DB Network News
DB Network News brings together, in one display, posts to the DB Network Blog, the CA Deaf-Blind Services Blog, NCDB Facebook page and NCDB News and Announcements.
Feb 7 Jan van Dijk's Child-Centered Assessment
Gloria Rodgriguez-Gil from CA Deaf-Blind Services reports on van Dijk's presentation at the 16th Annual Lowenfeld-Akeson Early Years Symposium. He spoke on his assessment approach with children with multiple ...
Feb 3 Latest edition of the Educator Series from the Training and Educational Resource...
Feb 1 Issue Brief on State Early Childhood Advisory Councils just released.
Jan 30 Usher syndrome part IV: Clinical management and research directions
by Jennifer Phillips, Ph.D.Editor's Note: This is part four in a series. Here are the links to parts one, two, and three. We will return to the story of Bella's struggles ...
Jan 30 Broadcasted *LIVE* and for free, Perkins Training & Educational Resources Progra...
Jan 24 NCDB Selected Topics - There's an App for that! Download NCDB Mobile Resources...
Jan 23 Tack-Tiles Braille Systems are a sophisticated teaching tool for all ages based...
Jan 20 NCDB unveils new literacy website. Strategies, examples and resources designed t...
Jan 19 Save the Date: Texas Symposium on Deafblindness February 22-23, 2013 Omni Austin...
Jan 18 Julie: CDBS has moved
CDBS has moved a few blocks north onto the main San Francisco State University campus. All phone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses remain the same. Please visit our Contact our ...
Jan 13 Virginia Deaf-Blind Project sponsors virtual book group featuring "Remarkable Co...
Jan 13 The Bella Chronicles, Part II: The Search for the Source
By Mark and Bella DunningMy daughter, Bella, is thirteen years old and a good student. She has always loved going to school and was one of those kids that teachers described ...
Jan 11 The 2012 AER International Conference will be held July 18-22 at the Bellevue Hy...
Jan 10 The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth blog on self-ad...
Jan 10 Gloria from CDBS writes about her presentation in Mexico
Jan 5 The Bella Chronicles, Part I: The Symptoms
by Mark DunningI haven’t been very active in writing for this blog recently. There are a lot of reasons involved, but the biggest has been my daughter, Bella. She’s been having ...
Jan 4 NFADB plans for a 2012 Symposium July 13-15 in Austin, TX.
Dec 20 The Anxiety of Deliverance
A Poem by Mani G. IyerEditor's Note: Jennifer and Mark will be back after the holidays. Mani G. Iyer was born and raised in Bombay, India and has lived in the ...
Dec 14 The Oregon Deafblind Project devoted their fall newsletter to the theory and pra...
Dec 9 Gloria: Celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Durango, Mexico
Last week in Durango, Mexico (see map below) I was invited by the Department of Special Education of the Secretary of Education of that state to be a speaker at their ...
Dec 7 Access Wireless.org. Designed to help people with disabilities, seniors and the...
Dec 7 The FCC has launched its Accessibility Clearinghouse. It serves as an informati...
Dec 5 Follow Congressional efforts for the Hearing Aid Tax Credit.
Nov 30 Closing the Gap is offering a number of webinars on using the iTouch and iPad as...
Nov 30 Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind have a great list of iPad applications arran...
Nov 17 Here is a new book about CHARGE Syndrome from Australia.
Nov 16 What about siblings?? Some great stories in NCDB Selected Topics.
Nov 15 A Tool for Identifying Vision and Hearing Loss in Children with Multiple Disabil...
Nov 11 The local PBS station in Tennessee ran a story on Aaron, a young student with CH...
Nov 2 On November 4th and 5th cohort #4 of the Helen Kellers Fellows project will meet...
Oct 28 Moms With Apps is a blog that offers lots of good information from a collaborati...
Oct 26 What is Effective Intervention for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind? Read this artic...
Oct 17 The California Deaf-Blind Project offers some ideas and resources for raising fu...
Oct 17 The National Intervener Credentialing Program, administered through the National...
Oct 17 A new edition of "A Guide for Students Who Are Deaf-Blind Considering College" f...
Oct 14 Gloria: Ideas and Resources On Ways to Raise Funds for an iPad
Liz Lemmon, one of the students from our partnership program with San Francisco State University, passed me these useful links that provide ideas on how to raise funds to get an ...
Oct 13 The Southeast Regional Institute on Deafness Annual Conference is scheduled for...
Oct 13 Staff pick: Understanding Deafblindness
Understanding Deafblindness: Issues, Perspectives, and Strategies Edited by Linda Alsop and published in 2002 by Hope, Inc. Understanding Deafblindness represents an outstanding overview of all major issues related to deaf-blindness. The easy-to-use format ...
Assessing Communication and Learning in Young Children Who are Deafblind or Who Have Multiple Disabilities Edited by Charity Rowland, Ph.D. and published in 2009 by Design to Learn Projects of Oregon Health ...
Oct 13 Staff recommendation: Deafblindness: Educational Service Guidelines
Deafblindness: Educational Service Guidelines Edited by Marianne Riggio and Barbara McLetchie and published in 2008 by Perkins School for the Blind. From the book’s Foreword by Joe McNulty of the National Coalition on ...
Oct 13 Staff Picks: Interveners in the Classrooom
Interveners in the Classroom : Guidelines for Teams Working With Students Who Are Deafblind Authors: Linda Alsop, Cindy Robinson, Karen Goehl, Jenny Lace, Maurice Belote, Gloria Rodriguez-Gil. Published by SKI-HI Institute, Utah ...
Oct 11 The White House Blog has ongoing posts related to disabilities. Check it out.
Oct 10 Powerpoint file of the 2010 art pieces and archives from previous years
Oct 5 The Coalition for Usher Syndrome sponsors a monthly Usher syndrome conference ca...
Oct 5 This Teach Me to See video by APH is helpful to parents, teachers, other practit...
Sep 30 The Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB) is holding a special online...
Sep 26 The National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center has announced the...
Sep 23 If you are looking for Braille books for an infant or child, you might want to c...
Sep 23 Learn about this free communication assessment tool for Parents and Professional...
Sep 21 The Sibling Support Project is pleased to announce that they are now scheduling...
Sep 20 Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired hosts their 2011 Introduction t...
Sep 19 Upstate NY Families mark your calendars! The New York Deaf-Blind Collaborative,...
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