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Image 3 . Another headshot of
Deborah Hatton
the field. She was a true mentor, leader, colleague and friend. I miss her
dearly!" Tiffany Wild, The Ohi o State University
"Before I ever met Dr. Deborah Hatton, I benefitted
from her work. In fact, I'd say most teacher candidates
in the United States did. She led a training and
dissem ination grant, Early Intervention Training Center
for Infants and Toddlers with Visual Impairments
Impairment, aimed at providing personnel
preparation programs with resources and
materials with a focus on early intervention for youth with visual
impairmen ts. While enrolled at the University of Arizona, I completed in a
course that leveraged the use of these rich and accessible modules. Once I
started my doctoral studies, I was fortunate to receive an entire set of the
materials. Today, these are still soug ht out and widely used tools for
personnel training programs." Holly Lawson, Portland State University
"Unlike anyone I've ever met, Deborah assumed that people could do
far more than they themselves believed. She established genuine personal
relationship s with professional colleagues that made it very difficult to
disappoint her when working together on a project. She tackled joint
