15th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 13-15, 2016 • San Diego, CA
3/14/2016 | 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | Topical Session 1 | Tiki Pavilion | 3 - Language Acquisition and Development
Achieving Outcomes by Collaborating with a Multidisciplinary IFSP Team
Early intervention providers will undoubtedly work with children who have multiple disabilities. A child may have as many as six different therapists assigned to work with him, each visiting the family on a weekly or bi- weekly basis. An individual child might concurrently receive services from a hearing impaired specialist, speech language pathologist, occupational therapist, physical therapist and a vision specialist. This can be an overwhelming experience. The families we serve participate in family sessions and then most likely try to mimic the sessions when they are alone with their child. Each therapist has a set of outcomes and it can be difficult for families to find the time to squeeze each session’s “homework” into their busy lives. With regard to the acquisition of language and auditory development, listening and talking are two domains that can be incorporated into other EI sessions.
Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team is essential when supporting a family on their journey through EI. When the hearing impaired specialist collaborates with other therapists, the family is able to incorporate listening and talking within other domains. This presentation will provide examples of the hearing impaired specialist working with an OT, a PT, and a vision specialist. The presentation will focus specifically on strategies to facilitate listening and talking within daily routines and while working on skills in other domains. EI providers know that collaboration is good for families. This information will help providers collaboratively streamline the many strategies a family is asked to use by incorporating skill work in various developmental areas into daily routine activities.
- Participants will be able to describe challenges that come with working on multidisciplinary teams in early intervention as described by parents and providers.
- Participants will be able to identify strategies to incorporate acquisition of language and auditory development while working with other disciplines in early intervention.
- Participants will be able to generalize strategies and streamline to specific caseload needs.
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Presenters/Authors
Claire Soete
(Primary Presenter,Author), Central Institute for the Deaf, csoete@cid.edu;
Claire Soete holds a Master’s Degree in Early Intervention in Deaf Education from Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Missouri. She holds certifications from the Council on the Education of the Deaf (CED) and certification in Early Childhood Special Education, and is credentialed as an early intervention provider in the states of Missouri and Illinois. She has worked in the field of deaf education for 27 years.
As a parent educator in the Joanne Parrish Knight Family Center at Central Institute for the Deaf, Claire provides home visits for families of children age birth to three in the early intervention program. She coaches and educates parents on issues related to hearing loss, language and speech acquisition, and auditory skill development. She also attends audiology appointments with families, attends and participates in IFSP and transition meetings, provides in-service and instruction at childcare facilities, and supervises student teachers from area graduate programs.
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Natalie Lutkewitte
(Co-Presenter,Author), Central Institute for the Deaf, Nlutkewitte@cid.edu;
Natalie Lutkewitte holds a Master’s Degree in Deaf Education from Fontbonne University in St. Louis, MO. She has certification from the Council on the Education of the Deaf (CED).Natalie is credentialed as an early intervention provider in the states of Missouri and Illinois. Natalie has worked in the field of deaf education for nine years.
As a parent educator in the Joanne Parrish Knight Family Center at Central Institute for the Deaf, Natalie provides home visits for families of children age birth to three in the early intervention program. She coaches and educates parents on issues related to hearing loss, language and speech acquisition, and auditory skill development. She also attends audiology appointments with families, attends and participates in IFSP and transition meetings, provides in-service and instruction at childcare facilities, and supervises student teachers from area graduate programs.
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