Communication & Congenital Deafblindness by Inger Rodbroe and Marleen Janssen is a series of four booklets that are written to support and inspire individuals and teams that work with people who are deafblind. A companion DVD is included with each booklet to illustrate major concepts. The booklets are based on the work of Deafblind International’s Communication Network.
The four booklets are:
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Congenital Deafblindness and the Core Principles of Intervention
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Contact and Social Interaction
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Meaning Making
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Transition to Cultural Language
A 12-page excerpt is available to download for free: Congenital deafblindness: a unique disability. It includes the following sections:
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Introduction
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The personal and developmental consequences
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How can we actually assess the characteristic features of deafblindness?
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What are the prerequisites for development and learning?
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The acceptance and responsibility of society to acknowledge deafblindness as a unique disability and to establish relevant services
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The knowledge of professionals on processes of development and learning
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The knowledge of professionals on deafblindness
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The knowledge of professionals/ families on individual assessment and intervention
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The competency of the partners
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Conditions of a learning environment
The books are available for purchase through Amazon.