Associations and Organizations

• Canadian Deafblind Association – CDBA (Has provincial affiliates). http://www.cdbanational.com/en/definitions.html

• Canadian National Society of the Deaf-Blind Inc. – CNSDB http://www.deafblindcanada.ca/

• American Association of the Deaf-Blind. http://www.aadb.org/index.html

• Deafblind International: The World Association promoting services for deafblind people http://deafblindinternational.org/review1_shc.html

Services

• Canadian Hearing Society – CHS (Ontario only) Deafblind Services http://www.chs.ca/services/deafblind-services

• Canadian Helen Keller Centre (Toronto only) – CHKC http://www.chkc.org/index.php

• CNIB (Ontario only) Deafblind Services http://www.cnib.ca/en/ontario/programs-services/Pages/default.aspx#article10

• Intervenor Organization of Ontario http://www.intervenors.ca/

• Resource Centre for Manitobans who are Deaf-Blind – RCMDB http://www.rcmdb.mb.ca/bw_home.html

• National Centre on Deaf-Blindness (USA). http://www.nationaldb.org

• Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (USA) http://www.hknc.org/

• Helen Keller International http://www.hki.org

Service Support Provider – SSP (Intervenor) Instruction Resources

• Alberta Society for the DeafBlind

• Canadian Deafblind Association (2009). Competency Framework for Intervenors for Individuals who are Deafblind http://www.cdbanational.com/en/competencies.html

• Canadian Deafblind Association Intervention Principles (2005).  http://www.cdbanational.com/en/principles.html

• Tucker, J., & Gosciminski, M. (2013). CNIB Deafblind Services, Intervenor Apprenticeship Training Program Manual

• Bourquin, E., Gasaway, M., Jordan, B., Pope, R., Rosenweig, N., Spiers, E. (2006). Support Service Providers for Persons Who are Deaf-Blind. American Association of the Deaf-Blind. http://www.aadb.org/information/ssp/ssp.html

• Gallagher, James. (2002). A-Z to Deafblindness. http://www.deafblind.com/index.html

• Nuccio, J. & Smith, T. (2010) Comprehensive Training for Deaf-Blind Persons and Their Support Service Providers. http://seattledbsc.org/dbssp-curriculum/

• Pro-Tactile: The DeafBlind Way. http://www.protactile.org/

Service Support Provider – SSP (Intervenor) Training Programs in Canada

• Douglas College (BC) Deafblind Intervention Certificate Program

• http://www.douglascollege.ca/programs-courses/continuing-education/child-family-community/deafblind-intervention-certificate

• George Brown College (Ontario) Intervenor for Deafblind Persons Diploma Program http://www.georgebrown.ca/C108-2013-2014/

Interpreting Instruction Resources

• The National (USA) Task Force on Deaf-Blind Interpreting (2008). Curriculum Guide for Infusing Deaf-Blind Interpreting into an Interpreter Education Program http://www.interpretereducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Curriculum_Guide_NTFDBI.pdf

• National (USA) Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials (NCRTM) ASL-English and deafblind interpreting resources. https://ncrtm.ed.gov/

• National (USA) Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers’ (NCIEC) ASL-English and deafblind interpreting resources. http://www.interpretereducation.org/

• (USA) Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Standard Practice Paper (2007). Interpreting for Individuals Who are Deaf-Blind. http://rid.org/about-interpreting/standard-practice-papers/

• World Association of Sign Language Interpreters (2012). Deafblind Interpreter Education Guidelines http://www.wasli.org/deafblind-interpreting-p154.aspx.

Studies

• Bodsworth, S.M., Clare, I.C.H., Simblett, S.K. & Deafblind UK (2011), Deafblindness and mental health: Psychological distress and unmet need among adults with dual sensory impairment. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 29(1), 626.  http://www.deafblindinternational.org/PDF/Deafblindness%20and%20Mental%20Health.pdf

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