Free Publications

NEC distributes several different forms and documents and publications which provide information about deafblindness and related topics for free feel free to use these documents below.

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NEC Publications

Infant Brochures
Two Infant Brochures, the Vision Brochure and the Vision & Hearing Brochure provide information on vision and hearing impairment, sensory development, specialty providers, and early Intervention. (PDF)


MatchMaker Manual
This MatchMaker Manual is a 15.5MB document. (PDF)


Parent Road Map
Newly published/posted parent booklet. Your Guide to Raising a Child with Combined Hearing and Vision Losses. It's on the Minnesota DeafBlind Project website at www.dbproject.mn.org There are several sections that relate to all parents. NEC is in the process of revising this document to make it state specific for our four states.

• Connecticut Parent Road Map
• Maine Parent Road Map
• Massachusetts Parent Road Map
• New Hampshire Parent Road Map

DB-LINK Publications
DB-LINK has published several documents and maintains several reference sections that you may find helpful. The following links take you to the DB-LINK site, where the documents are published. To return to the NEC site, please hit the Back button on your browser.

• Communication (also available in Spanish)
• Expressive Communication (also available in Spanish)
• Receptive Communication (also available in Spanish)
• Early Interactions with Children Who Are Deaf-Blind (also available in Spanish)
• The Importance of Orientation and Mobility Skills For Students Who Are Deaf-Blind (also available in Spanish)
• Literacy For Persons Who Are Deaf-Blind (also available in Spanish)
• Deaf-Blindness Overview (also available in Spanish)
• Proceedings, Conferences and Symposiums (View in Spanish)
• Harmonious Interactions - Practice Perspectives (also available in Spanish)
• Recreation and Leisure
• Research to Practice
• Sexuality Education for Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind and Significantly Developmentally Delayed Robbie Blaha & Kate Moss
• Talking the Language of the Hands to the Hands (also available in Spanish, German, and Swedish)
  

Selected Topics
For more information not found below click this link to go to the DB-LINK Info Services site.

• Assessment
• Auditory Neuropathy
• Babies and Infants
• Brain See/Hear fall 97 issue
• Calendar Systems
• Causes of Deafblindness
• Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)
• Charge Syndrome
• Cochlear Implants
• College Education
• Communication
• Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)
• Characteristics of CVI
• Strategies for Working with Children with CVI
• Deaf-Blindness - Books and Curricula
• Deaf-Blindness - Overview
• Deaf-Blindness - Definitions
• Early Intervention
• Education
• Employment
• Environmental Considerations
• Helen Keller & Frequently Asked Questions
• Interpreting for Individuals who are Deaf-Blind
• Interveners
• Rubella Syndrome
• Self-Determination
• Sex Education
• Siblings
• Tactile Learning
• Technology
• Transition
• Usher Syndrome Type I
• Usher Syndrome - Type II
• Dr. Jan van Dijk Materials
  

Other Publications
New Charge Syndrome Book - Available October 2010

Publications in Spanish
(Also see the spanish website)
Recursos en Espanol