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• Volume A: Acknowledgement, Glossary, & Chapters 1-3
• Volume B: Chapter 4 (SSP Modules)
• Volume C: Chapter 5 (DB Modules)
• Volume D: Appendices

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• Title Page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, Glossary
• Chapters 1 – 3: Introduction, Accommodations, Overview
• Chapter 4 (SSP Modules)
  • SSP Beginner Modules
  • SSP Advanced Beginner Modules
  • SSP Intermediate Modules
• Chapter 5 (DB Modules)
  • DB Beginner Modules
  • DB Advanced Beginner Modules
• Appendices

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Title Page, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, Glossary

• Title_Acknowledgements_Table of Contents
• Glossary

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Chapters 1 – 3: Introduction, Accommodations, Overview

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Accommodations
• Chapter 3: Overview

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Chapter 4: Support Service Provider Modules

SSP Beginner Modules

• Chapter 4_1.0 SSP Beginner: Overview
• Chapter 4_1.1 Orientation and Introduction
• Chapter 4_1.2 Communication I
• Chapter 4_1.3 Lab: Welcoming Reception and Games
• Chapter 4_1.4 Power Relations
• Chapter 4_1.5 Communication II and Guiding
• Chapter 4_1.6 Tactile Communication
• Chapter 4_1.7 Community Reception and Games

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SSP Advanced Beginner Modules

• Chapter 4_2.0 SSP Advanced Beginner: Overview
• Chapter 4_2.1 SSP Role and System
• Chapter 4_2.2 SSP Role and Ethics
• Chapter 4_2.3 Internship
• Chapter 4_2.4 Visual-Tactual Connection to the Environment
• Chapter 4_2.5 Lab: Visual-Tactual Shopping Center
• Chapter 4_2.6 Assertiveness I
• Chapter 4_2.7 Figure-Ground Distinctions in Discourse
• Chapter 4_2.8 Internship: Exit Interview

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SSP Intermediate Modules

• Chapter 4_3.0 SSP Intermediate: Overview
• Chapter 4_3.1 Vision, Attention and Meaning
• Chapter 4_3.2 Establishing Perspective(s)
• Chapter 4_3.3 Seeing People
• Chapter 4_3.4 People Watching
• Chapter 4_3.5 Metaphor and Metonymy
• Chapter 4_3.6 Conversational Discourse
• Chapter 4_3.7 Assertiveness II

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Chapter 5: DeafBlind Modules

DeafBlind Beginner Modules

• Chapter 5_1.0 Deaf-Blind Beginner: Overview
• Chapter 5_1.1A Welcoming Reception
• Chapter 5_1.2A SSP Role and Touch
• Chapter 5_1.3A Ethics and Assertiveness
• Chapter 5_1.1B “Ice Breaker” Activity
• Chapter 5_1.2B Touch as Information
• Chapter 5_1.3B Ethics and Assertiveness
• Chapter 5_1.4 Lab: Lunch
• Chapter 5_1.5 Lab: Shopping
• Chapter 5_1.6 Lab: Restaurant
• Chapter 5_1.7 Review and Preparation for Internship
• Chapter 5_1.8 Exit Interview and Reception

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DeafBlind Advanced Beginner Modules

• Chapter 5_2.0 Deaf-Blind Advanced Beginner: Overview
• Chapter 5_2.1 Analyzing Touch and Vision
• Chapter 5_2.2 Lab: The Environment
• Chapter 5_2.3 Lab: People Watching
• Chapter 5_2.4 Communication

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Appendices

• Appendix A: Visual Information
• Appendix B: Sample SSP Job Description
• Appendix C: Demographics
• Appendix D: Touch, Culture, and Power
• Appendix E: Simulation Goggle Kit
• Appendix F: Play-Doh TM Pictionary
• Appendix G: Sample SSP Coordinator Job Description
• Appendix H: Sample SSP Program Policies
• Appendix I: Sample SSP Contract
• Appendix J: Sample SSP Client Agreement
• Appendix K: Sample SSP Evaluation Procedure
• Appendix L: Guidelines for a Quality SSP Program

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