National Consortium on
Deaf-Blindness
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National Consortium on
Deaf-Blindness
• Understand the components and services of
the national consortium
• Understand the connections and inter-related
links to services and resources for DB
students, families, and professionals
• Understand NCDB’s commitment to a
leadership role in DB personnel training
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NCDB Mission
“To collaborate with other projects,
organizations and agencies to build the
capacity of families, services providers
and systems throughout the nation in
service of the highest possible quality of
life for children and youth who are deafblind.”
www.nationaldb.org
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NCDB Objectives
1. Communicate, collaborate and form partnerships
2. Implement an ongoing, multi-level needs assessment
3. Provide national leadership in the implementation of evidencebased practices
4. Implement an array of technical assistance and personnel
training
5. Utilize partnerships to build the capacity of youth and families to
promote empowerment and self-advocacy
6. Provide national leadership to promote personnel training to
address the shortage of leadership and highly qualified
personnel
7. Identify, collect, organize and disseminate information related to
deaf-blindness
8. Expand the utilization of information resources by developing
and disseminating accessible products
9. Implement a comprehensive system of evaluation
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NCDB Model
 Evolutionary model based on 50 years of DB
work
 Collaborative partnerships and relationships
 Consistent focus to improve services
 Out-of-the-box thinking and planning
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INFORMATION
Technical Assistance
DB-LINK Info Services
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Personnel Training
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NCDB’s Technical Assistance
TA services are delivered through a
combination of three types of activities:
• State specific TA & training
• Multi-state TA & training
• National TA & training
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Functions of DB-LINK
• Identify & organize information
• Create & manage databases
• Provide personalized inquiry-response
• Coordinate dissemination
• Develop & maintain website and products
• Serve technical assistance providers
• Collaborate nationwide
• Provides largest and only DB clearinghouse in nation
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Information Services and Dissemination
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Organizations
and agencies
State DB projects
Communities of
practice
Libraries
Individuals who are deaf-blind
Researchers
Legal professionals
Medical professionals
Psychological professionals
SEA/LEA
Voc Rehab
General public
Rehab programs
Families/siblings
Educators
Info centers
Social service programs
OSEP TA/D projects
Related service
providers
Information Services Technical Assistance
Personnel Training
Information/Knowledge Management
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Personnel Training
• Desired Outcome
• Facilitate development of national personnel training
and leadership consortium
• Partners
• 14 universities offering some level of training in deafblindness to service providers
• Activity
• 3 meetings; 4 conference calls; many emails!
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Personnel Training
System Outcomes
• Development and submission of teacher and intervener
competencies to CEC for program accreditation
• Development and submission of collaborative low
incidence personnel preparation grant to increase
number of highly qualified teachers
• Development of research design matrix to categorize
research-based and evidence-based practices in the field
• Development of strong, ongoing collaborative
relationships across programs and faculty
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NCDB Personnel Prep Consortium
Work on Deaf
Blindness was
provided a forum
through NCDB to
move critical efforts
forward.
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NCDB Personnel
Prep Consortium
GOAL: Provide leadership in personnel
training in the field of deaf-blindness.
1. National personnel training and
leadership consortium
2. Personnel training activities
3. Collaboration with Personnel
preparation programs
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Planned and Accomplished
Deaf Blind competencies for interveners
and teachers submitted to Council for
Exceptional Children
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Deaf Blind Research
• IN PROCESS: Planning, collecting, and
organizing research to assess what has been
done and what needs to be investigated.
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IN PROCESS Web-Based
Repository
• Video clips
• Web resource
sharing
• Evidence-based
resources
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RESULTS: Helen Keller
Fellows Project
• OSEP Combined Priority for Personnel
Preparation Grant
• Improve the quality and increase the number
of personnel in chronic shortage area
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Focus of HK Fellows
• Increase teacher leadership in deaf
blindness
• Network across the nation
• Learn from DB experts
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Each Year Each Cohort
• Participates in
webinars
• Attends DB Topical
• Attends DB
Leadership Seminar
• Interns with State
DB Project
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Outcome of HK Fellows
Through the opportunities to meet,
interact, and work with current experts
in the field of deaf blindness Four
Cohorts will be encouraged and
mentored as new DB leaders.
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Importance of this Model
• May be able to replicate it in other low
incidence areas.
• Demonstrates collaboration across
universities and states.
