Etiology of Deaf-blindness Cont.

• Prematurity
• Parental use of drugs
• STDs
• Other

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Characteristics of Children with Deaf-blindness

• Heterogeneous group
• Multiplicative of deafness or blindness
• Methodical
• Need for sameness
• May become frustrated
• Desire for communication
• Enjoy movement
• Slides, climbing, swings
• Swimming, dancing
• Scooters, jumping on trampoline

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Characteristics continued

• Need for multiple choices
• Need for Ecological Task Analysis
• Need for instruction to be flexible
• Need for all incidental information to be given
  to them
• Share knowledge of progress on rubric or
  checklist

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Communication

• Sign language
• Tactile
• In small space
• Far away
• Voice and sign
• Todoma possible
• Voice only
• May use microphone
• May use gestures

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Teaching Techniques

• Use multiple teaching modes
• Use the techniques of
• Coactive movement
• Physical guidance
• Brailling
• Document all teaching techniques used
• Decrease physical cues to natural cues
• Link movement to language and explain the how,
  why and what of all activities
• One person teaches at a time-more than one touch
  is confusing

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Teaching Techniques

• Task analyze
• Be creative
• Be patient-repeat skills until student
  understands
• Be flexible
• Observe movement and modify as necessary
• There is more than one way to do many activities

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Barriers

• Physical
• Communication
• Lack of staff
• Lack of programs
• Lack of knowledge
• Transportation
• Attitudinal
• Need for 11

• There is a need to overcome these barriers and
  provide individuals who are deaf-blind meaningful
  physical activity programming for a lifetime. Do
  what it takes

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Resources

• Games for People with Sensory Impairments
  Lieberman Cowart
• Human Kinetics Publishers
• Deaf-Blind Link 1-800-
• Winnick book
• Other