Interveners and Deafblindness

01/24/2026

Encouraging news............

A budget agreement working its way through Congress rebuffs Trump administration efforts to make major changes to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and eliminate some disability programs.

01/09/2026

To Register: https://nationaldb-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/D2dNLAsQTIead8VCN8AVvg #/registration

01/06/2026

Please join the Wisconsin Deafblind Technical Assistance Project for their Empowering Interveners event next Tuesday, January 13 at 6 pm Central. There is no cost to participate.

Join WDBTAP via Zoom on January 13th for a professional development presentation with Educational Consultant Nancy Steele. She will be explaining the implementation and benefits of calendar systems when working with a student who is deafblind.

Register Here:
http://bit.ly/3KzIWB0

12/20/2025

Parents across the country are concerned about the future of funding for state DeafBlind Projects. See how the federal funding cut to Wisconsin has impacted this family.

Casey and Leah Garner's 3-year-old daughter, who is deaf and visually impaired, learned to communicate thanks to a state-funded program. Now, following federal cuts targeting DEI initiatives, the program's funding has been cut — and her parents are speaking out.

12/17/2025

Join WDBTAP via Zoom on January 13th for a professional development presentation with Educational Consultant Nancy Steele. She will be explaining the implementation and benefits of calendar systems when working with a student who is deafblind.

Register Here:
http://bit.ly/3KzIWB0

12/15/2025

You may also click on the NYT auditory link to listen to the 7 minute article.

A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals.

12/10/2025

Registration open for Intervener training at Utah State University
Spring Semester 2026

Semester runs from Monday, January 5 through Tuesday, April 28, 2026

11/26/2025

We are SO THANKFUL for all the wonderful Interveners working across this country! Thank you for all the time and effort you work to support our children who are DeafBlind. We appreciate you!

11/12/2025

Intervener Community of Practice
Munch 'N' Learn Brown Bag Workshop
Intervener Strategies
December 1, 2025
3:30pm PT/4:30pm MT/ 5:30pm CT/ 6:30pm ET

Register here: https://nationaldb-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/How8aZ6fSkyrtA_g0EolUw #/registration

11/09/2025

Intervener Munch 'N' Learn ----- Save the Dates!
Mondays December 1, 2025; February 2, 2026; April 16, 2026

**Topic: Intervener/or Stratagies

11/07/2025

Contact your members of Congress after reading this!

Efforts to gut the U.S. Department of Education's special education office and move the program to another agency are already causing "immediate harm" to students with disabilities, advocates warn.

11/05/2025

Free training opportunity. "Communicating Through Touch: Strategies for Professionals Working with Children who are DeafBlind".

November 11, through the Wisconsin Deafblind Technical Assistance Project.