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Addressing the Educational Needs of a Child who is Deaf and Blind: A Parent's Perspective (Professionals, Parents)

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1.  Which of the following answers best describes deaf-blindness? Someone affected with loss of both sight and hearing. The type and severity of the losses vary. This results in difficulty accessing information, and encompasses communication and perception. Someone who cannot detect light and has a profound sensorineural hearing loss. An additive disability of blindness plus deafness, with no other components. A moderate conductive hearing loss, with corrective lenses.

2.  Which of the following are some of the causes of deaf-blindness? Rubella CHARGE Syndrome Usher Syndrome All of the Above

3.  What best describes tacit learning? Learning taught through rote memorization. Learning through 'over hearing' and 'over seeing'. Learning that is neither intentional nor conscious. B and C

4.  An intervener is: The eyes and ears for a person who is both deaf and blind. Just another name for an interpreter. A mediator between the person who is deaf-blind and his or her environment to enable him or her to communicated effectively with and receive non-distorted information from the world around them. A and C

5.  Which statements best describe the roles of an Orientation and Mobility Instructor? To help people with visual impairments learn to travel safely and independently. To provide professional information about alternative systems of independent travel. A member of a deaf-blind student's educational team. All of the above.

6.  Who can be members of the educational team for a deaf blind student? The parent. Teacher of the Visually Impaired Orientation and Mobility Instructor Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing All of the Above

7.  How can you avoid the "fairy godmother syndrome"? Doing with, not for. Involving the learner in the entire process of the activity. Do not waste the learner's time on processes. A and B

8.  Which of the following may be educational challenges to the deaf blind individual? Information received from the distance senses may be distorted or lacking. Lack of ability to anticipate future events. May be mislabeled or misdiagnosed. All of the above.

9.  What is a best practice in developing a deaf blind student's educational goals? Taking into account that each student may have very individual needs based on their residual hearing, vision, other disabilities, cognitive abilities and family support; and so each student may have a very individualized team for delivery of the appro Creating homogenous plan with set intervention services developed to address the universal needs of deaf blind student Braille must be included in the IEP. Only involving a teacher for the visually impaired and a teacher for the deaf and hard of hearing in creating an IEP.

10.  What are some common adaptations for a deaf-blind student? Assistive Listening Devices A Long White Cane Adapted Literacy Materials(large print/Braille) Preferential Seating All of the above.