Open Hands Open Access: Deaf-Blind Intervention Modules
Module 03: The Role of Interveners in Educational Settings
PaTTAN - Online Course
Session Dates
Friday January 07, 2022 - PaTTAN - Online Course
Monday January 24, 2022 - PaTTAN - Online Course
Closed
This event is by invitation only. You must have a registration key in order to register.
For the student, the intervener plays an important role in developing a trusting relationship, offering the student greater access to environmental information, and supporting the student´s communication development. This course provides participants with an introduction to the role of the intervener and how interveners help the students connect with others in the environment including peers and other educational team members. Participants will experience a simulation of deaf-blindness to assist them with understanding this complex, dual sensory disability. Also, this course will highlight the intervener as the person who works most closely with the student at school and can provide the educational team with valuable information for planning the student´s educational program.
Objectives
Participants will:
- Explain the role of an intervener.
- Identify the Principles of Intervention.
- Describe intervention as team process.
- Review basic team dynamics.
Target Audience
Teams and Individuals working with and/or interested in professional development regarding students who are deaf-blind, such as parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, administrators, and other service providers, including those who are not seeking to become interveners.