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NEC Consultant Spotlight: Karen Olson
The New England Consortium on Deafblindness invites you to learn more about our consultant Karen Olson!
The New England Consortium on Deafblindness (NEC) has different consultants serving families for each of our five states. Karen Olson works with children and families in the Connecticut region!
A little about Karen’s background.
Karen received her M.Ed. in Deafblind/Multi-handicapped Education from Boston College. She has worked as a classroom teacher at Perkins School for the Blind in the Deafblind Department and later as an Itinerant P/S teacher, and as a classroom English teacher at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (Gallaudet University in Washington DC). Later, as an Education Consultant for children with deafblindness at the Bureau of Education & Services for the Blind (BESB) in Connecticut, she was Supervisor of Children’s Services for BESB before retiring in 2016. Now she’s joined NEC as an Education Consultant!
From Karen herself, “[What] I enjoy most about my work is meeting new children and learning about all their capabilities. I love when I’m working with a child and after a period of time, seeing that small light of understanding come on.”
In her personal life, Karen spends her days off jumping onto her bicycle and going for a long ride. Something that would surprise you about her, she went to the Woodstock Festival in 1969! NEC is proud to have Karen on our team!
