VIDBE-Q Volume 67 Issue 4
• The school can't find a trained intervener - 14
• The school can't find a person willing to go through training to become an
intervener – 11
• The school is strictly for those who have deafblindness -2
• The school said we don't do that here - 8
• The school said interveners are not listed as a related service in IDEA - 6
• The school doesn't think my child needs an intervener - 6
• The school said they didn't have money for an intervener - 2
• The school said, if we do it for your child, every child in special education
would want one - 2
The following are comments made by respondents in the "Other" category, along
with respondent numbers for the first four comments.
• Interveners are not recognized in our state/Department of Education - 2
• I don't have enough information about interveners - 3
• Haven't tried / asked - 10
• The school is strictly for those who have deafblindness - 2
• They were concerned if the intervener took a day off, no one would be able
to work with her.
• Didn't try because I wasn't sure an intervener was appropriate for a child
who uses oral spoken language.
