Introductory Series on Deafness and Blindness: Assessments
Overview
Partnership plays a key role in identifying the needs of students, families, and educators, and helps to guide planning to provide meaningful support. Team Ohio, a multi-agency collaborative, has partnered with audiologists, optometrists, educators, administrators, and evaluation team specialists to create one-hour awareness-building webinars to help teams understand the basics about assessment tools and strategies for learners who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or visually impaired.
The Team Ohio partnership involves representatives from the Ohio Deaf and Blind Education Services, Ohio Department of Education Office for Exceptional Children, Shawnee State University, The Ohio State University, and the Outreach Center for Deafness and Blindness at OCALI. Other partners who have directly contributed to the webinar series include:
- Ohio State University College of Optometry
- Wills Mobility
- Summit County Educational Service Center
- Ohio Department of Health
- Ohio State University College of Optometry
Get Started
Each of the series webinars are available in our Learning Hub. To learn more about the following topics, and earn professional development credit, log in to your OCALI ID account, or create one today, and watch the series!
Continuing Education Credits
These webinars have all been approved for continuing education credits. For a complete list, please click here: https://deafandblindoutreach.org/continuing-education.
All video-based resources are offered in English and ASL with captions available.
Hearing Screenings and Audiological Evaluations: An Introduction
This one-hour webinar is designed to provide introductory information on hearing screenings and audiological evaluations, when they are needed, and how they differ.
Vision Screenings and Comprehensive Eye Exams: An Introduction
This one-hour webinar is designed to provide introductory information on vision screenings and comprehensive eye exams, when they are needed, and how they differ.
Functional Listening Evaluation: An Introduction
This one-hour webinar is designed to provide introductory information on the basics of a functional listening evaluation, why it matters, who conducts it, and resources to support teachers of the deaf (TOD), families, administrators, related service providers, and general educators.
Functional Vision Assessment: An Introduction
This one-hour webinar is designed to provide introductory information on the basics of a functional vision assessment, why it matters, who conducts it, and resources to support teachers of students with visual impairments (TVIs), families, administrators, related service providers, and general educators.
Learning Media Assessment: An Introduction
Learn more about learning media assessment, why it matters, the process, and resources to support teachers of students with visual impairments (TVIs), families, administrators, related service providers, and general educators.
The Audiogram: An Introduction
The audiogram provides information about a person's hearing that can be used to provide needed supports at home, at school, and in the community. However, this information can be difficult to understand. Join us to learn more about this assessment tool and how you can use that information to ensure access and unlock the secrets that you feel may be hidden in this technical document.
The Eye Report: An Introduction
Learn more about the eye report, a vital assessment that provides information about a person's vision that can be used to provide needed supports at home, at school, and in the community.