VIDBE-Q Volume 69 Issue 1
download from the Texas Deafblind Project website on the Topical Resources page
(https://txdeafblindproject.org/resources/topical-resources/).
Another resource created in collaboration with other departments at TSBVI
is Guidance for Planning Behavior Intervention for Children and Young Adults
who are Deafblind or have Visual and Multiple Impairments. This free tool can be
downloaded from the Behavioral Supports section of the Texas Deafblind Project
website. It guides the user to consider behaviors generally believed to be disruptive
as natural human responses to many complex stressors, such as fear, confusion,
pain, etc., and to understand they can lead to an ongoing cycle of
behavior/reaction. Along with reframing the idea of "behaviors" as expressions of
distress, it explores ways to break this cycle by offering interventions that foster
safety, success, independence, and connectedness with students by using proactive
and responsive strategies. It also contains forms for behavioral intervention and
support and sample behavior intervention plans containing the strategies and
information provided in the behavior guidance tool.
Biannually, on odd-numbered years, the Texas Deafblind Project hosts The
Texas Symposium on Deafblind Education, which is a large conference
specifically designed to focus on deafblind topics affecting educational teams and
families across the state. In 2023, the Project reached approximately 300
participants, through six general sessions, 14 breakout sessions, and a family social
