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7/15/09 Note from Webmaster: reSources articles will henceforth be available only as html pages. All articles are fully and freely available for downloading, printing, and sharing. Issues prior to Summer 2009 will still be available in PDF format (and some in html format).

LATEST ISSUE

Winter 2010 (Vol. 15, No. 1)

BACK ISSUES

Fall 2009 (Vol. 14, No. 3)

 

Summer 2009 (Vol. 14, No. 2)

Theme: Integrating Educational Practices to Family Life and the Classroom

 

Winter 2009 (Vol. 14, No. 1)

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Theme: Instructional Strategies

 

Spring 2008 (Vol. 13, No. 2)

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Theme: Communication-Rich Environments

  • Third Person and Prompt Dependency
  • Strategies for Creating Communication-Rich Environments for Children who are Deaf-Blind (fact sheet in English)
  • Estrategias para Crear un Ambiente Rico en Comunicación para Niños que son Sordo-Ciegos (fact sheet in Spanish)
  • What's New with the Network of Family Support Providers?
  • University-CDBS Partnership Project
  • News & Events: COPE-DB Family Picnics, Upcoming Spanish Workshop 

 

Fall 2007 (Vol. 13, No. 1)

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Theme: Transition to Adulthood

  • Perspectives on the Transition to Adulthood: An Interview with Cathy Kirsher, Regional Representative with Helen Keller National Center
  • Fanmanflavah’s Life is Good: An Interview with Jarrett Heartsmann and his Mom on Living on his Own
  • Creating Community for Adult Life: Planning an Effective and Exciting Transition
  • Thanks to our Advisory Committee
  • Save The Dates: COPE-DB Holiday Party, Lowenfeld-Akeson Symposium

 

Spring 2007 (Vol. 12, No. 5)

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Theme: Hearing and Assistive Technology

  • What’s New In Hearing
  • New Teacher Training Program Announcement
  • Useful Web Resources for Issues Related to Hearing, Cochlear Implants, and Bone Anchored Hearing Aids
  • News & Events: CHARGE Conference, COPE-DB Picnics, Spanish Workshop
  • Invitation to CDBS Suite at the CHARGE Conference


Winter 2007 (Vol. 12, No. 4)

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Theme: Annual Communication Issue

  • Communication: The Basic Tool for Independence
  • Communication Between Family and School: Creating a Communication Notebook that Works
  • The minute you walk in the door
  • Cochlear Implant Study
  • News & Events


Summer 2006 (Vol. 12, No. 3)

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Theme: Health and Family Perspectives

  • Time To Eat (On Overcoming Nearly Impossible Obstacles)
  • Living With Late-Onset Seizures
  • Some Considerations and Strategies When Working With Latino Families
  • Strategies for Successful Medical/Dental Appointments for Individuals who are Deaf-Blind (Spanish and English fact sheets)


Winter 2006 (Vol. 12, No. 2)

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Theme: Interveners and Natural Supports

  • The Intervener: Big Idea, Substantial Results
  • It's Only Natural: The Use of Interveners and Natural Supports for Learners with Deaf-blindness
  • Interveners Sharing Their Strategies: Amy Hernandez, Brian Oey, Casey Muehlig
  • Things to Remember When Requesting an Intervener for Your Child (English and Spanish fact sheets)
  • News and Events: Summer Intervener Training Institute


Fall 2005 (Vol. 12, No. 1)

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Theme: The Brain, The Senses and Cognition

  • Feeling the Pressure: The Forgotten Sense of Proprioception
  • Thinking Deep Thoughts
  • The Plastic Brain
  • Can Hearing Be Restored?
  • News and Events


Spring 2005 (Vol. 11, No. 5)

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Theme: Annual Communication Issue

  • Understanding Coactive and Tactile Signing
  • Name Cues
  • Getting Started with Object Communication
  • Tips for Improving the Accuracy of Signed Communication (English and Spanish fact sheets)
  • News and Events


