The federal Office of Special Education Programs funded a consortium-based project that produced a self-study manual, a videotape and discussion guide, a reprints collection, annotated bibliographies, and an in-service training manual. This article highlights the field-test evaluation of these materials by teachers, which provides a glimpse into the professional situation of the primary target group—teachers without specific training for teaching students who are deaf-blind. The teachers’ pre- and posttest knowledge and attitudes about teaching these students are also analyzed.
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