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Communication, which happens across multiple partners and
throughout everyday routines, needs to be supported using a team
model. Interveners, who support students who are deafblind, and
educational assistants,
who often support students with visual
impairments and multiple disabilities, are often asked to collect data
on the ways that students are communicating, which may be subtle
and informal. More importantly, interveners and educational
assistants are often the people who provide the most consistent
access and support to students throughout a school day-
recognizing naturally occurring opportunities for communication.
Although the CM has been used broadly in the fields of visual
impairment and deafblindness for many years, up until recently,
there has not been a way for individuals who are using the CM to
share what they are learning and to deepen their knowledge
through dialogue with other teachers, parents and practitioners.
To address this problem, the
project, which is housed at
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