16th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
February 26-28, 2017 • Atlanta, GA

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2017 EHDI Annual Meeting
Abbreviated Agenda

Last Updated: 2/23/17

Saturday, February 25, 2017
Time Event
9:00 am - 5:00 pm JCIH Meeting
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Islands/Outlying Territories Meeting
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Time Event
8:00 am - 8:00 pm Pre-Session / Meeting Registration Open
8:00 am - 8:00 pm Speaker Ready Room open
8:00 am - 12:00 pm DSHPSHWA Executive Board Meeting
9:00 am - 12:00 pm NCHAM FAC Meeting
 
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Instructional Sessions: 9 Total
 
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Set-up
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm Exhibit Set-up
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Family Leader Scholarship Meeting
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm AAP Regional Network Liaison Workshop
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm LEND Lunch Workshop
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm EHDI 101
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm EHDI Student Kick-off
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm AAP Chapter Champions Gathering
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Reception and Exhibits Open
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Parent Gathering
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm GA H&V Guide By Your Side Read Along (Storytelling)
Monday, February 27, 2017
Time Event
6:45 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
7:00 am - 7:45 am Roundtable Sessions
7:00 am - 3:30 pm Registration open
7:15 am - 5:30 pm Speaker Ready Room open
7:15 am - 5:30 pm Exhibits open
7:00 am - 7:50 am Food for Thought: Student-Professional Networking Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:55 am Opening Plenary: Effective Family Engagement: A Panel on the Power to Influence EHDI Systems
Facilitated by Janet DesGeorges, Executive Director, Hands & Voices
8:55 am - 9:05 am Presentation of the EHDI Family Leadership Award
9:05 am - 9:15 am Overview of Stakeholders' Meetings
9:15 am - 10:45 am State Stakeholders' Meetings
10:45 am - 11:05 am Break
11:05 am - 12:05 pm Topical Session 1
12:05 pm - 1:45 pm Lunch
12:25 pm - 1:45 pm Parent Place Lunch Meeting
12:25 pm - 1:45 pm Part C & EHDI Workgroup Meeting
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Poster Session
Exhibits open
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm Break
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Topical Session 2
3:00 pm - 3:20 pm Refreshment Break
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm Topical Session 3
3:50 pm - 4:10 pm Break
4:10 pm - 5:15 pm Plenary II: Georgia Pathway to Language and Literacy for Children Who are DHH
Presented by Brenda Fitzgerald, Kenny Moore, Comer Yates
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm Presentation of the Antonia Brancia Maxon Award for EHDI Excellence
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm AAP Participant Working Session
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Time Event
6:45 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
7:00 am - 7:45 am Roundtable Sessions
7:00 am - 7:50 am Food for Thought: Student-Professional Networking Breakfast
7:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration Open
7:15 am - 3:15 pm Speaker Ready Room Open
7:15 am - 11:00 am Exhibits Open
8:00 am - 9:00 am Plenary III/Closing: Experience of a Deaf Pediatrician Working with Families in a Deaf Medical Home
Presented by Dr. Robert Nutt
9:00 am - 9:20 am Presentation of Poster and Website Awards
9:15 am - 12:15 pm AAP Chapter Champion Workshop
9:20 am - 9:40 am Refreshment Break
9:40 am - 10:40 am Topical Session 4
10:40 am - 11:00 am Break
11:00 am - 1:45 pm Poster and Exhibitor Break-down starts
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Topical Session 5
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm Lunch
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Made to Hear Book Discussion with Laura Medlin
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Topical Session 6
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Refreshment Break
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Topical Session 7
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Break
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm Topical Session 8
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Time Event
7:00 am - 9:00 am DSHPSHWA Meeting
7:30 am - 1:00 pm Field Trip to Atlanta Area School for the Deaf/Atlanta Speech School
9:00 am - 9:15 am Breakfast
9:15 am - 4:00 pm EHDI Coordinator Mtg
7:30 am - 1:00 pm Field Trips - One Trip to two different sites:

(1) Center for Accessible Technology in Sign (CATS) - joint project between the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf and the Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech OR AASD will be visited to see the project)

(2) Atlanta Area Speech School

More Info Coming Soon.