Guest guest Posted April 16, 1999 Report Share Posted April 16, 1999 Re: Speech >From: Nairduelle@... >: You forgot to say where you were from! I am a deafblind specialist teacher working out of the provincial school/resource center in Ontario. It was one of the first deafblind centers in Canada, and years back we even had some out of province children. Parents had to politically fight many battles, and as a result we have many programs and services for the young adults who have graduated as well. The college has a two year training program in Deafblind Intervention, so there are now many intervenors specifically trained to work with all levels of deafblind children. Let me know your area. Check also " deafblind services " on your computer, but the list is not very complete. Ann > >Are you a deaf-blind teacher? I need help finding a deaf-blind school for my >daughter, >Caitlin, 7, Charge. Any info would be appreciated. Lindner > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Has ONElist changed your life? >http://www.ONElist.com >Visit our homepage and share with us your experiences at ONElist of the Week! >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >4th International CHARGE Syndrome Conference, Houston, Texas, July >23-25, 1999. >For information about the CHARGE Syndrome Foundation or to become a member please contact marion@.... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 1999 Report Share Posted April 16, 1999 Re: Speech/communication : Thanks for sharing the communication development of your gal with us! My guess is that she is very bright, and the right techniques were used to find out how she would store and retrieve concepts. Maybe she was only using one eye at a time to read distance signed communication, with her head turned as you mention. I know my student with CHARGE now (age 15) has just started to use both eyes together. That makes tracking alot easier. How do the glasses work to enhance tracking? Are they for distance or short range? Do they enhance her aquity? Her early visual assessments for distance may not have taken in the feild loss issue? I wonder if she was reading " Dairy Queen " off the cup, posters, garbage, or business sign?!# There are usually so many issues with lighting (having coloboma) that would affect how one sees the signed communication. I had a student with deafblindness from congenital reubella a few years back who I felt was aphasic. We were able to increase his reading skills to about Grade 5 or 6 by the time he graduated. He had virtually no expressive signed communication without presenting the concrete with the signed information. Once the words were presented in print, you knew he understood as he signed. He could even answer ?'s presented in print, but not in sign. We had a " dictionary " thing. Pictures of himself being involved in meaningful activity with the printed word were used in a,b,c...order so that he could retreive the information easily and communicate it to us when needed. Now that the picture BLOCKS program is on computer disk, I thought he might have expanded his " assistive " book. I wanted him to have a very small computer that he could carry and use as an assistive device in communication, but then it was out of my hands when he graduated. I was invited to his birthday party recently and it burned me to see the staff choosing his meal without even consulting him. You would think they could have even brought pictures of food or a pen and paper! He sat starring at my salad as if to say, " that looks good " . We had worked on his spelling with letter blocks as well. (There are small magnetic boards out now, my student with CHARGE seems to like the way letters stick) One day I left the room while working on the computer. We always had to cue, cue, cue to get him to locate and type the letters. I came back in and he had typed 3 words, and was on his forth...all animals. Another reinforcement like " Dairy Queen " ...language development coming from the child's interest. If we sat him down to write to a friend, or plan a trip, party, etc., it was easier to pull the expressive communication out of him. Ann Gloyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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