I attended the meeting of the American Association of Audiologists, the AAA, the last week of March.  I spent considerable time in the exhibit area which grows more impressive each year.  I will describe the current improvement of the cochlear implant, specifically by Cochlear...

The use of the iPad is growing and the more we explore its use the more we find new, fun, and interesting apps (applications) and resources. I just had the opportunity to do a training for the Blind Childrens Center in Los Angeles, California about the iPad and its use for young children.  I...

Cristi Saylor (Deaf and Hard of Hearing Itinerant teacher from the San Diego County Office of Education) and I attended the Cal Ed 2012 Conference this past weekend. Our presentation--Insights on Using the iPad for Students with Special Needs--was based on our experiences working with students...

The second day of Jan van Dijk's presentation was about the critical role the emotional brain ought to have in our assessments and interventions. He discussed how our senses not only make us think about information (the cognitive element about perception processed mainly in the cortex) but also...

Jan van Dijk presented at the 16th Annual Lowenfeld-Akeson Early Years Symposium on his assessment approach with children with multiple disabilities. He has been working on this approach for years, and has been collaborating with Dr. Cathy Nelson from Utah State University to systematize it so...

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 Team page for directions and more information.  Our new mailing address is below in the...

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 celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Here is a link that explains this...

I had the opportunity to go to Junior Blind of America's professional development day and listen to Muriel Saunders, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor at the University of Kansas. She talked about her observations in working with several babies and toddlers with CVI, especially their positive...

Our former colleague Jackie Kenley sent us this fabulous video called “We Can Do It!” on the work the Arc of San Francisco does with adults with developmental disabilities. Her daughter, Laura, who is deaf-blind, is one of the featured adults in the video. The video gives some examples of their...

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 iPad for children with special needs. Good luck if you are one of those people who are in this...