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distance-based EI services for children aged birth through 3 years old who
have been identified as having exceptionalities, delays in development, or
potential for experiencing delays in development. Teleintervention involves
using telecommunication technology (examples: computers; the internet;
and synchronous videoconferencing applications, such as Skype
TM
,
FaceTime
TM
, or Zoom
TM
) to deliver professional services to clients at a
distance (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2019).
Research in telepractice, the overarching domain of distance-based EI
services under which teleintervention exists, has shown that caregivers and
practitioners found technology-based EI educational services at least as
effective as in-person consultations (Behl et al., 2017; Kelso, Fiechtl,
Olsen, & Rule, 2009; Olsen, Fiechtl, & Rule, 2012).
Although there is a history of using technology to successfully provide
healthcare, therapeutic assessment, therapeutic intervention, and
specialized services to families of children with exceptionalities in EI (Behl,
Houston, Guthrie, & Guthrie, 2010; Behl et al., 2017; Blaiser, Behl, Callow-
Heusser, & White, 2013; Boisvert, Lang, Andrianopoulos, & Boscardin,
2010; Kelso et al., 2009; Olsen et al., 2012), studies investigating the use
of teleintervention to provide specialized instruction/services to young
children with visual impairment (VI) and their families in the EI system are
