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One of the students POPDB supports, Lex, recently had an opportunity to showcase his experiences participating in his school's work study program. Lex, with the support of his Intervenor,…
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Tools for facilitating transition to adulthood for students with deafblindness.
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POPDB Teachers Emily, Meaghan, and Allana completed training in the Tactile Working Memory Scale
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Getting a Haircut
Contribution by Mary Hennig, Intervenor, SD 67 The student I support is an individual with deafblindness. He is profoundly deaf and uses ASL as his primary form of communication with…
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Nov 7, 2024
Waiting Beads
For students with deafblindness, waiting can be very difficult because they may not be receiving enough information from the environment to know how long they will have to wait to…
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The Need for Closure
October 20, 2023
Maurice Belote joined POPDB to talk about the basic human need for closure and its impact on children and youth who are deafblind. A lack of closure can lead to ambiguity which turns to anxiety and stress in most individuals. Maurice encourages us to plan so that students with deafblindness can learn in environments that favour predictability.
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