Are Intervener Services Appropriate for Your Student With Deaf-Blindness? An IEP Team Discussion Guide
The purpose of this discussion guide is to help IEP teams make informed decisions about whether intervener services are appropriate for the student. It provides preliminary steps; use of residual vision and residual hearing; access to information, communication, trusting relationships and social interactions, conceptual learning; and final steps.
Publication Date: January 2016
Publisher: National Center on Deaf-Blindness
Arizona Department of Education AT Short Term Loan Library
Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services works in partnership with Northern Arizona University Institute for Human Development Arizona Technology Access Program to make available at no cost, a wide variety of assistive technology devices, equipment, software, and professional development materials to school personnel to improve access to assistive technology.
Publisher: Arizona Department of Education
Communicating With Children Who Are Deafblind
This module examines the many ways children who are deafblind communicate. It offers essential information, strategies, and detailed examples of how to develop and expand communication skills at all levels, provide effective access to the general education curriculum, and create stronger connections with others.
Publication Date: December 2024
Publisher: National Center on Deafblindness
Deaf-Blindness
This overview discusses characteristics, potential causes, and interventions. It includes videos on cochlear implants, augmentative and alternative communication, and deaf-blindness.
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ublication Date: 2020
Publisher: Vanderbilt University
Deaf-Blindness Overview
This page provides an overview and links to additional resources on the following aspects of deaf-blindness for children and youth that includes an overview, profiles of children who are deaf-blind, causes, vision and hearing characteristics, and educational practices.
Publisher: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
Early Literacy for Students with Multiple Disabilities or Deafblindness
This webcast discusses the challenges that parents and teachers of students with multiple disabilities and deafblindness face with regard to literacy. It offers early literacy activities that teachers can perform with students and different ways teachers can adapt books for their students.
Presenter: Deirdre Leech
Publisher: Perkins Learning
Intervener Services and Interveners in Educational Settings: Definition
This resource defines the primary role of interveners who are typically paraeducators providing one-to-one support throughout to a student who is deaf-blind throughout the instructional day. Additional information covers teaming, training, and designation in IEPs.
Publication Date: 2021
Publisher: National Center on Deaf-Blindness
Introduction to Deaf Blindness Series Webinar 1--What Is Deaf Blindness
This webinar introduces a functional definition of deaf-blindness, along with the key questions to be answered in order to determine if a particular learner experiences deaf-blindness (DB). Specific examples of each of the four major categories of DB will be included. The webinar concludes with an explanation of the primary ways in which deaf blindness impacts a learner’s interaction with the environment and school performance.
Author: Susan Bashinski
Publication Date: March 2021
Publisher: Rural Institute
Literacy for Children with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss
This site is for individuals interested in beginning or enhancing literacy instruction for children with combined vision and hearing loss. Its content is also designed to improve literacy instruction for children with multiple disabilities and other complex learning challenges. The instructional techniques and tips provided on this site are evidence-based practices for increasing literacy skills.
Publisher: Office of Special Education Programs and National Center on Deaf-Blindness
Specialty Set: Special Education Paraeducator Intervener for Individuals With Deafblindness
The Council for Exceptional Children created standards for interveners with a comprehensive list of intervener knowledge and skill competencies.
Publication Date: April 2022
Publisher: Council for Exceptional Children
The Impact of Deafblindness on Learning and Development
This module covers an introduction to deafblindness, preparing for learning, foundational teaching strategies, and building relationships with children birth through 21. The practical information can be put to use right away in classrooms and other settings.
Publication Date: January 2022
Publisher: National Center on Deafblindness
Publisher: Rural Institute
OHOA Module: An Overview of Deafblindness and Instructional Strategies
This module recognizes that deafblindness is a disability of access to information that results in significant challenges in interactions and learning. The module describes key instructional principles and strategies that are effective in educating and interacting with learners with deafblindness.
Authors: Robbie Blaha, Michelle Clyne, Vivecca Hartman, Johanna Borg, and Barbara Martin
Publication Date: Revised 2025
Publisher: National Center on Deafblindness
The Intervener’s Roles and Responsibilities
Interveners help students who are deaf-blind compensate for the difficulties with communication and concept development that occur as a result of combined vision and hearing loss. This resource includes the primary roles in an educational setting with additional attributes and responsibilities.
Publication Date: March 2022
Publisher: National Center on Deaf-Blindness
The Teacher’s Role with an Interveners
In an educational setting, an intervener works under the supervision of the classroom teacher. Although this supervisory role can be new to many teachers, building a strong teacher-intervener relationship can greatly enhance the classroom environment and help support all students more effectively.
Publication Date: March 2022
Publisher:
National Center on Deaf-Blindness