CALENDAR AND COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE:

DATE

LECTURE TOPICS

READING ASSIGNMENTS

WEEK 1

 

9/30

 

 

Get Acquainted; Syllabus; Classroom Communication Protocols

 

What is the Role of a SSP?

Sighted Guide Techniques Part 1

 

Read Guidelines: Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview;  Chapter 2: Daily Life and Resources of Deaf-Blind People

WEEK 2

 

10/05

 

10/07

 

 

Sighted Guide Techniques Part 2

Guest Speaker

 

Review Guiding Techniques

Partners Guiding Activity
Guest Speaker

 

*Sign up for Sighted Guide Demonstration during Week 3 (in class)

 

Read Guidelines: Chapter 6: Guiding; Chapter 4: Manners


Read Guidelines: Chapter 5: Recreation; Chapter 14: SSPs: Definition and Role

 

Deaf-Blind Community Class

5PM "Swine Flu"

BE1110

WEEK 3


10/12

 

 

10/14

 

 

 

 

 

Sighted Guide Demonstration/Test

Guest Speaker

 

 

Deaf-Blind Service Center

Guest Speaker

 

 

Read Guidelines: Chapter 7: Communication;  Chapter  11: Physical Environment

 

*Bring $25 dollars for purchase of Deaf-Blind Interpreting Workbook (optional)

Read Guidelines: Chapter 13: Describing What You See

WEEK 4

 

10/19

 

 

 

10/21

 

 

 

 

Quiz

Tunnel Vision Interaction/Interpreting

Practice Session


Interpreting Visual/Environmental Info

Practice Session

 

Read Guidelines: Chapter 16: Interpreting: Practical Considerations and Special Skills

 

 

Read Guidelines: Chapter 3: Themes

 

Deaf-Blind Community Class

5PM "Initiatives on November Elections"

BE1110

WEEK 5

 

10/26

 

10/28

 

Tunnel Vision Interpreting

Practice Session with guests

  

Tunnel Vision Panel

 

 

Read Guidelines: Chapter 12: The Art of Conversation

 

Read Guidelines: Chapter 8: Tactile Communication

WEEK 6

 

11/02

 

11/04

 

Tactile Communication

 

 

Practice Tactile Communication



Tactile Communication Techniques

 

Read Guidelines: Chapter 9: Tactile Language

 

Read Guidelines: Chapter 10: Modifying Tactile Language

 

Deaf-Blind Community Class

5PM "Cell Phones for Vibrating Braille"

BE1110

 WEEK 7

 

11/09

 

 

 

11/11

 

Field Trip – Lighthouse (Meet at LH)
Practice Tactile Communication
with guests

 

Guest Speaker: Braille consumer

 

Due: 1st Videotape: Tunnel Vision Interaction

Read Guidelines: Chapter 15: Interpreting: The Role

WEEK 8


11/16

 

11/18

 

Ethics of Interaction/Interpreting for the Deaf-Blind

 

 

DUE: 2nd Videotape:  Interpreting the Environment

Read Guidelines: Chapter 18: Developing a Community

 

Read Guidelines: Chapter 17: Assertiveness

 

Deaf-Blind Community Class

5PM "Korea History"

BE1110 

WEEK 9

 

11/23

 

11/25

 

Quiz

Deaf-Blind Culture video

 

Tactile Communication Panel 

 

Read Guidelines: Chapter 19: Authority, Power and Control

 

Read Guidelines: Chapter 20: Meetings Including Deaf-Blind People

WEEK 10

 

11/30

 

 

12/02

 

Presentations Eye Problems & Communication Methods

 

 

Empowerment & Assertiveness

 

 

Read Guidelines: Chapter 21: Why I Volunteer; Chapter 22: Last Words

 

Review PowerPoint presentations on Empowerment & Assertiveness on ITP 119 Webpage under lecture notes

 

Deaf-Blind Community Class

5PM "Healthy Foods"

BE1110 

WEEK 11

12/07

 

 

12/09

 

Group Activity: Ethical  Scenarios related to Deaf-Blind People

 

Tactile Communication Evaluation and

Final Written Test

 

Due: DB Interpreting Observation Reports and SSP Reports

 

Review Visual Problems & Communication Methods on ITP 119 course resources webpage

WEEK 12

 

12/14

 

12/16 

 

*1-3 PM

If additional time is needed to complete tactile communication evaluation

 

Optional appointments