The National Intervener & Advocate Association (NIAA) is an organization for Interveners, educators and parents to advance the intervener profession.

Belief

We believe that children with deafblindness have the right to access information about people and things in the environment that are necessary for learning, interaction, and overall development. We believe that this access can be provided by the services of an intervener who works one-to-one with a child who is deafblind and who has been trained through an intervener training program at a university or college.

The Mission is to:

• Promote quality intervention services for individuals with deafblindness
• Promote recognition of interveners at local, state, and national levels
• Promote the acceptance of the term “Intervener” as a unique profession requiring specialized training in deafblindness
• Promote awareness of the positive impact an intervener can have on a child’s learning, communication, and overall development
• Provide interveners with support and opportunities for networking with others in the field
• Advocate through the legislative process to promote national systems change and have interveners recognized as related service providers under IDEA