Transcript OPEN HANDS, OPEN ACCESS

OPEN HANDS, OPEN ACCESS
NCDB
Clara Berg, Family Specialist NYDBC
March 2014
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.
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.
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 deafblindness 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.
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.
Description and Videos
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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
MODULE 1:
IMPACT OF DEAF-BLINDNESS ON DEVELOPMENT AND
LEARNING AND OVERVIEW OF INSTRUCTIONAL
STRATEGIES:
oLearning Activity:
o Introduction
o The population of students who are deaf-blind
o Causes (etiologies) of deaf-blindness
o The foundations of learning
oRevisiting the inquiry challenge
oDocumented accomplishments
oSelf Evaluation
MODULE 2:
THE SENSORY SYSTEM, THE BRAIN, AND THEIR
ROLE IN LEARNING
oLearning Activity:
o Introduction
o The box of deaf-blindness
o The brain-senses connection
o The seven senses
o Apply what you have learned
oRevisiting the inquiry challenge
oDocumented accomplishments
oSelf Evaluation
MODULE 3:
THE ROLE OF THE INTERVENER IN
EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS
oLearning Activity:
o Introduction
o The meaning of Intervener
o Simulation experiences
o The principles of intervention
o Introduction to Team Process and Module Review
oRevisiting the inquiry challenge
oDocumented accomplishments
oSelf Evaluation
MODULE 4:
BUILDING TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS AND
POSITIVE SELF-IMAGE
oLearning Activity:
o Introduction
o You and Me: Building Trusting Relationships
o Reciprocal Interactions
o Three Key Intervention Concepts
o Joint Attention and Reaching Out
oRevisiting the inquiry challenge
oDocumented accomplishments
oSelf Evaluation
Webinar NCDB/NFADB 2/12/14
Recorded Webinar (90min)
http://hknc.adobeconnect.com/p2ydz9mavmi