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Concerning the Role the Intervener:
A Speech and Language Pathologist: "Interveners provide valuable
information about the student; likes/dislikes, strengths/weaknesses that other team
members need to know when planning lessons are making educational
decisions. Interveners translate directions/instruction given by other team members
so that the student understands and fills in missing information that the student needs
to understand the task. All individuals working with a student should feel
comfortable sharing concerns, successes, and suggestions within the team when
planning instruction for the student."
A paraprofessional in the role of the Intervener: "An Intervener helps a child
experience the world by everyday opportunities in the school setting - concept
development, hand-under-hand learning, modeling, waiting, doing with, not for, not
forcing, establishing trust, promoting independence, consistent routines."
A teacher of students with visual impairments: "It is vital the intervener and
the rest of the team work together in providing any information they have about the
child. As the child is continually learning to communicate, the whole team is
continually learning more and more about the child. It is important therefore for the
team to provide each other with information not only about the student's responses
and communication, but also about the content of the lessons and teaching
tips/strategies that are found to be successful."
A PaTTAN Educational Consultant: "I think the intervener and the team as a
whole have to understand the importance of the two way communication which needs
to occur. The intervener provides important insight to the team and the team provides
the expertise in their own fields."
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