OHOA online modules are a national resource designed to increase awareness, knowledge, and skills related to intervention for students (ages 3 through 21) who are deaf-blind and being served in educational settings. Come join the Washington Cohort series which is tailored specifically for our State’s unique needs. Training modules are free, self-paced, and offer clock hours.
Who Should Participate:
- Paraeducators
- Interveners
- Teachers, TVIs and TODs
- Special Education administrators who want to learn more about preparing paraeducators to work with children with complex needs, including vision and hearing loss
- Preschool Transition Coordinators
- Parents of children with complex needs, including vision and hearing loss
- OTs, PTs, SLPs
Modules being offered in this series:
Introduction Modules – CLOSED – Training has reached capacity
⇒ An Overview of Deaf-Blindness and Instructional Strategies (Module 1) – January 18 – February 7, 2021
⇒ The Sensory System, the Brain, and Learning (Module 2) – February 8 – 28, 2021
⇒ The Role of Interveners in Educational Settings (Module 3) – March 1 – 21, 2021
Advanced Modules – CLOSED – Training has reached capacity
⇒ Routines for Participation and Learning (Module 9) – January 18 – February 7, 2021
⇒ Accessing the Curriculum and the Environment (Module 19) – February 8 – 28, 2021
⇒ Touch for Connection and Communication (Module 26) – March 1 – 21, 2021
⇒ Introduction to Orientation and Mobility for Interveners (Module 14) – March 22 – April 11, 2021
Note: as with any educational resource, the modules alone do not constitute a formal training program. Completion of the modules in isolation from a training program does not result in one becoming a trained intervener.
Deaf-Blind Intervener Training:
Interested in completing a Deafblind Intervener Certificate Program? Please contact the Washington Deaf-Blind Project at (360) 947-3297, or email for information about training programs and a coaching opportunity as a WA State resident.
