15th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 13-15, 2016 • San Diego, CA
| - | 4 - Early Intervention
Deafblindness: What Teachers and Service Providers Should Know
Three perspectives on the initial journey of a deafblind infant: An educator/early interventionist specializing in deafblindness on implications for development and strategies for professionals; an early interventionist for the deaf and hard of hearing on the importance of adapting service delivery when working with a person with Deafblindness; and a parent of a deafblind infant on beginning the journey with her child and on interfacing with the myriad professionals involved in the child’s care
- examine some of the unique issues involved with teaching a child with vision and hearing loss and how combined vision and hearing loss affects development
- explore some of the adaptations and techniques that have been shown to be useful when working with students with deafblindness
- Understand what a parent with a child with deafblindness needs from her team of professionals
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Presenters/Authors
Lucia Quinonez Sumner
(Primary Presenter), Early Sensory Support -Deaf /Hard of Hearing/DPI, lucia.sumner@esdb.dpi.nc.gov;
Lucia lives in Charlotte, NC . She is originally from South America. Lucia has a master’s degree in Special Education. She holds professional educator’s licenses in B-K and Hearing Impairment. She works as Teacher of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing with the Early Sensory Support for Children with Hearing Impairments. Lucia created the Merry Christmas Project. This project delivers toys and nonperishable food items during the holidays to families with children with hearing loss. Lucia is a frequent presenter on topics including bilingualism, play and development, working with interpreters in the early intervention setting and Cultural competency and sensitivity. She has published several chapters in the EHDI e-book on those same topics and created the “Glossary of Deafness & Audiological Terms -English to Spanish”.
Lucia is part of the CASTLE/CARE Planning Committee for the Latino Family Retreat Project and a member of the EHDI E-book advisory board.
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Patty Dischinger
(Co-Presenter), Early Sensory Support for Children with Hearing Impairments, Patty.Dischinger@esdb.dpi.nc.gov;
Patty has worked with hearing impaired, visually impaired and deafblind children in North Carolina for 34 years. She holds a NC Professional Educator’s License in the areas of hearing impaired and visually impaired. Patty participated in a national study on outcomes for children with deafblindness with cochlear implants. She presented at the NC Exceptional Children’s Conference in 2013 and 2014 in the areas of deafblindness and severe disabilities.
Patty is a member of the ECU Technical Support Team through the NC Deafblind Grant.
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Ana Amiguet
(Co-Presenter), Parent of Deaf blind child / Early sensory suppor, amiliev@gmail.com;
Ana Amiguet is the proud parent of a wonderful boy with Deafblindness.
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