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Indiana Deaf-Blind Project. Final Performance Report, 10-1-89 to 9-30-92.

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Title: Indiana Deaf-Blind Project. Final Performance Report, 10-1-89 to 9-30-92.
Language: English
Authors: Goehl, Karen S., Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute. Blumberg Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Special Education.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 181
Publication Date: 1992
Sponsoring Agency: Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC.
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems, Educational Policy, Handicap Identification, High Schools, Infants, Information Centers, Inservice Education, Parent Education, Policy Formation, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Program Implementation, Resource Materials, Social Services, Social Support Groups, State Programs, Technical Assistance, Toddlers, Young Adults
Geographic Terms: Indiana
Abstract: The Indiana Deaf-Blind Project was designed to enhance and further develop coordinated direct services to children and youth with deaf-blindness for whom Indiana is not obligated to make available a free appropriate public education. These include children from birth through age 2 and 18 through 21. The work of the project was focused on: (1) identification, registration, and tracking of students with dual sensory impairments; (2) delivery of technical assistance to service providers and families; (3) maintenance of a resource materials center; (4) development of a network of parents and families; (5) development of policy guidelines with respect to the appropriate education of children and youth with deaf-blindness; and (6) dissemination of information about the project. Project activities also included development of a monograph featuring stories and articles about Indiana families, inservice training workshops, and a mentor teacher training project. This final report discusses project goals and objectives, accomplishments, outcomes, and future directions; provides samples of project products, including a project brochure, newsletter, and monograph; and supplies information for ordering a technology module and videotape. Appendixes contain workshop agendas and other program administration items. (JDD)
Entry Date: 1993
Accession Number: ED352787
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The Indiana Deaf-Blind Project was designed to enhance and further develop coordinated direct services to children and youth with deaf-blindness for whom Indiana is not obligated to make available a free appropriate public education. These include children from birth through age 2 and 18 through 21. The work of the project was focused on: (1) identification, registration, and tracking of students with dual sensory impairments; (2) delivery of technical assistance to service providers and families; (3) maintenance of a resource materials center; (4) development of a network of parents and families; (5) development of policy guidelines with respect to the appropriate education of children and youth with deaf-blindness; and (6) dissemination of information about the project. Project activities also included development of a monograph featuring stories and articles about Indiana families, inservice training workshops, and a mentor teacher training project. This final report discusses project goals and objectives, accomplishments, outcomes, and future directions; provides samples of project products, including a project brochure, newsletter, and monograph; and supplies information for ordering a technology module and videotape. Appendixes contain workshop agendas and other program administration items. (JDD)