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University Resources
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• Boston College
• East Carolina U
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• Hunter College of City U
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of NY
• San Francisco
State U
• Texas Tech U
• U of New Orleans
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Dr. Susan Bruce, 617.552.4180,
susan.bruce@bc.edu
Dr. Susan Bashinski, 252.737.1705,
bashinskis@ecu.edu
Dr. Roseanne Silberman,
212.772.4740,
rsilberm@hunter.cuny.edu
Liz Hartmann, 415.867.8948,
lizhartmann@gmail.com
Dr. Roseanna Davidson,
806.742.1997,
roseanna.davidson@ttu.edu
Dr. Bill Sharpton,
504.280.1398,wsharpto@uno.edu
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University Resources
• U of Alabama –
Birmingham
• U of Arizona
• U of Southern
Mississippi
• Utah State
• U of Utah
• Dr. Mary Jean Sanspree,
205.934.6723,
sanspree@uab.edu
• Dr. Stephanie MacFarland,
520.621.5165,
szm@u.arizona.edu
• Dr. Linda McDowell,
601.606.8040,
linda.mcdowell@usm.edu
• Linda Alsop, 435.797.5598,
linda.alsop@usu.edu
• Dr. Cathy Nelson,
801.585.3260,
cathy.nelson@utah.edu
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State and Multi-State DB Projects
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AK-Patrick Pillai, 907.562.7372,
ppillai@sesa.org
AL-Mary Jean Sanspree,
205.934.6723,
sanspree@uab.edu
AR-Martha Kay Asti,
501.682.4248,
martha.asti@arkansas.gov
AZ-Cindi Robinson,
520.770.3861,
crobinson@asdb.state.az.us
CA-Maurice Belote,
415.405.7558,
mbelote@sfsu.edu
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CO-Tanni Anthony,
303.866.6681,
Anthony_T@cde.state.co.us
DE-Peggy Lashbrook,
302.454.2305,
lashbrookm@christina.k12.de.us
FL-Dr. Regina Bussing,
352.273.7550, rbussing@ufl.edu
GA-Dr. Kathryn Heller,
404.413.8040, kheller@gsu.edu
HI-Jessica Lundblad,
808.222.8466,
taule@hawaii.edu
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State and Multi-State DB Projects
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IA-Patrick Clancy, 319.472.5221,
pclancy@iowa-braille.k12.ia.us
ID- Robin Greenfield,
208.364.4012,
rgreen@uidaho.edu
IL-Tina Lechnick, 630.790.2474,
PRC@aol.com
IN-Karen Goehl, 812.237.2827,
kgoehl@indstate.edu
KS-Diane Haynes,
502.777.6235,
diane.haynes@ksb.kyschools.us
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LA-Joyce Russo, 225.3423640,
Joyce.Russo@la.gov
MA-Tracy Evans Luiselli,
617.972.7517,
tracy.luiselli@perkins.org
MD-Dianne Kelly, 301.405.7915,
dmkelly@umd.edu
MI-Beth Kennedy, 989.
774.2725,
Beth.Kenndy@cmich.edu
MN-Sally Prouty, 612.638.1525,
sally.prouty@metroecsu.org
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State and Multi-State DB Projects
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MO-Jennie Mascheck,
314.776.4320,
jmascheck@msb.k12.mo.us
MS-Dr. Linda McDowell,
601.266.5135,
linda.mcdowell@usm.edu
MT-Gail McGregor,
406.243.2348,
mcgregor@ruralinstitute.umt.ed
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NC-Chris Jones, 919.807.3243,
cjones@dpi.state.nc.us
ND-Sherri Nelson,
701.795.2730,
shnelson@nd.gov
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NE-Teresa Coonts,
402.595.1810,
teresa.coonts@nebraska.gov
NJ-Jerry Petroff, 609.771.2998,
JerryGP@aol.com
NM-Molly McLaughlin, 505
272.4349,
mmclaughlin@salud.unmm.edu
NV-MaryAnn Demchak,
775.784.6471, mad@unr.edu
NY-Sam Morgan, 718.997.4853,
samuel.morgan@qc.cuny.edu
OH-Thomas Stephens,
614.785.1163,
tstephens@ssco.org
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State and Multi-State DB Projects
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OK-Jan Watts, 405.325.0441,
jwatts@ou.edu
OR-Lyn Ayer, 503.838.8328,
ayerl@wou.edu
PA-Juli Baumgarner,
412.826.2338,
jbaumgarner@pattan.net
RI-Susan Dell, 401.456.8557,
sdell@ric.edu
SC-Carol Mabry, 803.734.8222,
cmabry@scsdb.org
SD-Rose Moehring,
605.357.1437,
rose.moehring@usd.edu
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TN-Jennifer Vick, 615.936.3329,
jennifer.vick@vanderbilt.edu
TX-Cyral Miller, 512.206.9242,
cyralmiller@tsbvi.edu
UT-Darla Fowers, 801.629.4730,
darlaf@usdb.org
VA- Peggy Sinclair,
804.827.2377,
psinclairmor@vcu.edu
VT-Susan Edelman,
802.656.8554,
susan.edelman@uvm.edu
WA-Nancy Hatfield,
425.917.7828,
nhatfield@psesd.org
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State and Multi-State DB Projects
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WI-Marcy Dicker, 262.787.9540,
marcy.dicker@wesp-dhh.wi.gov
WV-Annette Carey,
304.558.2696,
acarey@access.k12.wv.us
WY-Joanne Whitson,
307.324.5333,
jwhits@educ.state.wy.us
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PR-Marta Sanabria,
787.753.7981,
Sanabria_Ma@de.gobierno.pr
VI-Jill Singer, 340.776.5802,
jsinger@usviosep.org
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Background of NCDB
Combined efforts:
• The Teaching Research Institute (TRI)
at Western Oregon University
• Helen Keller National Center (HKNC)
• Hilton-Perkins Program at Perkins
School for the Blind
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TRI
• The Teaching Research
Institute has conceived,
led, managed and
elevated technical
assistance,
dissemination, symposia
and product
development activities
in the area of deaf
blindness for three
decades.
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HKNC
• Helen Keller National
Center has provided
national leadership in
deaf-blindness and
services to youth and
adults who are deafblind since it was
established by Congress
in 1967.
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TRI and HKNC
Have operated the
National Technical
Assistance
Consortium for
Children and Young
Adults who DeafBlind (NTAC)
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Perkins School for the Blind
• Perkins School for the Blind has served
children who are deaf-blind for more
than 150 years and operates the
Hilton/Perkins Program, which provides
consultation, training and technical
assistance related to deaf-blindness
throughout the nation and in
developing countries.
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TRI, HKNC, Perkins
Have operated the
National Information
Clearinghouse on
Children and Youth
who are Deaf-Blind
(DB-LINK)
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NTAC
DB -LINK
Supporting
echnical ssistance
and
s to information
Informing
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Questions
Further information, please contact:
Dr. Christina Reagle
Teaching Research Institute
503.838.8871
reaglec@wou.edu
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