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Hong "Nana" Phangia Dewald, Ph.D., COMS; Utah Schools
for the Deaf and Blind; hong.phangiadewald@gmail.com
Advances in technology have allowed various areas of healthcare
and education to explore and utilize alternative practice and service
delivery models to connect service providers with their clients and
educators with their students. In healthcare, the broad term of "telehealth"
is defined as "the use of electronic information and telecommunication
technologies to support and promote long-distance clinical health care,
patient and professional health-related education, public health and health
administration" (Health Resources and Services Administration, 2019). In
education, the use of telecommunication technology to deliver and support
educational services has been most prominent in the area of early
childhood special education. The terms "telepractice" and "teleintervention"
are the terms that have been closely associated with the provision of
services via telecommunication technologies for families in early
intervention (EI) programs. "Teleintervention" is a term used to describe
Teleintervention as a Service Delivery Model for Families of Young
Children with Visual Impairment in Early Intervention
