Resources

NEC distributes several different forms and documents which provide information about deafblindness and related topics.

Currently available on this page:
New England Center Brochure
Infant Brochures
DB-LINK Documents
NEC Newsletter (InTouch)
MatchMaker Manual

Note: Some documents that you may download from this page are saved in PDF format, which requires Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, please visit adobe.com for a free download.

Watch a video of Deanna learning the colors of sign language 

Still working on uploading the video. Sorry. (It's too large at the moment.)

• Connecticut Deafblind Project Brochure (coming)
• Maine Deafblind Project Brochure (coming)
• Massachusetts Deafblind Project Brochure (coming)
• New Hampshire Deafblind Project Brochure (coming)

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 whit 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.

DB-LINK Documents: 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.

DB-LINK Publications

• 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 - Practive 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
• Enviromental Considerations
• Hellen 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. J. van Dijk Materials
  

Resources in Spanish: Recursos en Espanol