1. ITP 119: Support Service Provider Training Seattle Central Community College Brenda Aron

2.  Works with Deaf-Blind Individuals by:  Providing guiding  Visual information  Environmental information  Light interpreting

3.  SSPs provide:  Sighted guiding  Visual and environmental information  AND  Share their empowerment  Understand how to use their boundaries  Respects Deaf-Blind’s needs/culture

4.  What do any person want?  To gain independence  To make their own decisions  To know as much as they can before they make their decision  Deaf-Blind:  To gain independence  To make informed decisions

5.  Daily Errands:  Shopping  Post Office  Bank  Dry Cleaners  Laundromat  Read Letters  Pay Bills  Walk Dog  Etc

6.  Maintain confidentiality  Respect Deaf-Blind’s Privacy and Rights  Not take over or do for Deaf-Blind Individuals  Maintain neutrality  Communicate effectively/negotiate  Empower Deaf-Blind people  Provide details and have Deaf-Blind persons aware of available choices to make independent decisions

7.  Communication  Guiding Techniques  Visual/Environmental Information

8.  Close/Tunnel Vision  Tracking  Tactile  ASL  PSE  Speech/Sign  Developmentally Disabled -Minimal Language Skills (MLS)  Gestures  Pictures  Objects

9.  Please blindfold yourself  Walk around the classroom  Do not leave the room  Do it for about 5 minutes