ABSTRACT
Multi-handicapped sensory impairments are perhaps the least understood of disabilities, and the most traumatic to the individual. Attendance at the Second Canadian Conference on the Education of the Deafblind, held at W Ross Macdonald School in March 1986, introduced the author to the Canadian concept of Intervention as a method of support for children who are dual sensory impaired in a variety of settings. The project to provide intervention services to a number of dual sensory impaired children in one particular region of the United Kingdom has met with considerable success from the point of view of the developmental progress of the individual children. The role of the intervenor is to enable the child to take full advantage of learning and social experiences and to gain fuller access to the environment and the schools curriculum. The initial part of the training for intervenors was a week-long residential course hosted by the Pathways Deafblind Department.
