Considerations and Supports

Developing communication and language skills is a common thread in all goals and short term objectives written for a child who is deafblind. The skills that are targeted, need to be "directly observable and measurable with specific criteria for success listed."

When writing goals and objectives, the following considerations and supports should be addressed:

• personal needs (feeding, medical, personal hygiene, dressing)
• physical needs (special equipment, environmental modifications)
• sensory needs (accommodations for vision and hearing needs) (Huebner, et. al, 1995, p.117)