The 2018 National Child Count of Children and Youth Who Are Deaf-Blind

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Office of Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS)

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Deaf Blind; Students with Disabilities; Student Needs; Children; Adolescents; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Gender Differences; Visual Impairments; Classification; Assistive Technology; Hearing Impairments; Brain; Etiology; Genetic Disorders; Disabilities; Comorbidity; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; Early Intervention; Equal Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Place of Residence; Family Needs; Residential Programs; Foster Care; Group Homes

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part C; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B

This report is the 33rd edition of the annual National Child Count of Children and Youth Who Are Deaf-Blind, the first and longest running registry and knowledge base of children who are deaf-blind in the world. Begun in 1986 on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, it represents a collaborative effort between the National Center on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB), its predecessors, and each state and multi-state deaf-blind project throughout the country, as well as projects funded in the Pacific Trust territories, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. The National Deaf-Blind Child Count has been collaboratively designed, implemented, and revised to serve as a common vehicle to meet federal grant requirements for both the state and multi-state deaf-blind technical assistance projects and NCDB, as well as serve as a common data collection and reporting mechanism for use across the country. Consistent with the priorities under which NCDB, its predecessors, and the state and multi-state deaf-blind projects are funded, this national child count is used to help identify national and state technical assistance needs for children and youth who are deaf-blind, their families, and the service providers and systems that serve them. [For the 2017 report, see ED590350.]

ERIC

2020

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