Another successful virtual meeting for community members!
The deafblindness community of practice held its2nd exchange activity on November 13. A total of 26 members took part. Dr. Isabelle Bouilleveaux, a general practitioner from Nancy, France, generously shared the modalities implemented in the medical environment to promote access to healthcare for people living with deafblindness. An inspiring knowledge transfer activity. Our most sincere thanks.
The next exchange activity will be held on February 19, 2025. Stay tuned! Details will be announced in January.
- Platform of the deafblindness community of practice: cdpsurdicecite.org
- Hyperlink to the meeting video: https: //vimeo.com/1029382382/2e5d3e3c62?ts=0&share=copy
- Download link to Ms. Bouilleveaux’s document: Presentation_I.Bouilleveaux_PDF_2024-11-13
- Download link to the meeting summary – French version:Synthese_2024-11-13_grossissement
- Download link to the summary – english version : Synthese_2024-11-13_english_summary
In anticipation of future exchange activities, we invite you to share your best practices, tools and successes in the form of presentations, document sharing or other, at the following e-mail address: cdp.surdicecité.inlb@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
ICF core sets for deafblindness: mission accomplished!
On October 7 and 8, 2024, 26 experts in deafblindness met in Salou, Spain, south of Barcelona. The aim of the meeting was to finalize, after four years’ work, the consensus process on core sets for deafblindness, based on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). This group included people living with deafblindness, family members of people with deafblindness, health and social service providers, and policy-makers. They represented 16 countries from the six WHO regions. The team was under the scientific direction of Professor Walter Wittich (Université de Montréal, responsible for the CRIR Institut Nazareth and Louis-Braille sites of the CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre and the Centre de réadaptation Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay of the CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal) and under the political leadership of Ricard López (European Network for Deafblindness).
From over 1,400 codes available in the ICF, the team selected 312 codes that best identify the functional priorities of people living with deafblindness. This comprehensive core set will lead to the presentation, in the coming weeks, of an abbreviated core set, as well as the development of a plain-language text and an abstract that will be registered in 2025 in several signed languages.
This project and its consensus conference received research funding from Canadian Hearing Services, the FRQS Vision Health Research Network, the Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain (CRIR), the Diputació de Barcelona, Deafblind International, the Deafblind Ontario Foundation, and partnership funding from the Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille of the CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre and the Centre de réadaptation Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay of the CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal.
DeafBlind Ontario Services (DBOS) offers interesting online events. These events are open to all, but there is a fee to attend.
Here are links to upcoming events:
- January 23: Sensory Integration: Making Sensory Engagement Meaningful
- February 25: Sensory Loss and Aging
- March 20: The Enriched Communication Approach Journey
You can find all the training courses offered by Ontario Deafblind Services using this link: https://deafblindontario.com/foundation/events/