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    What Is The Deal With Deafblindness?

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    Description

    What's the big deal? Wisconsin has a new disability category! Join us to learn about the category of deafblindness and available resources, supports and services available to students who are deafblind and their teams.

    Outcomes of Presentation

    1. Increase knowledge and understanding of deafblindness as a disability category in the State of Wisconsin and proper referral methods for technical assistance and support.
    2. Understand the importance of identifying deafblindness as a unique disability.
    3. Recognize the areas that can be impacted by deafblindness for an individual including the areas of transition, social emotional and well being, academic performance, communication, independence and self-determination and cognitive learning.

    Contributors

    • Jen Gettelman

      Jen Gettelman is the current Wisconsin Deafblind Technical Assistance Project’s Deafblind Consultant. She has a BA in elementary education and social sciences from Marquette University and her MA in Deaf Education from Gallaudet University. She has been a teacher working with Deaf and Deafblind students for 15 years and has been on the WDBTAP team for the last 2 years.

    • Jolene Gruber

      Jolene Gruber also works with the WDBTAP as the Grant Coordinator. She has a BS in Community Health Education from Brigham Young University and worked for over 10 years in adult workforce and vocational services before coming to WDBTAP in 2010.

    • Dani Kaslow

      Dani Kaslow has been with the Center for Deaf-Blind Persons since 2006. She has a B.S in communications from Northwestern University and has a certificate graduate study in Deaf-Blind Rehabilitation services from Northern Illinois University and her Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) Certification from Rehabilitation, Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America. Dani’s focus is on technology and she conducts assistive technology assessments of deaf-blind individuals throughout the state with the ICanConnect program.

    May 5, 2022
    Thu 8:15 AM CDT

    Duration 1H 15M

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    (703) 671-5873
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