Do you see children or adolescents who:

react to ringing bells or flashing lights differently than other children?

use their vision or hearing inconsistently or ineffectively?

have vision or hearing loss, or severe or multiple impairments?

If so, East Carolina University can assist you with services for these students..

Contact East Carolina University

The university offers the services of the Teacher Support Program to families, teachers, administrators, and other professionals working with eastern North Carolina students with deaf-blindness. First-year teachers, lateral-entry teachers, veteran teachers, certified or noncertified teachers, related service specialists, special educators, traditional classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, support personnel and administrators, families and physicians are invited to contact the program for services and assistance.

The ECU Teacher Support Program for Students with Deaf-Blindness provides technical assistance and support to include the following services:

Determining whether children and youth qualify for the deaf-blind registry, which expands deaf-blindness services and funding

Offering on-site consultation and technical assistance

Accessing national resources and connecting to the Western Carolina online teacher support network (http://ceap.wcu.edu/tsp)

 

The program also provides professional development on topics driven by identified regional needs. These can include:

Implementing communication-based positive support and intervention

Facilitating communication development

Using adaptive technology

Designing evidence-based individualized instructional approaches

Integrating academic and functional curricula

Developing IFSP, IEP, and Transition plans

Improving functional vision, hearing, and sensory integration

Facilitating inclusion

Engaging in assessment and person-centered planning

 

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For More Information

For more information or to request assistance, contact one of the following ECU-TSP facilitators:

Dr. Alana Zambone, Codirector          Dr. Melissa Darrow Engleman, Codirector
College of Education                               College of Education
139 Speight Building                              137 Speight Building
East Carolina University                          East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858                             Greenville, NC 27858

Telephone: 252-328-5746                     Telephone: 252-328-6400
E-mail: zambonea@ecu.edu                   E-mail: englemanm@ecu.edu

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