Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired Outreach Programs www.tsbvi.edu 512-454-8631 1100 W. 45 th St. Austin, TX 78756 2019 Texas Symposium on DeafBlindness: Resonance February 21-23, 2019 Using Sign Language and Touch Signals with Children and Teens who are DeafBlind Saturday, Breakout Session 10:15-11:45 AM Presented by Tara Brown-Ogilvie, Ph.D. Student University of Northern Colorado tara.brownogilvie@gmail.com Developed for Texas DeafBlind Outreach Program Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired
Slide 1: Using Sign Language and Touch Signals with Children and Teens who are DeafBlind Texas DeafBlind Symposium 2019 Tara Brown-Ogilvie, COMS Slide2: This is a Disclaimer! Learning Simple Signs does not negate having a sign language interpreter or other primary communication facilitation The section on Touch Signals is more to create awareness than to elicit expertise Touch signals is not a replacement for sign language or other communication modality I will try my best to answer questions about specific students, but understand it is best to make major educational or other decisions after an in-person assessment from a local deafblind consultant/specialist Slide 3: Figure 1 Graphic of the ASL alphabet and numbers up to 9 "Copyright William Vicars, sign language resources at Lifeprint.com" Slide 4: Simple Signs - General Figure 2 Clip art of a woman signing "hello". Hello/Goodbye Nice to meet you My name is Practice with a buddy! 2019 TX Symposium on DeafBlindness Using Sign Language & Touch Signals with Children & Teens who are DB Olgive-Brown, T. 1
Slide 5: Simple Signs General Figure 3 Clip art of a woman signing "stop" Photo Credit: babysignlanguage.com Wait/Stop Bathroom Need interpreter? Slide 6: Simple Signs General Figure 4 Clip art of a woman signing "please" Please/Thank You You re welcome Awesome You re doing good! 2019 TX Symposium on DeafBlindness Using Sign Language & Touch Signals with Children & Teens who are DB Olgive-Brown, T. 2
Slide 7: Simple Signs General Figure 5 Clip art of a woman signing "good" Photo Credit: babysignlanguage.com How are you? Good/OK Improvise feelings Practice with a buddy! Slide 8: Simple Signs General Figure 6 Clip art of a woman signing "play" Photo Credit: babysignlanguage.com Ready All done! Start/Finish Class School Play 2019 TX Symposium on DeafBlindness Using Sign Language & Touch Signals with Children & Teens who are DB Olgive-Brown, T. 3
Slide 9: Questions? Review? Figure 7 A dog looking at the camera with the mem of "much questions, many answers" Good to move on? Slide 10: Simple Signs Choice Making Figure 8 Clip art of a woman signing "no" Yes/No Like/Dislike Nervous Continue? Break? Any questions! 2019 TX Symposium on DeafBlindness Using Sign Language & Touch Signals with Children & Teens who are DB Olgive-Brown, T. 4
Slide 11: Simple Signs Travel Figure 9 Clip art of woman signing "walk". Photo Credit: babysignlanguage.com Walk Street Corner Cross See/Look Traffic Walk sign Slide 12: Simple Signs Travel Figure 10 Clip art of a woman signing "car" Photo Credit: babysignlanguage.com Car Bus Para-Transit Slow down Safe (yes/no?) Other? 2019 TX Symposium on DeafBlindness Using Sign Language & Touch Signals with Children & Teens who are DB Olgive-Brown, T. 5
Slide 13: Simple Signs Specialty Areas Figure 11 Clip art of a woman signing "backpack" Braille Cane Glasses/Blindfold Monocular Backpack iphone/ ipad Deaf Blind Slide 14: Simple Signs Specialists Orientation & Mobility/ Cane Teacher Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI) Speech-Language Pathologist/Therapist Physical Therapist/Occupational Therapist Gym Teacher Science Teacher Etc..Any other specific area or terms?? 2019 TX Symposium on DeafBlindness Using Sign Language & Touch Signals with Children & Teens who are DB Olgive-Brown, T. 6
Slide 15: Final Questions Before Touch Signals? Figure 12 Picture of a dog making a funny face with text that says "any questions" Slide 16: What are Touch Signals? Figure 13 Picture of a Brazilian man who is deafblind following along with a televised soccer game with his friends providing haptic feedback, one with signals on his back and the other using hand under hand on a homemade soccer field Slide 17: Figure 14 Chart: "Touch" is at the top with two lines coming from it: left-hand reads "Pro-tactile (PT)" and right-hand reads "Haptics". 2019 TX Symposium on DeafBlindness Using Sign Language & Touch Signals with Children & Teens who are DB Olgive-Brown, T. 7
Slide 18: Want to Learn More About Haptics? Helen Keller National Center: Haptics Video Series https://www.helenkeller.org/hknc/haptics-video-series Figure 15 Book cover for "Haptic Communication" Slide 19: Where to use touch signals? Back Shoulder Upper Arm Knee Hand/Foot Figure 16 Example of touch signals on a mans back 2019 TX Symposium on DeafBlindness Using Sign Language & Touch Signals with Children & Teens who are DB Olgive-Brown, T. 8
Slide 20: Examples of touch signals Encouragement Directives Feedback Safety Other Figure 17 Picture of a women's back with two white lines making an "X" shape on her back Slide 21: Practice with a buddy! Figure 18 Picture of an orange kitten almost doing a handstand with the text " with practice you can develop new abilities" 2019 TX Symposium on DeafBlindness Using Sign Language & Touch Signals with Children & Teens who are DB Olgive-Brown, T. 9
Slide 22: Final Questions?? Figure 19 A dog looking towards the camera with his paw up in the air as if he/she were asking a question and the text "I have additional questions" Slide 23: Thank You Be sure to get a Handout Contact: tara.brownogilvie@gmail.com Search Tara Brown-Ogilvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, and ResearchGate. 2019 TX Symposium on DeafBlindness Using Sign Language & Touch Signals with Children & Teens who are DB Olgive-Brown, T. 10
Resources on Deafblindess Where to start (based on client age) Birth 21 Contact your State Deaf-Blind Project Director https://nationaldb.org/members/list?type=state+project 18+ Contact your Helen Keller Regional Representative https://www.helenkeller.org/hknc/nationwide-services Need to hire or work with a Sign Language Interpreter How to locate a sign language interpreter in your area https://www.helenkeller.org/hknc/nationwide-services Tips on how to work with a sign language interpreter https://dhcc.org/interpreting-services/guide-to-working-with-interpreter/ Where to learn about Deaf-Blind Interveners or Support Service Providers Interveners and Children who Are Deaf-Blind Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services http://sites.ed.gov/osers/2015/12/interveners-and-children-who-are-deaf-blind/ Support Service Providers White Paper - American Association of the Deaf Blind http://www.aadb.org/information/ssp/white_paper_ssp.html Pro-Tactile & Haptics Welcome to Pro-Tactile: The DeafBlind Way Pro-tacile Vlogs (ASL videos no English Captions) http://www.protactile.org/ 103 Haptic Signals A Reference Book (PDF) The Danish Association of the Deafblind http://wasli.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/103-haptic-signals-english.pdf O&M tips for working with students who are deaf-blind Chris Tabb Live Binder https://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1804265 Dona Sauerburger - Orientation and Mobility (O&M) for Deaf-Blind People http://www.sauerburger.org/dona/db.htm
Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired Outreach Programs Figure 20 TSBVI logo. Figure 21 IDEAs that Work logo. This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education.