VIDBE-Q Volume 67 Issue 4
represent significant challenges to having intervener services available for these
students. It would appear that school teams are still generally uninformed about
interveners and the impact of deafblindness in learning.
12. If your child does not have an intervener, what title is given to the person
working with your child?
• 1:1 aide - 16
• paraprofessional/paraeducator - 15
• interpreter - 5
• nurse - 3
• no title given because no specific person is assigned to the child- 14
Summary: When a child doesn't have an intervener, two thirds of the children
have either a para or 1:1 aide working with them. Of concern is the fact that almost
a third of the children not only do not have an intervener, but also do not have a
specific person assigned to them.
13. Are you aware of these intervener training options? (respondents' children
do not have an intervener)
• OHOA modules - 10
• State Deaf-Blind Project Workshops - 9
