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But My Child is So Involved, Where do We Begin?!?!. Presented by the Virginia Project for Children and Youth with Dual Sensory Impairments/Deaf-Blindness:. Who does this workshop apply to? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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But My Child is So Involved, But My Child is So Involved, Where do We Begin?!?!Where do We Begin?!?!
Presented by thePresented by theVirginia Project for Children and Youth Virginia Project for Children and Youth
with with Dual Sensory Impairments/Deaf-Dual Sensory Impairments/Deaf-
Blindness:Blindness:
Who does this workshop apply to?
Anyone who is not communicating to you or understanding you through an abstract form of
communication (ex: language).
Today’s Goal(to gain knowledge of)
1) Significance of DBness & DSI
2) Instructional Strategies &
Materials
Why the difference? Where are these individuals?
Census CountCensus Count20042004
The December 1 count from the National The December 1 count from the National Technical Assistance Consortium (NTAC) Technical Assistance Consortium (NTAC)
identified identified 8,9998,999 individuals between the ages individuals between the ages of 3 to 21 as having deafblindess. of 3 to 21 as having deafblindess.
However the federal census count (state DOE However the federal census count (state DOE counts) only showed counts) only showed 1,9771,977 students with students with
deafblindness. deafblindness.
Keep in that these “other” disabilities could be in any number of combinations of other disabilities combined with their deafblindness.
1999 Deafblind International; 1999 Deafblind International; 8585% of the total % of the total deafblind population additional impairments deafblind population additional impairments additional disabilities.additional disabilities.
2004 December 1 count from the NTAC2004 December 1 count from the NTAC6363% of these individuals had cognitive impairments% of these individuals had cognitive impairments5656% had physical disabilities% had physical disabilities3838% had complex health care needs% had complex health care needs99% had behavioral disorder. (% had behavioral disorder. (behavioral issues are behavioral issues are typically a misinterpretation of communicative typically a misinterpretation of communicative needs being acted out physicallyneeds being acted out physically))
Partner up with someone
One person put on the blindfold
Only rules:NO SIGNING
&NO TALKING
Have your partner:1) Stand up 2) Turn around3) Sit down
Please rememberNO SIGNING
&NO TALKING
Switch roles
NO SIGNING&
NO TALKING
Tell your partner that you have hurt your
finger and you are angry about it.
Please remember:NO SIGNING
&NO TALKING
Group Process
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
To stand up, turn around & sit down
Tell your partner that you have hurt your finger and you are angry about it.
Basics of Communication
Language =
Conversation =
Directive =
COMMUNICATION
Conversation or …
Levels of Communication DevelopmentLevels of Communication DevelopmentPre-intentional Behavior
* reaction, reflex, no attempt at continuation
Intentional Behavior* purposeful, self focused,
Unconventional Communication* not socially accepted, not universally understood, beginning of dual orientation
Conventional Communication* typical, common, socially accepted, dual orientation
Abstract*not related, cannot make clear connection
Language* syntax, rules, structure
TechniquesCue: Communication used by an adult to let a child know what is expected of him/her in a given situation.
Cues are a type of receptive communication (for the child).
Designing and using a consistent routine is the beginning of teaching cues. Given time in this type of the routine, the child will first begin to anticipate his/her part in the routine. Given more experience with the routine, the child may begin to anticipate the routine from some part of the routine.
Touch cues are ways an adult can touch a child to communicate a desired action. For example, an adult may gently pull a child's arm upward with a grasp at the wrist to cue the child to lift arm during a dressing routine.
Object cues are some concrete piece of a routine that is used to represent that routine. For example, a diaper may be an object cue for diaper changing.
When deciding what cues to use with a child, it is important to remember to select cues that the child can easily discriminate one from the other. Otherwise the cues may be confusing to the child.
TechniquesSymbols are representations of an event, action, object, person, or place that can be used to communicate about the event, action, object, person, or place. Symbols can be used for both receptive and expressive communication.
