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Parents must learn how to interpret and respond to their baby’s communications in order to form the bonds that become the foundation for development. When a child is deaf-blind, this can be challenging. This factsheet provides strategies for how parents and their young child can learn to engage in enjoyable “conversations.”
- Tactile Learning Strategies | National Center on Deafblindness
Touch for Connection and Communication (OHOA Module) Offline...
- Tactile Learning Strategies | National Center on Deafblindness
The sense of hearing might be considered the most important for the development of spoken language. However, deaf and hearing impaired children learn to communicate using different methods of “input” and “output.” And, if you have a child with deaf/blindness, there are specific methods of teaching communication using touch.
All of the above methods of communic ation can be used by both a child with deafblindness and their communication partner as they interact with each other. Touch cues are different in that they are used by the communication partner to help a child anticipate what is going to happen.
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Like the eyes and ears of a hearing-sighted child, the hands allow a child who is deaf-blind to explore, communicate, and make sense of the world around them. Using hand-under-hand interactions appropriately, teachers and related service providers can gently encourage a child’s learning by placing their hands under the child’s to help guide the child’s tactile exploration.
Apr 12, 2018 · These mental representations acquired through touch provide the bedrock of communication and language development for a deafblind child. Adults enable this learning of the meaning of objects and the communicative function they have by providing careful and consistent support, ensuring plenty of opportunity, and working together to explore co-actively.
In the classroom, different methods may be used at different times depending on the child’s needs and activities. A child who has been identified as deaf-blind might use tactile sign language, ProTactile communication, touch cues, tangible symbol systems, LSL, and/or AAC (National Center on Deaf-Blindness, 2021).
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Touch for Connection and Communication (OHOA Module) Offline Resources. Book: Chen, D., & Downing, J. E. (2006). Tactile strategies for children who have visual impairments and multiple disabilities: promoting communication and learning skills (pp. 45-72). AFB Press. Article: Downing, J., & Eichinger, J. (2011). Instructional strategies for ...
