ERIC ED545207: The 2006 National Child Count of Children and Youth Who Are Deaf-Blind

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by  ERIC

The 2006 National Child Count of
Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind

NCDB
The National Consortium On
Deaf-Blindness

The Teaching Research Institute
Western Oregon University

The Helen Keller National Center
Sands Point, New York

The Hilton-Perkins Program
Watertown, Massachusetts

The National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center for Children and
Youth who are Deaf-Blind is funded through award #H326T060002 by the
U.S. Department of Education, OSERS, OSEP. The opinions and policies
expressed by this publication do not necessarily reflect those of The Teaching
Research Institute, or the U.S. Department of Education.
INTRODUCTION

National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center for Children and Youth
who are Deaf-Blind and its predecessors, The National Technical Assistance
Consortium for Children and Youth who are Deaf- Blind (NTAC) and the
Teaching Research Assistance to Children Experiencing Sensory Impairments
(TRACES) project, has been conducting an annual National Child Count of
Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind since 1986. This national child count,
commonly referred to as the “Census”, is conducted on December 1st of each
year to supplement OSEP’s federal Child Count, which includes children as deaf-
blind when deaf-blindness represents their only disability. Since the majority of
children with deaf-blindness do have additional disabilities they are not included
in the OSEP Child Count as deaf-blind. In contrast to OSEP’s December 1 count,
the Census data are collected for children with deaf-blindness in isolation, as well
as those with additional disabilities. The Census represents the first, longest
running, and most comprehensive registry of infants, young children, and
students who are deaf-blind.

Rationale for an Annual Deaf-Child Child Count

Through the years, the collection of deaf-blind specific child count data and its
ensuing analysis has provided valuable information. It has assisted state and
national deaf-blind technical assistance projects in the design of their services,
as well as in meeting the requirements of their various funding agencies. It has
also been used to: 1) identify national and state technical assistance needs and
activities for children and youth who are deaf-blind, their families, and the service
providers and systems that serve them; 2) identify research needs; 3) develop
personnel preparation programs; and, 4) target national and state product
development and dissemination activities.

The Census has grown throughout the years and now represents a
comprehensive data set including:

• The specific number and ages of the infants, young children, and students
(birth through 21) who are deaf-blind throughout the country

• The primary etiology of their deaf-blindness

• Any additional disabilities they may have

• The type and degree of their hearing and vision loss

• Their ethnicity

• Their IDEA classification, special education status and placement
• Their living setting

Considerations for the Reader

When reading the information that follows, the reader should note that:

• Although the IDEA definition is used as the common definition of deaf-
blindness across the state/multi-state deaf-blind projects, each state deaf-
blind project has the discretion of establishing the criteria for their own project
services.

• The Census is a point-in-time snapshot and reflects those infants, young
children, and students identified and eligible for services from State/Multi-
State Deaf-Blind Projects on December 1 of each year. Thus, in many
instances, projects serve more infants, young children and students over the
course of the year than are reported on the December 1 child count date.

• The language and reporting elements used in the Census are consistent with
those found in Section 618 of IDEA. As federal reporting categories have
changed, NTAC has adopted these changes and followed the OSEP
crosswalks for aggregating and comparing data elements.

• The Census data presented are based on aggregate data reported by each
State/Multi-State Deaf-Blind Project and the aggregated counts provide a
national perspective. There is substantial variability in the individual state
project data reports.

• This year, the State/Multi-State Deaf-Blind Projects had the option to use
either the existing data reporting forms and reporting categories, or a new set
of forms and reporting categories adopted for use in the December 1, 2007
child count. State/Multi-State Deaf-Blind Projects representing 16 states
opted to use the new forms and reporting categories. (See table below).

• As a result, some of the December 1, 2006 child count data is not fully
comparable across State/Multi-State Deaf-Blind Projects and is presented in
separate tables. Where possible, however, data are combined into a single
table for all State/Multi-State Deaf-Blind Projects.
Existing Forms New/Revised Forms

