2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
4/14/2014 | 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM | The Impact of Spiritual Life on the Family | St. Johns | 7
The Impact of Spiritual Life on the Family
Presentation Track: Family Perspectives and Support
Presenters: Janet DesGeorges and Stephanie Olson
The Impact of Spiritual Life on the Family Journey
The impact of a family’s faith, religion, and spiritual reflections in response to the identification, acceptance, decisions, and beliefs about deafness and hearing loss is often a primary driving force for families, and yet may or may not be communicated to those who are providing support. In the parent-to-parent support model, these conversations do often emerge. Families in the EHDI system may express a desire to delay early intervention services and opt for faith/prayer based intervention. The necessary skills and self – reflection of providing support in this context will be explored. Learning to define the boundaries of ‘where these conversations go' while having the freedom to be with a family where they are at, will also be addressed. Participants in this session will have the opportunity to share their own strategies and stories in keeping with ‘the wisdom among us'.
Janet DesGeorges Stephanie Olson
Janet DesGeorges
Executive Director
Hands & Voices
janet@handsandvoices.org
303-492-6283
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- respect families that desire faith or prayer based discernment while working through their best options.
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Stephanie Olson
(Co-Presenter), Hands & Voices, Headquarters, stephanie@handsandvoices.org;
Stephanie Olson currently works as the Co-Director of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infusion with Hands & Voices Headquarters and is the Family Consultant at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She previously worked for the Colorado Home Intervention Program as a family facilitator. During 2009, she was part of a team from Children’s Hospital Colorado that traveled to London, South Africa, Brazil and New Zealand and presented on best practices in supporting families. Stephanie has presented at the International Family-Centered Early Intervention (FCEI) Austria, in 2012, 2014,2016, and 2018. She participated in the U.S. and Russian cultural exchange in 2015 and 2016 with Hands & Voices to increase the understanding and impact of Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals in the parenting journey and professionals who work with those families.
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