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Subject: Deafblindness/Hand In Hand: Understanding Deafblindness for Education Teams of Students Who Are Deafblind
Source: Missouri Deafblind Technical Assistance Project/Missouri School for the Blind
Intended Audience: Education teams (including teachers, classroom paraprofessionals, therapists, parents, etc.) serving students with deafblindness
Date: April 17, 2009
The FREE course combines self-studies, homework assignments, and action planning with onsite mentoring and three face-to-face sessions with course instructors. Participants will apply acquired knowledge regarding visual impairment, auditory impairment, communication, and movement to the programming of the student(s) with the dual sensory losses they serve. The three onsite sessions will be in Springfield, Missouri, at the Southwest Center for Independent Living, October 28-30, 2009; January 27-28, 2010; and April 21-22, 2010. College credit is available.
Registration will be posted August 2009 at: http://www.msb.k12.mo.us/ click on Missouri Deafblind Technical Assistance Project.
For questions, contact: Susan Bonner, Project Coordinator, MSB, (314) 776-4320, ext. 255 or sbonner@msb.k12.mo.us.