Alaska Alabama
Arizona California
Arkansas Connecticut
Colorado Delaware
District of Columbia Georgia
Florida Maine
Hawaii Massachusetts
Idaho Michigan
Illinois Mississippi
Indiana New Hampshire
Iowa Rhode Island
Kansas South Carolina
Kentucky Virginia
Louisiana Washington
Maryland West Virginia
Minnesota Wyoming
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Wisconsin
Pacific Basin
National Deaf-Blind Child Count Summary
December 1, 2006 (EXISTING AND REVISED FORMS COMBINED)
(Ages birth through 21*)
Funding Category Reported Under... AGE OF CHILD (Respective Count Year)
IDEA Part B IDEA Part C Not Part B Unknown/
(3 - 21) (0 - 2) or C Missing Total 0 - 2 3 - 5 6 - 11 12 - 17 18 - 22 Total
ALABAMA 175 6 0 0 181 7 13 55 79 27 181
ALASKA 20 1 3 0 24 1 3 5 7 8 24
ARIZONA 128 28 2 0 158 21 28 36 52 21 158
ARKANSAS 81 5 4 1 91 1 8 25 32 25 91
CALIFORNIA 815 43 7 0 865 46 119 236 302 162 865
COLORADO 101 25 0 0 126 26 28 37 27 8 126
CONNECTICUT 55 5 0 0 60 6 6 20 21 7 60
DELAWARE 75 0 0 0 75 10 16 21 21 7 75
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA 0 0 0 11 11 0 0 5 5 1 11
FLORIDA 231 20 2 19 272 22 19 81 82 68 272
GEORGIA 227 39 19 1 286 37 52 81 80 36 286
HAWAII 41 0 0 0 41 0 3 21 8 9 41
IDAHO 52 7 6 0 65 7 10 19 15 14 65
ILLINOIS 359 34 24 0 417 42 50 134 143 48 417
INDIANA 179 4 14 0 197 4 28 81 52 32 197
IOWA 48 6 8 0 62 6 7 18 21 10 62
KANSAS 22 104 5 0 131 18 10 36 46 21 131
KENTUCKY 144 10 1 0 155 9 16 51 50 29 155
LOUISIANA 113 2 1 2 118 3 11 28 57 19 118
MAINE 41 5 1 0 47 3 5 12 17 10 47
MARYLAND 157 20 3 5 185 12 26 58 54 35 185
MASSACHUSETTS 188 12 0 0 200 10 26 48 74 42 200
MICHIGAN 236 13 1 0 250 13 28 75 97 37 250
MINNESOTA 224 10 0 0 234 11 30 69 88 36 234
MISSISSIPPI 60 5 3 5 73 4 6 9 35 19 73
MISSOURI 120 17 3 7 147 8 20 38 46 35 147
MONTANA 81 10 0 0 91 5 13 38 24 11 91
NEBRASKA 122 2 0 0 124 2 9 32 41 40 124
NEVADA 80 12 3 0 95 12 14 32 29 8 95
NEW HAMPSHIRE 48 5 0 0 53 5 5 15 15 13 53
NEW JERSEY 304 5 0 3 312 3 8 64 124 113 312
NEW MEXICO 116 41 8 16 181 18 18 54 53 38 181
NEW YORK 757 28 6 13 804 4 34 101 372 293 804
NORTH CAROLINA 347 6 17 3 373 3 24 111 143 92 373
NORTH DAKOTA 34 7 1 0 42 7 7 12 9 7 42
OHIO 342 17 27 33 419 25 27 124 153 90 419
OKLAHOMA 142 6 3 1 152 6 13 55 57 21 152
OREGON 66 7 0 15 88 10 17 29 19 13 88
PENNSYLVANIA 325 28 3 17 373 22 55 123 131 42 373
PUERTO RICO 68 4 0 0 72 5 10 23 25 9 72
RHODE ISLAND 54 4 0 0 58 4 8 10 22 14 58
SOUTH CAROLINA 84 5 3 3 95 6 25 34 23 7 95
SOUTH DAKOTA 26 10 2 0 38 10 8 7 9 4 38
TENNESSEE 179 33 7 0 219 23 34 72 68 22 219
TEXAS 676 48 2 0 726 46 119 248 219 94 726
UTAH 105 11 0 2 118 10 19 40 37 12 118
VERMONT 20 0 0 0 20 0 2 6 9 3 20
VIRGINIA 89 32 1 1 123 7 20 35 35 26 123
WASHINGTON 198 23 3 0 224 26 28 69 70 31 224
WEST VIRGINIA 109 15 0 0 124 11 20 48 30 15 124
WISCONSIN 246 3 11 0 260 3 36 79 86 56 260
WYOMING 22 4 0 0 26 4 4 10 6 2 26
PACIFIC BASIN 37 8 3 17 65 5 7 22 19 12 65
Total 8569 795 207 175 9746 609 1152 2792 3339 1854 9746
*Some states continue to provide services through the end of the school year in which the individual turns 22 years old
National Deaf-Blind Child Count Summary
December 1, 2006 (EXISTING FORM)
(Ages birth through 21*)
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Black or African
American Indian Pacific American (not Hispanic or White (not Unknown/
or Alaska Native Islander Hispanic) Latino Hispanic) Missing Total
ALASKA 9 1 0 0 14 0 24
ARIZONA 20 2 5 57 74 0 158
ARKANSAS 1 0 24 3 62 1 91
COLORADO 3 3 9 35 75 1 126
DISTRICT OF COLUM 1 1 8 1 0 0 11
FLORIDA 2 6 35 63 121 45 272
HAWAII 0 37 0 0 3 1 41
IDAHO 2 0 1 9 53 0 65
ILLINOIS 0 23 85 63 246 0 417
INDIANA 0 4 20 8 165 0 197
IOWA 0 0 1 2 59 0 62
KANSAS 3 7 14 23 83 1 131
KENTUCKY 0 0 8 2 145 0 155
LOUISIANA 0 1 51 0 66 0 118
MARYLAND 1 7 53 9 110 5 185
MINNESOTA 10 13 13 16 182 0 234
MISSOURI 0 4 33 3 97 10 147
MONTANA 9 1 1 4 76 0 91
NEBRASKA 1 1 2 7 113 0 124
NEVADA 3 4 8 30 50 0 95
NEW JERSEY 0 6 18 17 79 192 312
NEW MEXICO 20 0 3 98 60 0 181
NEW YORK 3 29 160 174 388 50 804
NORTH CAROLINA 3 5 119 23 223 0 373
NORTH DAKOTA 11 0 0 3 28 0 42
OHIO 3 2 78 11 317 8 419
OKLAHOMA 21 2 12 15 65 37 152
OREGON 0 2 5 11 54 16 88
PENNSYLVANIA 1 10 75 24 255 8 373
PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 72 0 0 72
SOUTH DAKOTA 8 1 0 0 28 1 38
TENNESSEE 0 3 54 10 152 0 219
TEXAS 4 14 88 283 336 1 726
UTAH 4 3 1 13 96 1 118
VERMONT 0 0 1 1 18 0 20
WISCONSIN 10 9 24 8 209 0 260
PACIFIC BASIN 1 58 0 0 1 5 65
Total 154 259 1009 1098 4103 383 7006
*Some states continue to provide services through the end of the school year in which the individual turns 22 years old
National Deaf-Blind Child Count Summary
December 1, 2006 (REVISED FORM)
(Ages birth through 21*)
Race/Ethnicity
Asian or UNKNOW
American Indian Pacific Black (not White (not N/MISSIN
or Alaska Native Islander Hispanic) Hispanic Hispanic) G Total
ALABAMA 2 0 52 5 73 49 181
CALIFORNIA 11 82 57 374 333 8 865
CONNECTICUT 0 1 13 8 35 3 60
DELAWARE 0 2 20 10 43 0 75
GEORGIA 2 8 89 25 162 0 286
MAINE 0 1 0 1 44 1 47
MASSACHUSETTS 0 6 11 33 128 22 200
MICHIGAN 2 7 32 16 191 2 250
MISSISSIPPI 1 0 33 0 35 4 73
NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 1 1 1 47 3 53
RHODE ISLAND 2 2 5 10 39 0 58
SOUTH CAROLINA 0 1 42 0 50 2 95
VIRGINIA 2 9 32 9 71 0 123
WASHINGTON 10 9 7 43 154 1 224
WEST VIRGINIA 0 1 9 1 113 0 124
WYOMING 2 0 1 5 18 0 26
Total 34 130 404 541 1536 95 2740
*Some states continue to provide services through the end of the school year in which the individual turns 22 years old
National Deaf-Blind Child Count Summary
December 1, 2006 (EXISTING FORM)
(Ages birth through 21*)
Primary Classification of Vision Impairment
(20/70 to (20/200 or
20/200, less, Light Cortical Diagnosed Further
BETTER BETTER Perception Totally Visual Progressive Testing Tested - Results Unknown/
EYE) EYE) Only Blind Impairment Vision Loss Needed Nonconclusive Missing Total
ALASKA 4 4 4 2 6 1 1 1 1 24
ARIZONA 34 36 6 7 35 10 25 4 1 158
ARKANSAS 15 21 6 8 26 0 6 7 2 91
COLORADO 62 27 6 4 26 0 1 0 0 126
DISTRICT OF COLU 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 3 11
FLORIDA 133 72 13 24 3 16 9 0 2 272
HAWAII 6 9 4 8 7 0 6 1 0 41
IDAHO 14 12 4 3 26 4 0 2 0 65
ILLINOIS 106 75 50 17 78 31 45 5 10 417
INDIANA 38 42 28 7 33 5 19 25 0 197
IOWA 18 15 2 3 18 1 2 3 0 62
KANSAS 43 26 6 4 37 2 11 1 1 131
KENTUCKY 30 46 15 6 56 1 0 1 0 155
LOUISIANA 19 34 9 9 11 11 9 15 1 118
MARYLAND 43 35 12 21 34 7 16 10 7 185
MINNESOTA 83 43 12 11 36 16 23 10 0 234
MISSOURI 25 35 23 16 29 2 6 9 2 147
MONTANA 51 29 3 2 1 0 4 1 0 91
NEBRASKA 43 38 15 10 8 2 2 6 0 124
NEVADA 13 20 8 10 22 6 14 1 1 95
NEW JERSEY 53 41 5 8 38 3 19 10 135 312
NEW MEXICO 32 24 7 4 42 2 32 4 34 181
NEW YORK 170 186 41 85 27 4 185 90 16 804
NORTH CAROLINA 84 91 45 36 89 11 7 8 2 373
NORTH DAKOTA 11 4 4 1 7 0 10 4 1 42
OHIO 69 76 45 25 95 13 47 39 10 419
OKLAHOMA 41 30 10 14 44 4 5 3 1 152
OREGON 20 14 2 2 21 3 0 10 16 88
PENNSYLVANIA 96 108 20 16 92 6 27 6 2 373
PUERTO RICO 14 18 1 5 9 1 16 7 1 42
SOUTH DAKOTA 9 3 4 2 11 1 4 4 0 38
TENNESSEE 56 44 8 12 55 8 22 14 0 219
TEXAS 128 334 46 49 47 36 23 62 1 726
UTAH 36 10 11 3 48 2 2 2 4 118
VERMONT 2 1 3 1 9 0 2 1 1 20
WISCONSIN 40 29 24 17 89 8 28 25 0 260
PACIFIC BASIN 14 11 5 7 2 0 9 0 17 65
Total 1655 1644 508 459 1218 217 642 391 272 6976
*Some states continue to provide services through the end of the school year in which the individual turns 22 years old
National Deaf-Blind Child Count Summary
December 1, 2006 (REVISED FORM)
(Ages birth through 21*)
Primary Classification of Vision Impairment
Further
Light Diagnosed Testing Tested: Documented UNKNOW
Perception Totally Progressive Needed (1 Results non- Functional N/MISSIN
Low Vision Legally Blind Only Blind Vision Loss year only) conclusive Vision Loss G Total
ALABAMA 12 22 7 3 3 132 1 0 1 181
CALIFORNIA 1 409 64 82 10 55 0 244 0 865
CONNECTICUT 13 35 2 3 6 0 0 1 0 60
DELAWARE 29 31 3 3 2 7 0 0 0 75
GEORGIA 51 84 33 16 9 7 0 86 0 286
MAINE 10 9 0 4 22 0 0 2 0 47
MASSACHUSETTS 77 68 20 13 7 0 0 15 0 200
MICHIGAN 62 61 19 14 6 46 0 12 30 250
MISSISSIPPI 13 21 11 13 1 3 3 0 8 73
NEW HAMPSHIRE 13 20 0 1 3 3 0 13 0 53
RHODE ISLAND 2 14 14 0 3 3 0 22 0 58
SOUTH CAROLINA 18 23 5 10 4 3 0 29 3 95
VIRGINIA 26 31 7 8 5 23 0 23 0 123
WASHINGTON 57 44 19 21 11 17 0 55 0 224
WEST VIRGINIA 40 23 6 6 3 21 0 25 0 124
WYOMING 5 4 3 2 1 5 0 6 0 26
Total 429 899 213 199 96 325 4 533 42 2740
*Some states continue to provide services through the end of the school year in which the individual turns 22 years old
