Self-Directed Services: What Families of Transition-Age Students Need to Know

Self-Directed Services: What Families of Transition-Age Students Need to Know 1 hour 30 minutes
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Ibraheem Fakir

Image Description: Ibraheem is facing the camera, smiling with shoulder length, dark brown hair and a dark beard. He is wearing a blue suit and a button up white shirt under it. He is standing outside in front of a white, slatted fence.

Ibraheem Fakir, MS
Teacher for the Blind/Visually Impaired
Self-Directed Services Support Broker

Known amongst his friends as a food and travel adventurer, Ibraheem is often seeking out his next learning and teaching opportunity. Earning his BA in physics and his MS in special education, he is credentialed with New York State teaching licenses in physics, mathematics, and teaching students with visual impairments. Building meaningful curriculums and implementing functional service models are but a few of the things he is passionate about. He also serves as a New York State authorized self-direction broker and he uses his company Brooklyn Access to raise awareness in his community about services available to children with developmental disabilities.

Ibraheem is a friend to NYDBC and participates in various NYDBC-hosted events, such as the Community of Practice, Network of Teachers Working with DeafBlind Students (NTDB).

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