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She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at University of Northern
Colorado in Special Education with an emphasis in deafblindness and
focuses her studies on transition, adaptive orientation and mobility
strategies, assistive technology, and communication access.
Tara has conducted qualitative research and presented
internationally with Dr. Silvia Correa-Torres on personnel prep for
orientation and mobility specialists working with students who are deafblind
at the International Mobility Conference in Ireland and Deafblind
International in Denmark (2017).
She has also provided in-services and presentations on adapting
orientation mobility and transition services to better fit children, teens, and
adults who are deafblind.
Tara is currently involved in several task forces related to
deafblindness at the state and national level and volunteers her time to
improve orientation and mobility, transition, and intervener services for
students who are deafblind.
