,,GUIDE3 TO ,,DEAF-BLIND ,,TEACHERS' ,,INTERVIEWS ,7,JELICA ,NUCCIO7' ,HELLO AND WELCOME TO OUR VIDEO 8,GUIDE TO ,DEAF-,BLIND ,TEACHERS' ,INTERVIEWS4 ,I'M HERE TO GUIDE YOU TO THE LINKS THAT YOU WILL FIND LISTED ON-LINE IN OUR CURRICULUM1 SPECIFICALLY REGARDING TEACHING ,,DB PEOPLE HOW TO USE ,,SSP SERVICES4 ,THIS SET OF INTERVIEWS IS FOR ,,DB TEACHERS WHO WILL PROFIT THE MOST4 ,WE INTERVIEWED SIX ,,DB TEACHERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY4 ,THEY ARE ALL EXPERIENCED TEACHERS BUT THEY DO NOT ALL SPECIFICALLY TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO USE ,,SSP'S4 ,WE INTERVIEWED THEM ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AS TEACHERS AND THEIR TEACHING STRATEGIES4 ,THESE INTERVIEWS ARE INTENDED TO SUPPORT ,,DB TEACHERS WHO MAY BE USING THIS CURRICULUM AND SO WE RECOMMEND THE TEACHERS REVIEW THESE INTERVIEWS BEFORE THEY BEGIN TEACHING DEAF-BLIND STUDENTS4 ,THESE SIX TEACHERS ARE3 ,BRUCE #A ,VISSER1 FROM ,SEATTLE1 ,WASHINGTON2 ,BAPIN FROM ,CALIFORNIA2 ,KIM ,POWERS- ,SMITH FROM ,TEXAS2 AJ GRANDA1 FROM ,SEATTLE4 ,THESE FOUR PEOPLE WE WERE ABLE TO INTERVIEW IN PERSON AND YOU WILL SEE THEM IN THE VIDEOS YOU CAN ACCESS BY CLICKING ON THE LINKS4 ,THERE ARE TWO OTHERS WHO UNFORTUNATELY1 WE INTERVIEWED THROUGH VIDEO-PHONE WHICH RESULTED IN VIDEO THAT WAS TOO BLURRY TO BE USED HERE4 ,BUT THEIR INFORMATION IS REALLY VERY USEFUL SO IT'S BEEN TRANSLATED INTO ,ENGLISH AS READING MATERIALS4 ,THESE ARE ALSO ON-LINE AND CAN BE FOUND IN THE SAME PLACE4 ,THESE TWO INTERVIEWS WERE WITH ,AIMEE ,CHAPPELOW ,BADER FROM ,KANSAS AND ,JAMIE ,POPE FROM THE ,METRO ,WASHINGTON ,D4,C4 AREA4 ,THE FOUR WE INTERVIEWED IN PERSON RESPONDED IN ,,ASL AND IF YOU CAN'T READ THEIR SIGNS1 THESE TOO ARE AVAILABLE IN ,ENGLISH1 IN WRITTEN FORM4 ,JUST CLICK ON 8,ENGLISH VERSION04 ,THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED FOR ,BRAILLE USERS SO THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL4 #B ,THANK YOU TO ALL THESE TEACHERS FOR SHARING WITH US4 ,THE INTERVIEWS COVER AN INTRODUCTION 7BY ME7 INCLUDING THE PURPOSE OF THE TRAINING1 OUR RATIONALE FOR INCLUDING DIFFERENT PARTS OF IT ,7A DISCUSSION OF A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE TEACHER AND ISSUES IN WORKING WITH A SIGHTED COLLEAGUE7'4 ,THIS IS FOLLOWED BY A SHORT CLIP WITH THE TEACHERS' BIOS4 ,THE EDITED INTERVIEWS BEGIN WITH TEACHING TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES 7FOR EXAMPLE DO THEY SET UP THE SEATING IN A PARTICULAR WAY ONE-TO-ONE OR IN A GROUP1 HOW THEY PROCEED STEP BY STEP TO MATCH THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS OR AUDIENCE74 ,NEXT IS A CLIP ON TEACHING STYLE AND STRATEGY1 IN WHICH THE INTERVIEWEES EXPLAIN THEIR PHILOSOPHY OR WHY THEY CHOOSE A PARTICULAR APPROACH1 INCLUDING THEIR SUPPORT SYSTEM AND WHETHER THEY USE INTERPRETERS1 ,BRAILLE NOTES AND SO ON4 ,THEN COMES GENERAL ADVICE TO HELP US AVOID SOME OF THE MISTAKES THEY HAVE MADE 7FOR WHICH WE HAVE TO THANK #C THEM74 ,THE LAST THREE CLIPS ARE SAMPLES OF AN ACTUAL LESSON WITH A ,,DB TEACHER WORKING WITH ,,DB STUDENT ONE-TO-ONE4 ,IT IS NOT THE ENTIRE LESSON BUT EDITED SEGMENTS OF THE LESSON TO GIVE THE VIEWER A SAMPLE4 ,SECOND IS A ,,DB TEACHER GOING OUT WITH AN INTERPRETER TO OBSERVE THE WORK OF THE ,,DB STUDENT WITH THEIR ,,SSP4 ,THIRD IS 8THE ,OUTCOME0 IN WHICH THE STUDENT IS APPLYING WHAT SHE HAS LEARNED WITH HER OWN ,,SSP4 ,AND THOSE ARE OUR VIDEO CLIPS4 #D