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Pilot model was designed around a series of group-workshop days
followed immediately by a one-to-one onsite visit. During the onsite
visits, ideas and concepts of the workshop could be applied and
practiced in the classroom; with students, parents, and teachers.
As an example, after our workshop on Deafblind communication we
applied interaction
strategies (hand under hand communication,
calendar construction, and routine building) directly with the TDB's
case study students. During the workshop, we also strove to create
a sense of group cohesion by regularly discussing the role of the
teacher of deafblind and the ways each of the participating teachers
were developing deeper knowledge and skills related to their
practice.
Over the three-year cycle of the pilot we incorporated a total of
nine group workshops: four in year one, three in year two, two in
year three. Topics for the workshops were chosen based on a
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