by Gloria Rodriguez-Gil, Educational Specialist As I was preparing for a couple of presentations on deaf-blindness (i.e., definition, characteristics, challenges, etc.), I was reminded of the fact that the great majority of the students who are deaf-blind have additional disabilities, more than 90%...

By Gloria Rodriguez-Gil, Educational Specialist At the 15th Annual Lowenfeld-Akeson Early Years Symposium, Mindy Zlotnick of San Francisco Unified School District's Early Start program gave a presentation on infant massage. She provided information on the importance of infant massage and tips on...

(You may comment on this blog entry - see below.) How can some of the children who are deaf-blind take advantage of the current generation of tablet computers? My colleague Cristi Saylor (DHH teacher) brought to my attention an internet news clip showing an application software, or an “app”, that...

  COPE DB HOLIDAY POTLUCK Please Join Us For A Merry Holiday Gathering! Sunday, December 19th, 2010 10am - 3pm at Herlinda Rodriguez’s home 9312 Samoline Downey, CA 90240 Tel: 562-928-6835 For more information, please call Gloria Rodriguez-Gil at 310-823-5824 or...

Recently several people have asked me if Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) is part of the spectrum of anomalies in CHARGE syndrome, or if it is possible to have both CHARGE syndrome and CVI. In an article about vision issues in CHARGE syndrome that I wrote for our CDBS newsletter reSources (Winter...

An important part of my work is to observe interactions between teachers and students in order to give recommendations to improve the quality of the service delivery. Despite the fact that these interactions are the basis on which all learning is built, I have noticed a recurring problem: teachers...

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