OPEN HANDS, OPEN ACCESS NCDB

1. OPEN HANDS, OPEN ACCESSNCDB Clara Berg, Family Specialist NYDBC March 2014

2. Description The Open Hands Open Access (OHOA) Intervener Learning Modules are a national resource designed to increase awareness, knowledge, and skills related to intervention for students who are deaf-blind and are being served in educational settings (ages 3 through 21). The development of the modules is in response to Recommendation 3 of the Recommendations to Improve Intervener Services (NCDB, 2012). Recommendation 3 is one of a set of recommendations intended to establish a strong national foundation for intervener training and workplace supports.

3. Resource for Intervener Training Programs The primary purpose of the modules is as a resource for agencies or institutions that develop, host, or deliver comprehensive intervener training programs. Examples include: • state deaf-blind projects, • colleges or universities, and • community colleges. In this context, the modules are meant to support trainers and instructors who have knowledge and expertise in: • (1) the education of children and youth who are deaf-blind, • (2) the process of intervention and the role of the intervener, and • (3) the design, delivery, and evaluation of competency-based training programs.

4. Other Uses The modules will also be useful to other learners (e.g., parents, teachers, other service providers) who are not seeking to become interveners, but simply wish to: • increase their awareness and understanding of deaf-blindness and its unique intervention practices and principles, • increase their awareness of the process of intervention and the role of the intervener, and • learn about ways to support students who are deaf-blind and their interveners.

5. The modules themselves do not constitute a formal training program, nor does completion of the modules independently and in isolation from a training program result in one becoming an intervener.

6. Description and Videos • http://prezi.com/slwl5nmga3wj/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share Participatory Creation of Content from State and National Deaf-Blind Projects, Family Leaders, Teachers and Interveners • Growing a Community of Practice • Reinforcing a Community of Learners • Field tested by experts and adult learners Welcome Module and Module 1 in Spanish (Caption and narration by Dicapta) • VIDEO TRACK XXXX

7. MODULE 1: IMPACT OF DEAF-BLINDNESS ON DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING AND OVERVIEW OF INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES: • Learning Activity: • Introduction • The population of students who are deaf-blind • Causes (etiologies) of deaf-blindness • The foundations of learning • Revisiting the inquiry challenge • Documented accomplishments • Self Evaluation

8. MODULE 2: THE SENSORY SYSTEM, THE BRAIN, AND THEIR ROLE IN LEARNING • Learning Activity: • Introduction • The box of deaf-blindness • The brain-senses connection • The seven senses • Apply what you have learned • Revisiting the inquiry challenge • Documented accomplishments • Self Evaluation

9. MODULE 3: THE ROLE OF THE INTERVENER IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS • Learning Activity: • Introduction • The meaning of Intervener • Simulation experiences • The principles of intervention • Introduction to Team Process and Module Review • Revisiting the inquiry challenge • Documented accomplishments • Self Evaluation

10. MODULE 4: BUILDING TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS AND POSITIVE SELF-IMAGE • Learning Activity: • Introduction • You and Me: Building Trusting Relationships • Reciprocal Interactions • Three Key Intervention Concepts • Joint Attention and Reaching Out • Revisiting the inquiry challenge • Documented accomplishments • Self Evaluation

11. Webinar NCDB/NFADB 2/12/14 Recorded Webinar (90min) http://hknc.adobeconnect.com/p2ydz9mavmi