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Personnel Development and Training

Overview

Adequately trained teachers and paraprofessionals are in short supply for low incidence populations of students, including those who are deaf-blind.  The materials presented below offer a look at some of the issues, historical as well as current, and some of the resources and strategies directed at addressing this need. 

Introductory Resources

Dr. Barbara McLetchie on Deafblindness

Source: Perkins School for the Blind

Summary Report: NCDB Personnel Training Focus Group

Source: National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness

Teacher Preparation for the Education of Students who are Deafblind: A Retrospective and Prospective View

Source: Deaf-Blind Perspectives

Teachers of Students With Deafblindness: Professionalizing the Field

Source: DVI Quarterly

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Closing Ceremony 2012 “Student Reflections” (2nd Article)

Source: California Deaf-Blind Services

Competencies for Training Interveners to Work with Children and Students with Deafblindness

Source: Intervenor Professional Network

Ensuring Access to Highly Qualified Interveners and Teachers: Establishing Intervener and Teacher Specialized Professional Associations in Council for Exceptional Children

Source: DVI Quarterly

Model for Paraprofessional Training in Deafblindness

Source: Deaf-Blind Perspectives

National Center for Leadership in Visual Impairment (NCLVI)

Source: Deaf-Blind Perspectives

NCDB's Personnel Preparation Consortium

Source: Deaf-Blind Perspectives

Personnel Preparation

Source: 1992 National Symposium on Deaf-Blindness

Recommendations on the Training of Interveners for Students who are Deafblind

Source: National Intervener Task Force

Research-to-Practice Focus:Competencies for Teachers of Learners Who Are Deafblind

Source: Deaf-Blind Perspectives

Specialization Knowledge and Skill Set for Paraeducators Who are Interveners for Individuals with Deafblindness

Source: COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN Red Book

Internet Resources

Personnel Preparation Packet

Source: DB-LINK

Bibliographies

Personnel Training

Training Opportunities

Personnel Preparation and Distance Learning Opportunities in Deaf-Blindness

Source: National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness

Training Opportunities Sponsored by State Deaf-Blind Projects

Source: National Conference on Deafblindness

Webcasts from Perkins Training and Educational Resources

Source: Perkins Training and Educational Resources Program

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