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- Title Page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, Glossary
- Chapters 1 – 3: Introduction, Accommodations, Overview
- Chapter 4 (SSP Modules)
- Chapter 5 (DB Modules)
- Appendices
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Title Page, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, Glossary
- Title Page
- Acknowledgement (p. i)
- Table of Contents (p. v)
- Glossary (p. viii)
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Chapters 1 – 3: Introduction, Accommodations, Overview
- Chapter 1: Introduction (p. 1)
- Chapter 2: Accommodations (p. 13)
- Chapter 3: Overview (p.17)
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Chapter 4: Support Service Provider Modules
SSP Beginner Modules
- Ch 4 – 1.0 SSP Beginner: Overview (p. 31)
- Ch 4 – 1.1 Orientation and Introduction (p. 34)
- Ch 4 – 1.2 Communication I (p. 41)
- Ch 4 – 1.3 Lab: Welcoming Reception and Games (p. 47)
- Ch 4 – 1.4 Power Relations (p. 53)
- Ch 4 – 1.5 Communication II and Guiding (p. 58)
- Ch 4 – 1.6 Tactile Communication (p. 63)
- Ch 4 – 1.7 Community Reception and Games (p. 69)
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SSP Advanced Beginner Modules
- Ch 4 – 2.0 SSP Advanced Beginner: Overview (p. 73)
- Ch 4 – 2.1 SSP Role and System (p. 76)
- Ch 4 – 2.2 SSP Role and Ethics (p. 86)
- Ch 4 – 2.3 Internship (p. 92)
- Ch 4 – 2.4 Visual-Tactual Connection to the Environment (p. 97)
- Ch 4 – 2.5 Lab: Visual-Tactual Shopping Center (p. 102)
- Ch 4 – 2.6 Assertiveness I (p. 105)
- Ch 4 – 2.7 Figure-Ground Distinctions in Discourse (p. 113)
- Ch 4 – 2.8 Internship: Exit Interview (p. 118)
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SSP Intermediate Modules
- Ch 4 – 3.0 SSP Intermediate: Overview (p. 122)
- Ch 4 – 3.1 Vision, Attention and Meaning (p. 125)
- Ch 4 – 3.2 Establishing Perspective(s) (p. 133)
- Ch 4 – 3.3 Seeing People (p. 139)
- Ch 4 – 3.4 People Watching (p. 144)
- Ch 4 – 3.5 Metaphor and Metonymy (p. 148)
- Ch 4 – 3.6 Conversational Discourse (p. 153)
- Ch 4 – 3.7 Assertiveness II (p. 159)
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Chapter 5: Deaf-Blind Modules
Deaf-Blind Beginner Modules
- Ch 5 – 1.0 Deaf-Blind Beginner: Overview (p. 165)
- Ch 5 – 1.1A Welcoming Reception (p. 168)
- Ch 5 – 1.2A SSP Role and Touch (p. 174)
- Ch 5 – 1.3A Ethics and Assertiveness (p. 180)
- Ch 5 – 1.1B “Ice Breaker” Activity (p. 189)
- Ch 5 – 1.2B Touch as Information (p. 194)
- Ch 5 – 1.3B Ethics and Assertiveness (p. 202)
- Ch 5 – 1.4 Lab: Lunch (p. 211)
- Ch 5 – 1.5 Lab: Shopping (p. 214)
- Ch 5 – 1.6 Lab: Restaurant (p. 219)
- Ch 5 – 1.7 Review and Preparation for Internship (p. 224)
- Ch 5 – 1.8 Exit Interview and Reception (p. 228)
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Deaf-Blind Advanced Beginner Modules
- Ch 5 – 2.0 Deaf-Blind Advanced Beginner: Overview (p. 232)
- Ch 5 – 2.1 Analyzing Touch and Vision (p. 234)
- Ch 5 – 2.2 Lab: The Environment (p. 238)
- Ch 5 – 2.3 Lab: People Watching (p. 242)
- Ch 5 – 2.4 Communication (p. 246)
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Appendices
- Appendix A: Visual Information (p.249)
- Appendix B: Sample SSP Job Description (p. 252)
- Appendix C: Demographics (p. 254)
- Appendix D: Touch, Culture, and Power (p. 258)
- Appendix E: Simulation Goggle Kit (p. 261)
- Appendix F: Play-Doh TM Pictionary (p. 264)
- Appendix G: Sample SSP Coordinator Job Description (p. 270)
- Appendix H: Sample SSP Program Policies (p. 273)
- Appendix I: Sample SSP Contract (p. 283)
- Appendix J: Sample SSP Client Agreement (p. 287)
- Appendix K: Sample SSP Evaluation Procedure (p. 290)
- Appendix L: Guidelines for a Quality SSP Program (p. 292)
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