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reviewed by the validation team (see Zambone & Alsop, 2009). To increase
community engagement and knowledge of the standards creation process, DVIDB
also invited representatives from national family organizations in deafblindness,
including the National Family Association of the Deaf-Blind (NFADB) and the
CHARGE Syndrome Foundation, to offer review and feedback on the
competencies.
At the 2020 CEC Convention in Portland, Oregon, DVIDB hosted an in-
person and online community forum to engage our membership and conference
attendees in our process. Within this meeting, strand leaders began to outline a
schedule and plan with their team members. Members of the DVIDB validation
team also met with the co-chairs of the KSSC to describe our intentional use of
participatory approaches within our Division to create engagement and a more
community-validated set of knowledge and skills. The KSSC Co-Chairs approved
of the high levels of community involvement as a natural extension of the
consensual validation process.
Strand and Validation Team Efforts
Through the Spring, Summer and Fall of 2020, amid the additional stressors
faced by changes caused by COVID-19, 14 teams collaborated, reviewed literature
and hosted meaningful virtual discussions about competencies for TDBs and
interveners. Teams received support in searching the literature from the Perkins
