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Marvin’s Story Time Show

Join our world-famous friends Marvin and Gwynnie-Gwyn Gwyn, and their cast of colorful characters, for a fun and accessible series of adventures! Marvin’s American Adventure Marvin’s Seaside Adventure      La Hora del Cuento Sobre las Aventuras de…

OHOA 2025

OHOA Winter 2025: DeafBlind Intervention learning series Instructor-facilitated coursework begins on January 8, 2025. Newcomers to the series: Please Register Here by December 5, 2024 to join Cohort 10 and begin the Introductory Set: Overview of DeafBlindness; Sensory Systems; and Building Trusting Relationships. A certificate of…

Online Event: Involving Dads

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST This workshop is designed to help moms, families, friends, and professionals understand the issues that may impact a father’s involvement in his children’s lives. Mark Keith is the Parent & Family Liaison and a Training Specialist with the Resource…

Professional Development: Meet OHOA

The Florida & Virgin Islands (FAVI) DeafBlind Collaborative offers Open Hands Open Access (OHOA) DeafBlind Intervener Learning Modules for educators seeking professional development on deafblindness, multiple disabilities, and effective intervention.  OHOA Modules are designed to increase knowledge and skills related to intervention for students who are deafblind. Content was…

Transition Self-Advocacy Portfolio

Welcome to the Transition Self-Advocacy Portfolio!  These documents are  intended to guide a young person with deaf-blindness, a family, and/or an educational team in developing goals for the future AND a set of experiences, supports, strategies, resources, and SKILLS that promote a successful adult life. Each document represents an important…

What is the FAVI DeafBlind Collaborative?

The Florida and Virgin Islands (FAVI) DeafBlind Collaborative provide consultation and support to children and youth (ages birth through 21) who have both hearing loss and vision loss (diagnosed or suspected). We consult with families, educators, service providers, agencies and educational teams…

NCDB at Work

Learn more about the National Center on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB) and their initiatives. NCDBatWork-V3…

FREE Online Learning: OHOA DeafBlind Intervener Learning Modules

The FAVI Deaf-Blind Collaborative has partnered with the Mississippi Hearing-Vision Project to offer the Open Hands Open Access (OHOA) Deaf-Blind Intervener Modules to cohorts of educators, interpreters, other professionals and paraprofessionals who are serving students with combined hearing and vision loss. These cohorts are facilitated by an expert…