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Course Title:
Overview of Deafblindness with an Emphasis in Communication

Course Sponsor:
The Project for New Mexico Children and Youth Who are Deafblind and Center for Development and Disability created the course through funding provided by the United States Department of Education, the New Mexico State Department of Education Special Education Unit, Albuquerque Public Schools and the New Mexico State Department of Health.

The course is offered periodically pending student enrollment.

FEE: The course is free to NM residents. There is a $100.00 course fee to take the class for out of state participants.

A Certificate of Completion will be provided to all participants who complete the course.

For more information please contact:

Instructors and On-line Office Hours
Cece Quintana:
Monday & Thursdays 6pm -- 7pm
On Mondays call in Albuquerque at 505-268-9506;
If outside Albuquerque area call 1-800-437-3505 and ask for the preschool.
Email: cquintana@nmsbvi.k12.nm.us

Toni Trujillo:
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays 6pm-8pm;
Work phone: 505-496-0899
Home phone: 505-647-3082
Email: maritruj@nmsu.edu

INSTRUCTORS WILL RESPOND TO EMAIL ON
DAILY BASIS DURING THE WEEK

Required Text
Hand-In-Hand: Essentials of Communication and Orientation and Mobility for Your Students Who Are Deaf-Blind. Vol. 1-2
Edited by: Kathleen Mary Huebner, Jeanne Glidden Prickett, Therese Rafalowski Welch, and Elga Joffee. Texts may be purchased directly from the American Foundation for the Blind at: http://www.afb.org/store Complete a search within the Bookstore for "Hand-In-Hand" to purchase on-line. Other sites available for on-line book purchasing are Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.

Grading Schedule
Read and post responses on the Virtual Conference Center

• (VCC) during 10 sessions for maximum of 15 points each ---POSSIBLE TOTAL 150 points
• Complete 3 Quizzes: Maximum possible 25 points each ----POSSIBLE TOTAL 75 points
• Complete Communication Profile: Maximum POSSIBLE 50 points
• Complete Functional Analysis of Communicative Intent (Final): Maximum POSSIBLE 125 points

Grading Scale:

• 400 - 360 = A
• 359 - 320 = B
• 319 - 280 = C
• 279 - 240 = D
• Below 240 = F

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES If you have or believe you have a disability, you may wish to self-identify. You may do so by providing documentation to the Project for New Mexico Children and Youth Who Are Deafblind. If you have a condition that may affect your ability to participate or complete this course, you are encouraged to discuss this in confidence with the instructors and/or Molly McLaughlin of the Project for New Mexico Children and Youth Who Are Deafblind. All possible accommodations will be explored.

Course Objectives
Students will be able to:

• participate and interact on-line utilizing CAUCUS (web software), manipulate a search and use email on the internet;
• define deafblindness, read an audiogram, and experience a visual/hearing impairment;
• complete a communication profile; and
• complete a functional analysis of a communicative intent.

Course Schedule (Weeks of September 10th through December 14, 2007)
Dates are given as "Monday — Friday" as convention, however, this does not limit participants who wish to post responses on the weekends. (Instructors will be monitoring course activity in Caucus on weekends.)

Enter the Virtual Conference Center and your case discussions here.

For more information about the web course please contact:

Project for New Mexico Children Who Are Deafblind
The Center for Development and Disability
2300 Menaul NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
Email: nmdb@salud.unm.edu  

For technical questions please contact Rose Hessmiller at roseh@salud.unm.edu 

Voice/TTY: (505) 272-0321
Toll Free: (877) 614-4051
Fax: (505) 272-5280

The Center for Development and Disability
Main Number: (505) 272-3000