VIDBE-Q Volume 67 Issue 4
Peggy Malloy, pmalloy@helenkeller.org,
Kristi Probst, kprobst@helenkeller.org, &
Julie Durando, jdurando@helenkeller.org
National Center on Deaf-Blindness
Interveners provide an essential educational service for many children who
are deaf-blind. Their unique training gives them skills to promote their students'
communication competence and help teachers provide students with access to the
general education curriculum. Since 2011, the National Center on Deaf-Blindness
(NCDB; formerly the National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness) has collaborated
with a wide range of stakeholders on activities to improve the recognition and use
of interveners in the U.S.
As a national technical assistance (TA) center, part of NCDB's role is to
bring individuals and agencies together to work on important initiatives that
improve results for children who are deaf-blind. In particular, NCDB works closely
National Center on Deaf-Blindness: Taking
Action to Advance the Recognition and Use of
Interveners