The more a symbol resembles what it represents, the more concrete that symbol is. The less a symbol resembles what it represents, the more abstract that symbol is.
An example of a concrete symbol would be a spoon, used during mealtimes, to represent mealtime. A less concrete (or more abstract) symbol would be a small line drawing of a person eating.
Ripple Affect
Tactile Vestibular Proprioception
Olfactory Visual Auditory Gustatory
Postural Security
Awareness of 2 sides of body
MotorPlanning
Body Scheme
ReflexMaturity
Ability to Screen Input
Eye-handCoordination
OcularMotor
ControlPostual
Adjustment
AuditoryLang.Skills
Visual-Spacial
Perception
AttentionCenter
Functions
AcademicLrng
DailyLiving
ActivitiesBehavior
SensorySystems
SensoryMotor
Perceptual Motor
CognitionIntellect
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Introduction to a few More TechniquesWAIT TIME
Allows time for their brain to process: what’s happening, their reaction to it process their response and then get their bodies to do what they want
Develop self awareness and empowerment Helps prevent Learned Helplessness
Patterns/Mental MappingPatterns/Mental Mapping(types to avoid/potential “mis”mapping)
Learned Helplessness
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Auditory
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Auditory
How does How does Deaf-BlindnessDeaf-Blindness and/or and/or Dual Sensory ImpairmentDual Sensory Impairment impact impact
learning?learning? CHILD WILL HAVE DIFFICULTING COMMUNICATING.CHILD WILL HAVE DIFFICULTING COMMUNICATING. Child may not feel safe to explore the environment.Child may not feel safe to explore the environment. Child may have distorted perceptions based on Child may have distorted perceptions based on
incomplete information.incomplete information. Child may not learn incidentally.Child may not learn incidentally. Child may perceive the world as random and Child may perceive the world as random and
frightening.frightening. Children will have to learn to maximize strongest Children will have to learn to maximize strongest
modalities, including touch.modalities, including touch.
Stress hormones have wide-ranging effects on the body. They are released into the body when the brain receives the signal that perceived danger is near. (fight or flight – startle response)One of these stress hormones is cortisol. Cortisol gets glucose (energy) into our bodies and also helps rev up the sympathetic nervous system (heart rate), increase our vigilance and attention to threat, and decrease our attention for other things. Once you get this stress response going, you have to be able to turn it off. Here is where the hippocampus comes in. This is really important because chronic stress with too high cortisol levels decreases memory and the ability to control behavior and focus attention. It also slows the immune system.
Stress Hormones
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Mini ModulesOn Deaf-blindness
“Pass to Act Lrng Materials”
Mini ModulesOn Deaf-blindness
“Literacy & Deaf-Blindness”
Mini ModulesOn Deaf-blindness
“Little Room Adaptations”
SENSE OF
SELF
http://www.dblink.org/lib/topics/modules.htm
Adaptations of Passive to Active learning Equipment
Scratch Board
Activity Board
Triangle Board
Baggie Book
Vest
Resonance Board
Pegboard Book
Examples
Crucial InterventionsCrucial Interventions Provide experiences that use the Provide experiences that use the child’s likeschild’s likes
and access their strongest sensory input and access their strongest sensory input channels.channels.
The whole team needs to interact and follow The whole team needs to interact and follow through on through on routinesroutines as as consistentlyconsistently as as possible to make life a little more predictable. possible to make life a little more predictable. (replacing incidental learning with physical (replacing incidental learning with physical memory)memory)
Provide adequate Provide adequate wait timewait time for the child to for the child to process information. They have to figure out process information. They have to figure out what it is, what it means to them, what to do and what it is, what it means to them, what to do and how to do it. Their perception of time and ours how to do it. Their perception of time and ours are very different.are very different.
If you suspect . . .If you suspect . . . Contact project staff and have a discussion Contact project staff and have a discussion
with the family.with the family.
Project staff will contact the service Project staff will contact the service providers and the family. providers and the family.
Based on needs identified, project will Based on needs identified, project will provide appropriate types of levels of provide appropriate types of levels of support.support.