Amy Szarkowski - POC,Primary Presenter,Author
Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Credentials: PhD in Clinical Psychology
Other Affiliations: Instructor in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Psychologist, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program, Boston Children's Hospital; Adjunct Instructor at Gallaudet University & Tufts University
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Dr. Szarkowski is a Psychologist in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program at Boston Children's Hospital. Her work there involves conducting developmental and psychological assessments, providing support to Deaf and hard of hearing children and their families through short-term therapy, and advocating for appropriate supports and accommodations to meet childrens' needs. Dr. Szarkowski also holds an appointment as Instructor at Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry. She teaches in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Families Collaboration and Leadership program at Gallaudet University, as well as in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University. |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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Kathy Pongor - Co-Presenter
Gallaudet University, ITF Program
Credentials: M.A., Deaf Education
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32 years experience as a teacher, working with children who are deaf, blind, and deaf-blind. ITF Certificate participant. |
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Elizabeth Allen - Co-Presenter,Author
Gallaudet University, ITF Program
Credentials: M.Ed.
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M.Ed., Deaf Education. Teacher with 23 years experience. Also a certified ASL/English interpreter. ITF Certificate participant. |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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Kamilah Giraud - Co-Presenter,Author
Gallaudet University, ITF Program
Credentials: ITF Certificate participant
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ITF Certificate participant |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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Namiraa Baljinnyam - Co-Presenter,Author
Gallaudet University, ITF Program
Credentials: M.A.
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M.A. in Education Studies from a university in Mongolia. Currently, a graduate student in Deaf Education at Gallaudet and an ITF Certificate participant. |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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Receives Other financial benefit for Other activities from Nippon Foundation, Japan..
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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Beth Hamilton - Co-Presenter,Author
Texas State University & Lamar University
Credentials: M.Ed
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Doctoral candidate.
M.A. in Legal Studies, and paralegal certificate.
M.Ed., Teacher Leadership and ITF certificate.
B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies (Art, Communication and Human Studies) and Conflict & Resolution Mediation. |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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Whitney Kidd - Co-Presenter
Gallaudet University, ITF Program
Credentials: B.S.
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Enrolled in Gallaudet's ITF Graduate Certificate Program. |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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Has a Bias (advocate for use of ASL when appropriate)
relationship for Volunteer membership on advisory committee or review panels.
Has a Bias (use of ASL when appropriate)
relationship for Volunteer membership on advisory committee or review panels.
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Adena Dacy - Co-Presenter,Author
Gallaudet University, ITF Program
Credentials: M.S., CCC-SLP
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Speech-language pathologist with 20 years experience working in various settings. Also an ASL/English interpreter with a speciality in working in medical settings. ITF Certificate participant. |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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Emily Wojahn - Co-Presenter,Author
Gallaudet University, ITF Program
Credentials: B.A.
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B.A., Deaf Education. Worked as a pre-school and kindergarten teacher at a residential school for the Deaf for 3 years. ITF Certificate participant |
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ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
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Marilyn Sass-Lehrer - Co-Presenter,Author
Gallaudet University
Credentials: Ph.D.
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Marilyn Sass-Lehrer is Professor Emerita at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, USA. She received a master’s degree in Deaf Education from New York University and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in Early Childhood Education and Curriculum and Instruction. She is the co-director of the Gallaudet University Graduate Interdisciplinary Certificate Program: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Their Families. She is editor of Early Intervention for Deaf and Hard-of- Hearing Infants, Toddlers and their Families: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2016), co-author of Parents and their Deaf Children: The Early Years (2003), and co-editor of The Young Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child: A Family-Centered Approach to Early Education (2003). Dr. Sass-Lehrer has been actively involved in national and international efforts to support professional development and learning for early intervention providers and promote quality early education and family involvement. |
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