Cognitive Skills

PowerPoint Slides

IN Training (Part 2): Slides 67-72
These slides describe concept development and how to facilitate it.

PA Webinar: Slides 64-70
These slides give an overview of concept development and provide links to additional resources.

Videos

Family Input: Shawn
This video from Washington Sensory Disabilities Services shows how preferences can be used to teach concepts (1:33). [Note: Click on the "Videos" tab—it's the first video on the page.]

Recorded Presentations

PA Webinar: Concept Development Section
This section covers the types of concepts that need to be taught and how they can be incorporated into routines (5:29).

Handouts

Developing Concepts with Children Who Are Deaf-Blind
An article from NCDB by Barbara Miles and Barbara McLetchie.

PowerPoint Slides

IN Training: Literacy
These 21 slides cover early literacy development, accessible materials, and exposure to print and books.

Videos

Experience Books
These videos from Washington Sensory Disabilities Services discuss how to make experience books and show several examples. [Note: Click on the "Videos" tab.]

PowerPoint Slides

IN Training (Part 2): Slide 60
This slide summarizes the benefits of responsive environments.

Videos

Resonance Board
These three videos from Washington Sensory Disabilities Services show how a resonance board can be used to develop a child's spatial and environmental awareness. [Note: Click on the "Videos" tab.]

First SAL Experience
This video from Washington Sensory Disabilities Services shows a child's positive response to being in a Space for Active Learning (2:26). [Note: Click on the "Videos" tab and scroll to the last video on the page.]

Handouts

Resonance Boards
This article gives instructions on how to make a resonance board and use it with a child.

Resonance Board: More Info
Suggestions of items to use with a resonance board and how to place them in relation to the child.

PowerPoint Slides

IN Training (Part 2): Slides 61-66
These slides give an overview of systematic instruction.