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Download full textChen, Deborah; Haney, Michele; Klein, M. Diane; Alsop, Linda – 1998
This paper describes Project PLAI (Promoting Learning through Active Interaction), a 4-year research-to-practice project designed to develop and validate an early communication curriculum for infants who are deafblind and their caregivers. The curriculum provides a step-by-step approach to assist caregivers in recognizing their infants' early and…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Deaf Blind
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Children who have both a hearing loss and a visual impairment are a very small but extremely heterogeneous low incidence group. These children vary greatly in the types and degrees of visual impairment and hearing loss. The majority of them have some usable vision and/or hearing, and many have additional disabilities. Most professionals (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Children, Incidence, Severity (of Disability), Multiple Disabilities
PDF pending restorationChen, Deborah – 1997
This final report describes the activities and accomplishments of a 3-year model demonstration early intervention network serving infants who are deaf-blind and their families. The primary goal of the project was to build the capacity of early intervention programs. Sixteen early intervention programs participated in at least one component of the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Deaf Blind, Demonstration Programs, Early Intervention
Chen, Deborah; Schachter, Pamela Haag – 1997
This 37-minute videotape recording demonstrates selected interventions to assist infants and toddlers with multiple disabilities, including vision and hearing loss, in developing early communication and other skills. Emphasizing the critical importance of early intervention, the video is designed to help service providers and families create…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Deaf Blind, Early Intervention, Infants
Chen, Deborah; Haney, Michele – 1999
This final report describes the activities and outcomes of Promoting Learning through Active Interactions, a research-to-practice 4-year project that developed, implemented, and validated a five-module curriculum with 25 infants (ages 6-30 months) who are deaf-blind, their parents, and early interventionists. The project had the following…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development
Chen, Deborah; And Others – 1997
This manual documents key program development strategies and inservice training topics provided by the Model Demonstration Early Intervention Network Project. This project focused on building the capacity of early intervention programs to serve infants who are deaf-blind and their families. The first section covers program development and includes…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Deaf Blind, Disability Identification, Drug Therapy
