Matrix Centers
Deaf-Blind
National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB)
The purpose of the National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness is two-fold. The first purpose is to promote academic achievement and results for children and youth (birth-26) who are deaf-blind through technical assistance, model demonstration, and information services activities that are supported by evidence based research. Beneficiaries will include families, service providers, state deaf-blind projects, state and local education agencies and other organizations responsible for providing early intervention, education and transition services. The second purpose is to help address State identified needs for highly qualified personnel by ensuring that personnel have skills and knowledge. Outcomes include: (a) increasing the knowledge and skills of families and service providers to implement IDEA and evidence based practices and (b) increasing the systems capacity of state deaf-blind projects and other agencies to serve children/youth who are deaf-blind.