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POPDB

Provincial Outreach Program for Students with Deafblindness

The Provincial Outreach Program for Students with Deafblindness' Mandate is to provide support to school teams working with K-12 students with deafblindness in BC school districts, group 1 and group 2 independent schools, non-Independent First Nations Schools, and First Nations Independent Schools.

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Supporting Literacy through the use of Experience Book with Students who are Visually Impaired, Blind, or Deafblind

Join Adam and Jen from the Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (PRCVI), and Annie and Allana from the Provincial Outreach Program for Deafblindess (POPDB), as they discuss the… Read more

Using Calendar Systems to Support Literacy with Students with Congenital Deafblindness

Join Meaghan and Ann from the Provincial Outreach Program for Deafblindess (POPDB) as they introduce how calendar systems are used with students who have congenital deafblindness and how they can… Read more

What to do with a Balloon: Using Student Interests to Enhance Learning Across the Curriculum with Students who are Deafblind

Students with deafblindness often have unique interests that can occupy much of their focus each day. Educators and Intervenors often ask us how they can help their students develop other interests.… Read more

Communication Through Art: Using a Student's Passion to Increase Communication in Deafblindness

Communication is not a one-way street. Intervenors, individuals who are specially trained in the field of deafblindness, need to build in opportunities for their student to be expressive. Intervenors… Read more