Fall 2004 (Vol. 11, No. 4)

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Theme: Transitions Between Educational Programs

  • ‘Knowing The Child’ — Personal Passports
  • Transitioning to High School
  • A Classroom Teacher’s Perspective
  • Successful Transitions Between Programs (English and Spanish fact sheets)
  • A Well Planned Move
  • COPE-DB Update


Summer 2004 (Vol. 11, No. 3)

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Theme: Personal Perspectives of Adult Issues

  • My Best Hearing with a Cochlear Implant
  • Conservatorship: What's It All About?
  • COPE-DB Summer Picnics; Intervener Training
  • Spanish Communication Workshop-Riverside (English and Spanish flyers)
  • Successful Transitions from School to Adulthood (English and Spanish fact sheets)


Spring 2004 (Vol. 11, No. 2)

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Theme: Communicating With All the Senses

  • The Powerful Sense of Smell
  • Becoming Aware Through Touch
  • Utilizing the Sense of Smell in Children and Youth with Deaf-Blindness (fact sheet)
  • Spanish Communication Workshop--Los Angeles (English and Spanish flyers)
  • e-distribution Update


Fall 2003 (Vol. 11, No. 1)

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Theme: CDBS Refunded

  • The Next Five Years
  • New Intervener Training Initiative; Meet the CDBS Staff
  • 2004 Family Events
  • Network of Family Support Providers
  • reSources moves to e-distribution (postcard)


Spring 2003 (Vol. 10, No. 15)

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Theme: Etiologies

  • Educational and Behavioral Implications of Missing Balance Sense in CHARGE Syndrome
  • Leading Causes of Deaf-Blindness
  • Etiologies (fact sheet)
  • Is Knowing My Son's Etiology Really That Important?
  • Two Excellent New Resources
  • Educational Assessments


Fall 2002 (Vol. 10, No. 14)

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Theme: Sibling Support

  • Gifts From My Sister
  • Satellite Training Registration: Sibling Support
  • "Brothers and Sisters" (fact sheet)
  • CDBS Lending Library: Resources on Sibling and Family Issues


Spring/Summer 2002 (Vol. 10, No. 13)

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Theme: Communication

  • Communication Systems to Last a Lifetime
  • Communication Resources - Project SALUTE website
  • Voice Output Communication Devices (fact sheet)
  • Report on State Deaf-Blind Conference, "California Coming Together"

Winter 2002 (Vol. 10, No. 12)

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Theme: One-on-Ones

  • Effective Use of One-on-Ones for Children who are Deaf-Blind
  • Interview with a One-on-One: Stories and Insights from the Field
  • The Use of Interveners (fact sheet)

Fall 2001 (Vol. 10, No. 11)

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Theme: Family Support

  • Juanito's Achievements: Improvement Through Team Work
  • A Parent's Coming to Terms with the Diagnosis of Deaf-Blindness
  • COPE D-B Picnics
  • Maintaining a Home-School Relationship (fact sheet)

Summer 2001 (Vol. 10, No. 10)

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Theme: Transition

  • Is There Life After Special Ed?
  • How to Create a Winning Video Resume (fact sheet)
  • Usher Syndrome workshops


Winter 2001 (Vol. 10, No. 9)

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Theme: Assessment

  • Follow the Child -- Approaches to Assessing the Functional Vision and Hearing of Young Children with Congenital Deaf-Blindness
  • The 2001 California Deaf-Blind Census: Answers To Our Most Frequently Asked Questions
  • Considerations When Assessing Children and Youth of Spanish Speaking Families (fact sheet)

Fall 2000 (Vol. 10, No. 8)

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Theme: Communication Systems

  • Developing Communication Systems That Meet Everyone's Needs
  • Creating Communication Rich Environments
  • How to Create a Communication Dictionary (fact sheet)


Winter 1999 (Vol. 10, No. 7)

