VIDBE-Q Volume 67 Issue 4
Table 1
Responses of how SDBP supports the training of interveners.
Approaches to Training
Interveners
# of SDBP's
Utilizing This
Approach
Option for Intervener to
Obtain Certification?
Open Hands Open Access
(OHOA) Self-Paced
Modules
38 Yes
Institutes of Higher
Education (IHEs)
4 Yes
Offering both OHOA and
IHEs
5 Yes
Curriculum designed by
SDBP
2 Yes
No formal training offered 3 No
Many SDBPs mentioned that they have supported both the certificate and
the credential path for intervener training. At the time this article was written, there
was more data on the intervener training certificate process, because more states
were currently participating in that avenue of training. As a result, this article does
not address the specifics of the higher education programs (IHE) and intervener
credentialing. The authors suggest that more data be gathered from the participants
in the IHE programs.
