VIDBE-Q Volume 67 Issue 4
Plans for the Future
Since the Recommendations for Improving Intervener Services was
published a decade ago, NCDB's objectives and activities related to intervener
services have markedly increased. Although the progress NCDB and others have
made is significant, there is still much work to be done to meet the high need for
interveners nationwide. NCDB remains committed to collaborating with partners
to develop resources for training, professional development, and recognition of
interveners, and will continue to support innovative programs and processes to
recruit, train, coach, and retain them. Importantly, NCDB's intervener work does
not occur in isolation but in close collaboration with a national network of state
deaf-blind projects, family organizations, institutes of higher education,
interveners, educators, and many others. Stakeholder engagement will continue to
serve as a critical strategy for addressing ongoing and emerging needs to increase
the recognition and availability of highly-trained interveners for children who are
deaf-blind.
