The author describes a picnic she attended with members of the advocacy group DeafBind Citizens in Action (DBCA) and a few students from the San Francisco State University Specialization in Deaf-Blindness teacher training program. She focuses on an interaction between a DBCA member and a boy with CHARGE syndrome. http://www.cadbs.org/newsletter/resources-summer-20152/ RESOURCES, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 14-16.

The company Deaf-Blind Training, Interpreting & Professional Development (DB-TIP) offers a number of recorded webinars aimed at interpreters. They are available for purchase on the website and are fairly expensive; however, CEUs are included. Not sure how you want to deal with these in the bibliography—whether they should be listed separately or together. Here’s the homepage (https://sites.google.com/site/deafblindtip/); look in the menu on the left side of the page to browse all the webinars they offer.

This curriculum is designed to train interpreters to work with students who are deaf-blind. It consists of a 60-minute DVD and a print manual. There are 8 modules covering legal issues related to interpreting and deaf-blind education, interpreting methods (sign language, voicing using an FM system, typing, Braille), environmental and sign language modifications, and strategies to help interpreters work effectively with teachers and students to make sure that deaf-blind students have access to educational content and the classroom environment. It describes how various types of visual impairments (low vision, blurred vision, central field loss, reduced peripheral vision, fluctuating vision) affect the interpreting process and describes sign language modifications such as tracking, tactile sign language (one-handed and two-handed), and print on palm. Each module is followed by a self-check quiz. The narrated DVD provides numerous examples of the content covered by the manual and additional opportunities for self-testing. There is no date listed on either the DVD or the manual, but the curriculum was released in 2005. Cost: $15.00. Copies may be ordered from the Ohio Center for Deafblind Education (OCDBE), 4795 Evanswood Drive, Suite 300, Columbus, OH 43229. Phone: 614-785-1163. E-mail: ocdbe@ssco.org.

This is the text of a workshop presentation given at the 13th DbI World Conference on Deaf-Blindness. The paper describes the use of Deaf interpreters to work with Deaf visually impaired people. 13th DbI World Conference on Deafblindness Conference Proceedings, August 5-10, 2003, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

It is the intention of Interpreter Education Programs to prepare well-rounded, knowledgeable and skilled practitioners. Yet we are doing them a disservice by not providing adequate exposure and experiences specific to deaf-blind interpreting strategies. A recent survey conducted by the National Task Force on Deaf-Blind Interpreting & the National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers validated this concern as many instructors reported a lack of the requisite content knowledge and skills that are needed to teach deaf-blind content. This online webinar will provide a platform for the sharing of resources amongst IEP instructors on content, activities and materials that are available. Content will be shared from the national survey of interpreter educators, examples of content that should be incorporated and activities for inclusion into the IEP will be suggested. IEP instructors will be asked to share their own ideas and suggestions to their colleagues.