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Promoting a positive experience for new interveners
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Supporting and encouraging newly trained interveners is important from multiple perspectives. For those who have shouldered the costs (Local Education Agencies, DB Projects, others) it is imperative to have a return on their investment. For the interveners themselves, it is important that they...
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Interveners, peer relationships, and inclusive settings
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One of the most common fears associated with the use of Interveners is the notion that the 1:1 will be a barrier to the development of peer (and/or adult) relationships for the child who is DB. Proponents consider this to be an issue best resolved through Intervener training. How else might...
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Interveners and Trusting Relationships with Students who are Deafblind
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There are three primary roles of an Intervener:
1. Facilitating access to the environment information that is usually gained through vision and hearing, but which is unavailable or incomplete to the student who is deafblind
2. Facilitating the development and /or use of the student's...
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Opening question
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Welcome to the Intervener Communities of Practice! We’d like this to be a forum for sharing successes, exploring solutions, and healthy conversation about the practice of Intervention for children who are Deaf-Blind. If you’re not familiar with the concept of an Intervener, please take...
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New articles in the "documents" section (4/8/10)
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Two articles have been posted in the "documents" section:
1) Comparison of Interveners and Paraprofessionals
2)Intervener Code of Ethics
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Intervener - One parents experience!
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The message below is from the Intervener listserve and is shared with permission from Jennifer Brooke. Jennifer advocated and received the services of an Intervener for her son who is DeafBlind.
Sally Prouty, MN DeafBlind Project
Jennifer says: Maxwell was born with a congenital CMV virus,...
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Intervener Collaboration
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There are a multitude of unique, intensive services available to children with special needs. SPED services are often insular and provided intermittently. This can present problems in coordinating services. Children who are Deaf-Blind typically receive multiple services as part of their IEP,...
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Invitation
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Hi Everyone –
As part of our efforts to establish the use of interveners as a recognized and credible service delivery option for individuals who are deafblind, we’ve been collaborating with the National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals and Related Service Providers (NRCP) to...