PDF: English
Theme: Communication Trainings

  • CDBS Announces a New Model for Trainings in Communication Systems for Individuals Who are Deaf-Blind
  • Overview of Communication Training of Trainers Model


Fall 1999 (Vol. 10, No. 6)

PDF: English
Theme: Families

  • The Impact of Having a Child Who is Deafblind on the Family
  • Growing Together: Understanding the Emotional Impact of Disability
  • Mental Health Concerns for Families: Results of a Focus Group Study on Deafblindness
  • Family Camp 1999
  • Making Connections: Families Sharing Information and Experiences


Summer 1999 (Vol. 10, No. 5)

English
Theme: Communication

  • Learning to Communicate: Strategies for Developing Communication with Infants Whose Multiple Disabilities Include Visual Impairment and Hearing Loss
  • Communicating with Bruno


Spring 1999 (Vol. 10, No. 4)

PDF: English
Theme: Siblings

  • The Kinship of My Kids: A Mom's Perspective
  • Strategies for Enhancing Relationships Among Siblings
  • Sibling Resources
  • Sisters and Brothers Speak Out
  • Summer Opportunities for Individuals who are Deaf-Blind

Fall 1998 (Vol. 10, No. 3)

PDF: English
Theme: Living Options

  • James, Joe and Risa's House
  • Bayberry's Residential Transitional Service
  • The Manager's Role in Supported Living
  • A Typical Day in the Life of Joshua

Summer 1998 (Vol. 10, No. 2)

English
Theme: Designing Educational Services

  • Designing Educational Services for Students who are Deaf-Blind in General Education Classrooms
  • CDBS Welcomes New Staff Members
  • Can My Child Play, Too?
  • Summer Opportunities for Individuals who are Deaf-Blind
  • A Real Circle


Winter 1998 (Vol. 10, No. 1)

English
Theme: Changes at CDBS

  • Who's Who at CDBS
  • Positive New Approaches to Service Delivery
  • CDBS Mission Statement


Summer 1997 (Vol. 9, No. 3)

English
Theme: Sexuality

  • Taking The Fear Out Of Sex Education
  • Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors
  • Puberty Again
  • Sexuality And The Deaf-Blind Child


Spring 1997 (Vol. 9, No. 2)

English
Theme: Amplification and Technology

  • Some Thoughts From A Teacher
  • Me And My FM
  • Application Of FM Technology To Children
  • Hearing Aids: Love'em, Wear'em And Keep'em In
  • Tuning In With An AM/FM System
  • Hand In Hand With Technology
  • We're On The Web


Winter 1997 (Vol. 9, No. 1)

English
Theme: Employment

  • Working Together for Angelica
  • Roots and Wings
  • "I Like Machines"
  • The Journey to Employment
  • Special, and Yet...
  • Transition Services


Fall 1996

English
Theme: Team

  • Overview: Team Project
  • Becoming a Team for the Team
  • Sacramento County Tea
  • Newport or Bust
  • Mark Twain Team
  • San Bernardino Schools' Team
  • Summer Team Training


Summer 1996

English
Theme: Siblings

  • I Have a Sister. My Sister is Different: So What!
  • Adam's Our Little Brother
  • My Sister, My Friend
  • He's Not Heavy, He's My Brother
  • How My Deaf-Blind Sister Influenced My Life
  • My Helper
  • The Sibling Support Group


Spring 1996

English
Theme: Consumers

  • Meet Some Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind
  • Growing Up Deaf-Blind
  • I'm an Adult In Transition
  • Sharing
  • Attitudes


Winter 1996

English
Theme: State Conference

  • Dr. Jan van Dijk
  • Marilyn Stack, Educational Specialist
  • Mary Maussang, Special Education Teacher
  • Jane Montgomery, Special Education Preschool Teacher
  • Antoinette (Toni) Anderson, Itinerant Teacher Visually Impaired
  • Connie Johnson, "Early Start" Infant Toddler Home Teacher
  • Catherine Nelson, Program Specialist
  • The Little Room

 

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