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Welcome to Teaching Students with Severe and Sensory Disabilities

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The National Center on Severe and Sensory Disabilities (NCSSD)

The purpose of this website is to guide users on how to become an educator of children who are visually impaired, deaf or hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind, or who have severe disabilities. NCSSD recognizes that a million children rely on highly qualified professionals who possess the specialized skills needed to successfully teach children who have severe and/or sensory disabilities. When children with disabilities receive appropriate educational services, their post-school outcomes improve (Kochhar-Bryant & Bassett, 2002). Explore this website to learn how you can contribute to the academic and life success of children with severe or sensory disabilities.

“When we cast our bread upon the waters, we can presume that someone downstream, whose face we may never know, will benefit from our action.” Maya Angelou

Painting of a fish in water by preschool artists with significant support needs

This website was developed by The National Center on Severe and Sensory Disabilities (NCSSD) (www.unco.edu/ncssd) with gratitude to Suzanne Ripley, Project Director of the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY).