The workshop is aimed at professionals, researchers, parents and carers of people with congenital deafness or complex disabilities or atypical communication.

The event will be live streamed on the VMU Academy of Education Youtube channel (you will receive the link a few days before the event).

Programme

09.30-10.00. Registration,  coffee.

10.00 – 10.10 Welcome words

• Helén Nilsson, Director of Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania
• Prof. Lina Kaminskiene, Chancellor of Education Academy of Vytautas Magnus University

10.10 – 11.00  Introduction about functional and medical assessment of deafblindness,

11.00- 12.30 30 How persons with congenital deafblindness (as well as many persons with multiple disability) express themselves and how we can use these expressions for communicating with them. Video analysis.

12.30 – 13.30 Buffet lunch

13.30 – 16.15 Continuation of the seminar

16.15 – 17.00 Discussion and reflections