
Disability Webpage
Strategies
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There are many strategies that can take place in helping these deaf-blind children feel as comfortable with their impairments as possible. All it takes are a group of teachers who care and self confidence to help keep your head up!
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Here are some websites that will explain these strategies a little more:
http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/archive/strategies.html
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Guide the children as much as you can. That way, they will understand the rules more.
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Do not go from general to specific, stay specific.
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BOND with the child, or they will feel uncomfortable and overwhelmed by you.
http://ww2.rochester.k12.mn.us/region10/Staff___Specialists/Deaf_Blind/deaf_blind.htm
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Help the student with communication and actually understanding it. That would be the first step to helping them learn.
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Do things with them that they might add in their daily routine. That way it will be buried in their memory which will help them take the next step.