19th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 8-10, 2020 • Kansas City, MO
3/10/2020 | 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Creating the Partnership between Deaf Mentor Program and Arizona Hands & Voices Guide By Your Side Deaf/Hard of Hearing Program | Empire C
Creating the Partnership between Deaf Mentor Program and Arizona Hands & Voices Guide By Your Side Deaf/Hard of Hearing Program
According to the Supplement to the Joint Commision on Infant Hearing (JCIH) Position Statement Goal 11, “Families who have many contacts with adults who are D/HH exhibit a strong sense of competence with regard to raising their child who is D/HH” (2013). This presentation will share how in 2019, both the Guide By Your Side (GBYS) program Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HH) Guides of Arizona Hands & Voices (AZHV) and the state Deaf Mentor Program (DMP) began collaborations on how to expand the opportunities provided to families for D/HH adult involvement.
With the shared purpose of providing support to families, both programs have worked cohesively in trainings, presentations, and shared events to ensure families receive the opportunity of support from both programs. This presentation will show how this meaningful partnership allows for families to have many opportunities to benefit from D/HH adults, giving the children a greater sense of self and the families a sense of capability that they can raise their D/HH child successfully.
Both programs have goals that involve D/HH adults in the successful support of D/HH children. While some goals vary, the programs have a shared goal of providing families the tools needed to succeed in all aspects of life. Presenters will discuss how they work together and ensure families receive support from D/HH adults within both programs.
- Participants will learn the importance of providing opportunities to receive support from D/HH adults to families with D/HH children.
- Participants will learn the importance of collaboration among D/HH programs to ensure every child and family reach their highest potential
- Participants will be able to identify the strategies involved in referring families from one program to another.
Presentation:
21060_12425HeidiKlomhaus.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Heidi Klomhaus
(), Co-Executive Director/DHH Guide Coordinator, hklomhaus@azhv.org;
Heidi Klomhaus holds a Certificate in Deaf Studies, an AAS in Sign Language Interpretation and a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies-Public Administration. She serves as Co-Executive Director and DHH Guide Coordinator of Arizona Hands & Voices. Being Hard of Hearing herself with severe hearing loss led her to attending college and pursuing studies in the Deaf world. During that time, her youngest child was born hard of hearing, giving Heidi a new direction in life. Knowing there were opportunities to make a difference in her own daughter’s journey led her to Arizona Hands & Voices where she is now making a difference in the lives of deaf or hard of hearing children and their families statewide.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Christina Vorreyer-Davis
(), Deaf Mentor Program Coordinator, christina.vorreyer@asdb.k12.az.us;
Christina Vorreyer’s passion for early childhood services can be traced to her pre-professional days. She earned her bachelors in Family and Child Studies at Gallaudet University and Masters in Early Childhood Education from Walden University. She joined the Deaf Mentor Program as a supervisor in February 2018 at Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. She supports and invests greatly in the heart-warming and highly passionate deaf mentors to ensure that the families across the state of Arizona receive top-quality services. She strives to expand and improve Deaf Mentor Program to best serve the families and their deaf and hard of hearing children from birth to five by providing a language-rich environment and quality interaction during the first five years of the child’s life.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.