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School for the Blind librarians and from the American Printing House for the Blind
librarians. Faculty from various universities also provided support in finding and
recommending resources. Within the CEC's process, supporting literature is sought
for each recommended competency and literature is categorized as research,
theory, or practice (CEC, 2017). Members from the validation team met regularly
with strand leaders, discussed selections of supporting literature and shared
resources. Additionally, to ensure that there was alignment across the TDB and
intervener competencies, DVIDB asked that strand leaders review each other's
work to create greater cohesion.
In the Fall of 2020 and Winter of 2021, the Validation team reviewed all of
the competencies, editing across all of the strands for consistency. Additional
efforts were made to identify appropriate peer-reviewed literature to support the
recommended competencies. Redundancies across standards were reviewed and
removed.
Collaboration with Family Organization Representatives and External
Experts
A particularly helpful part of the consensual validation process was the
opportunity to review and seek feedback from the original (2009) competency
authors. Members of the validation team hosted meetings with Linda Alsop and
Alana Zambone to review and clarify the work further. The validation team also
