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Are Intervener Services Appropriate for Your Student with Deaf-Blindness? An IEP Team Discussion Guide

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Title: Are Intervener Services Appropriate for Your Student with Deaf-Blindness? An IEP Team Discussion Guide
Language: English
Authors: National Center on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB)
Source: National Center on Deaf-Blindness. 2016.
Availability: National Center on Deaf-Blindness. Teaching Research Institute Western Oregon University 345 North Monmouth Avenue, Monmouth, OR 97361. Tel: 800-438-9376; Fax: 503-838-8150; e-mail: info@nationaldb.org; Web site: http://www.nationaldb.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 23
Publication Date: 2016
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Education (ED)
Contract Number: H326T130013
Document Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Descriptors: Intervention, Students with Disabilities, Deaf Blind, Individualized Education Programs, Special Education, Services, Access to Information, Student Needs, Needs Assessment, Identification, Access to Education, Student Evaluation, Partial Vision, Hearing Impairments, Auditory Evaluation, Visual Acuity, Interpersonal Competence, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Learning Processes, Check Lists
Abstract: Students who are deaf-blind have absent, partial, or distorted vision and hearing. Deaf-blindness severely limits access to visual and auditory information that forms the basis for learning and communication and creates challenges for educational systems mandated to provide free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment. Intervener services are a way to meet the challenge of providing students who are deaf-blind with access to information they are unable to gather via vision and hearing and to help them compensate for the difficulties with communication and concept development that occur as a result of sensory deprivation. The purpose of this discussion guide is to help IEP teams make informed decisions about whether intervener services are appropriate for a particular student. [This guide was developed by Deaf-Blind Network Partners and National Center on Deaf-Blindness staff.]
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2019
Accession Number: ED594379
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Students who are deaf-blind have absent, partial, or distorted vision and hearing. Deaf-blindness severely limits access to visual and auditory information that forms the basis for learning and communication and creates challenges for educational systems mandated to provide free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment. Intervener services are a way to meet the challenge of providing students who are deaf-blind with access to information they are unable to gather via vision and hearing and to help them compensate for the difficulties with communication and concept development that occur as a result of sensory deprivation. The purpose of this discussion guide is to help IEP teams make informed decisions about whether intervener services are appropriate for a particular student. [This guide was developed by Deaf-Blind Network Partners and National Center on Deaf-Blindness staff.]