VIDBE-Q Volume 67 Issue 4
state projects continue to work with their families, educators, and other
stakeholders to achieve similar outcomes.
During collaborative conference presentations, NCDB and state deaf-blind
projects have further highlighted the state projects' work, emphasizing the need for
recognition and acceptance of intervener services in state legislation. In addition,
NCDB's website and social media platforms feature stories, news, and successes
related to intervener services.
Support for Intervener Training
A key outcome of NCDB's work related to intervener training involved the
development and continued training, consultation, maintenance, and technological
support of the Open Hands, Open Access: Deaf-Blind Intervener Learning
Modules (OHOA). The modules were created over several years, from 2012-2017,
in response to Recommendation 3, to develop a national curriculum for intervener
training that anyone could use. A diverse group of more than 160 experts worked
to develop the 27 modules in the series, including personnel from state deaf-blind
projects, institutes of higher education, and family organizations, as well as
teachers and adults who are deaf-blind (NCDB, n.d.-b). The modules were
designed to be incorporated into comprehensive intervener training programs
offered by qualified agencies and institutions and, on their own, do not serve as an
intervener training program.
