Family Learning Opportunities October 2018


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National Center on Deaf-Blindness

FAMILY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES - October 2018

The Sooner the Better: A Framework for Training Early Intervention Practitioners on Deaf-Blindness Are you a parent of an infant or toddler with combined vision and hearing loss? If so, we encourage you to explore The Sooner the Better framework. It offers a collection of online resources for training early intervention providers, but can also help you build your own knowledge and skills as a family member. It focuses on the identification of children with combined vision and hearing loss, key instructional strategies, and developmental domains used by early interventionists. Eight units cover the following topics: • • • • • • • •

Recognizing and Understanding Sensory Loss Building a Foundation for Successful Learning Key Strategies for Improving Outcomes Fine and Gross Motor Skills Social-Communication Skills Cognitive Skills Social Skills Adaptive Skills

To begin exploring, visit https://nationaldb.org/products/ei-framework.

The contents of this document were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education #H326T130013. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of The Research Institute, nor the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project Officer, Jo Ann McCann.