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Intervention Program

Program History

It has been the pleasure of the BC Chapter to provide spring, summer, and winter Intervention programs to the families in our province. This program is offered through the generous support of the Ministry of Children and Family Development of the Provincial Government. 

A young boy in a wheelchair is wearing a blue shirt and white bib. He is looking at his computer mounted in front of him. His Intervenor has dark hair tied in a bun and is wearing a mask over her mouth and a green shirt with an orange and black patterned cardigan. The Intervenor is supporting the boy’s hands while they squish white dough in a Ziploc bag.
Seasonal Intervention Program

About the Intervention Program

The Intervention Programs helps to maintain skills acquired during the school year and ensure that participants continue to utilize and practice their communication and social skills.

Who the Program Supports

These programs provide services that support children and youth with deafblindness from the ages two to nineteen. Intervention allows them to interact more fully with their environment.

When the Program Runs

Our program runs during school-breaks (spring, summer and winter).

How the Program Works

The families hire Intervenors, and these Intervenors are trained through a deafblind specialist working with the Canadian Deafblind Association - British Columbia Chapter.

A balding man with a mustache and beard, wearing a blue and white checkered shirt is sitting in the forefront beside a young boy with dark hair and glasses. They are sitting on a park train car across from a woman with dark hair and a white shirt who is supporting a young boy with brown hair and a blue shirt on her lap. Beside them on another train car is a young girl with dark hair and a young boy with dark hair and a grey and blue shirt. All six individuals are looking up and smiling for the photo.
Having fun

Family Response

The overwhelming response from families has been that they experience a better understanding of Intervention and the difference it can make in the lives of their children and their families.

The milestones that families have achieved, and the ability of students to retain skills learned over the school year make this program invaluable.

Other Programs

For almost three decades, the CDBA Chapter in BC has been dedicated to providing support and services to the individuals who are deafblind and their families. Some of the support and services provided include:

A young boy with dark hair in wheelchair using a large red switch. He is laughing and looking at a wooden clown hanging in front of him, while an adult signs ‘more’ in front of him.

Early Intervention Program

Through direct family service, families and their teams are introduced to the unique world of deafblindness, while learning communication methods and deafblind intervention skills that support the child’s development during the early years.
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A young girl in a walker wearing a mauve shirt and a bone conduction hearing device is with a laughing woman with long hair and a green, blue and purple striped shirt. They are looking to the left for the photo and standing at a chain-link fence in front of a brown horse.

Summer Recreation Program

Provides opportunities during the summer months for our members to explore new activities and venues and to develop social relationships with other individuals who are deafblind. This program is available to all members.
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A girl wearing a blue shirt and scarf is sitting in her wheelchair. On her right is a woman with long brown hair wearing a black hair band, black shirt and white apron. She is smiling while watching the young girl paint. On the girl’s left is a woman with black hair in a pony tail wearing a black shirt. Her hand is under the girl’s hand while she holds a pink ball dipped in yellow paint. They are using the ball to paint a white board that is on a yellow tray. A large black tent with silver streamers in the doorway is behind them.

Sensory Clinics

Our sensory clinics range from an afternoon to a weekend and provide a sensory-loaded experience for children with deafblindness, as well as training and information for their families and Intervenors.
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