VIDBE-Q Volume 67 Issue 4
Daisy, every child who is deafblind deserves to have the support of an intervener
who can provide access to the world and facilitate learning, communication, and
overall development.
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Image Description: A smiling intervener, Cassandra, with long wavy hair sits in a
chair opposite another student - a boy in a power wheelchair with knees closed.
The rosy-cheeked boy is looking at the intervener. The intervener is holding an
object so the boy can feel it with his right hand. A drum is in the foreground within
reach of both.
Tricia Houlihan, California
I completed the Deafblind Intervener Training Program at Utah State
University and received my National Intervener Credential in 2017. I worked as an
intervener in the schools for many years until I started my own business several