National Deaf-Blind Child Count Summary
December 1, 2006 (REVISED FORM)
(Ages birth through 21*)
Cortical Visual Impairment
Unknown
Yes No Missing Total
ALABAMA 171 7 3 181
CALIFORNIA 729 135 1 865
CONNECTICUT 44 16 0 60
DELAWARE 40 35 0 75
GEORGIA 184 75 27 286
MAINE 28 19 0 47
MASSACHUSETTS 170 30 0 200
MICHIGAN 47 45 158 250
MISSISSIPPI 8 3 62 73
NEW HAMPSHIRE 40 13 0 53
RHODE ISLAND 33 25 0 58
SOUTH CAROLINA 63 29 0 95
VIRGINIA 35 25 63 123
WASHINGTON 53 79 92 224
WEST VIRGINIA 68 56 0 124
WYOMING 15 11 0 26
Total 1728 603 406 2740
*Some states continue to provide services through the end of the school year in which the individual turns 22 years old
National Deaf-Blind Child Count Summary
December 1, 2006 (EXISTING FORM)
(Ages birth through 21*)
Central Auditory
Primary Classification of Hearing Impairment Processing Disorder
Mild Moderate Moderately Severe Profound Diagnosed Further Tested -
(26-40 (41-55 dB Severe (56- (71-90 (91+ dB Progressive Testing Results Non- Unknown/ Unknown/
dB loss) loss) 70 dB loss) dB loss) loss) Loss Needed conclusive Missing Yes Missing Total
ALASKA 2 5 4 1 7 0 1 3 1 1 2 24
ARIZONA 18 28 20 27 45 1 8 11 0 9 0 158
ARKANSAS 15 8 10 15 6 0 17 19 1 7 3 91
COLORADO 31 20 13 22 21 0 4 14 1 1 0 126
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 0 10 11
FLORIDA 83 34 39 44 58 3 9 0 2 24 70 272
HAWAII 0 4 3 0 10 0 21 2 1 2 20 41
IDAHO 10 9 8 9 9 2 4 14 0 42 0 65
ILLINOIS 135 67 52 36 47 4 52 11 13 3 1 417
INDIANA 17 38 25 17 39 1 28 32 0 11 64 197
IOWA 9 13 9 5 13 0 3 10 0 5 0 62
KANSAS 38 22 13 19 31 1 1 3 3 36 1 131
KENTUCKY 26 26 23 19 10 0 29 22 0 39 1 155
LOUISIANA 18 14 13 14 27 2 13 17 0 12 2 118
MARYLAND 28 38 21 19 33 8 21 12 5 1 115 185
MINNESOTA 29 56 25 36 60 4 18 6 0 6 0 234
MISSOURI 17 18 19 21 32 0 11 24 5 0 147 147
MONTANA 22 15 13 15 3 0 13 10 0 15 0 91
NEBRASKA 8 19 31 41 15 0 4 5 1 9 2 124
NEVADA 20 12 11 9 4 4 24 11 0 20 8 95
NEW JERSEY 22 39 13 18 25 1 33 18 143 9 4 312
NEW MEXICO 36 20 27 17 22 2 26 7 24 11 63 181
NEW YORK 82 112 90 99 147 166 64 24 20 12 2 804
NORTH CAROLINA 88 70 58 34 58 2 49 13 1 42 0 373
NORTH DAKOTA 6 8 4 1 4 0 11 3 5 3 10 42
OHIO 64 39 42 37 51 4 68 101 13 27 308 419
OKLAHOMA 23 16 24 20 37 1 6 21 4 11 0 152
OREGON 8 17 18 11 12 0 3 4 15 0 18 88
PENNSYLVANIA 64 74 45 50 52 2 57 28 1 21 124 373
PUERTO RICO 6 5 9 14 9 0 23 6 0 13 0 72
SOUTH DAKOTA 3 5 4 3 10 0 6 7 0 4 0 38
TENNESSEE 44 18 14 34 38 8 31 31 1 22 0 219
TEXAS 104 116 112 123 140 0 88 41 2 51 30 726
UTAH 11 18 18 23 18 2 13 11 4 4 8 118
VERMONT 3 7 0 3 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 20
WISCONSIN 33 24 12 23 25 2 51 67 23 26 2 260
PACIFIC BASIN 9 5 8 4 1 0 11 3 24 16 33 65
Total 1132 1039 850 883 1121 220 828 612 321 516 1048 7006
*Some states continue to provide services through the end of the school year in which the individual turns 22 years old