WSDS Listservs
Special Program: Washington State Services for Children with Deaf-Blindness
Website Favorites
State Agencies and Programs
We maintain two email listservs to share information, ask questions, and discuss concerns regarding children and youth aged birth through 21 who are deaf-blind, one for family members and one for service providers.
Family Members: To subscribe, contact Sandy Honeycutt shoneycutt@psesd.org or call 1-800-572-7000 or 425-917-7827.
Service Providers: To subscribe, contact Kathee Scoggin at kscogginwsds@gmail.com
or call 1-800-572-7000 or 509-299-5123.
WSDS receives an additional federal grant to support the needs of children and youth aged birth to 21 who have both hearing loss and visual impairment. These funds allow us to offer more technical assistance and training regarding needs of individual children who qualify as deaf-blind. We also are able to offer varied supports for family members.
For more information, contact Sandy Honeycutt.
These are just a few of our favorites. We’ll add to this list as we come across new websites that we like.
Design to Learn Projects
Contains information on tangible symbols, presymbolic communications, and other communication strategies for students with significant disabilities including deaf-blindness. And for those of you using tangible symbols with your students, there is a page on the above website that gives tips about using tangible symbols from practioners in the United States. If you have tips you are willing to share, follow the instructions on the following page: http://designtolearn.com/pages/train.html
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths & Adults (HKNC)
Information about rehabilitation and personal adjustment training program at HKNC’s headquarters in Sands Point, New York.
National Family Association for Deaf-Blind (NFADB)
A non-profit volunteer-based family association, the largest national network of families.
National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB)
Assists families, service providers, and state deaf-blind projects (such as Washington State Services for Children with Deaf-Blindness) in their efforts to improve the quality of services to children and young adults who are deaf-blind.
Project SALUTE
Contains a wealth of information on tactile learning by deaf-blind children, with helpful illustrations and practical strategies.
Deaf-Blind Service Center (Seattle)
Offers services to Washington state residents over the age of 16.
206-323-9178 TTY only
Or call 711 for relay service.
Email: mailto:ifo@seattledbsc.org
Helen Keller Regional Center
206-324-9120 (V)
206-324-1133 (TTY)
Email: nwhknc@juno.com