What is an intervener? How is an intervener different from a paraeducator? How can an intervener or staff trained in deafblindness help support your child’s learning? Join us to learn about current services and supports across the country that can be considered when planning your child’s IEP. Key resources will be shared to increase your knowledge about interveners and their role in education now and in the future. Family perspectives will also be shared for all to gain insight from their journey!
Sessions will be lead by Dr. Kristi Probst, the Interveners and Qualified Personnel Initiative Lead for the National Center on Deafblindness. She is a National Leadership Consortium in Sensory Disabilities scholar. She holds licensures in Special Education for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Low Vision & Blindness, Learning Behavior Specialist, Elementary Education, and Early Childhood Education. Her undergraduate and graduate degrees focused on the education of students with sensory disabilities (deaf/hard of hearing and visual impairment), while her doctoral studies concentrated on the area of special education, specifically educating students who are deafblind. She has worked as a teacher both for students with sensory impairments and students with learning disabilities, Early Interventionist, Sign Language Interpreter, and university professor. Kristi uses her personal and professional experiences to inform her work, research, writing, and presentations.
15 сен 2024
