2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
3/03/2019 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | A Seat at the Table: Diverse Perspectives on Parent-School-Professional Cooperation | International A
A Seat at the Table: Diverse Perspectives on Parent-School-Professional Cooperation
This workshop will be conducted by professionals representing the three perspectives parent, school and outside professional. Open to all EHDI attendees, this presentation will highlight the importance of cooperation and advocacy on behalf of the child by every one of the adults "at the table." The instructional session will include four parts: 1. An introduction to parent-school-professional cooperation and why it matters; 2. A panel discussion on 'having a seat at the table'; 3. A role play of a planning meeting, modeling the implementation of parent-school-professional cooperation; and 4. A presentation on practical strategies for ensuring that diverse perspectives are included in establishing goals and determining programming for young deaf and hard of hearing children.
- Partipants will be able to describe a minimum of two benefits to ensuring that diverse perspectives are represented "at the table."
- Participants will be able to list a minimum of three strategies to ensure that the perspectives of each person "at the table" is acknolwedged and recognized.
- Participants will be able to write a minimum of two "take home strategies" that can be employed in future planning meanings, regardless of whether the participant is a parent, a school representative or an outside professional.
Presentation:
18878_10189AmySzarkowski.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
18878_10189AmySzarkowski.docx
Presenters/Authors
Amy Szarkowski
(), Children's Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf, Amy.Szarkowski@childrens.harvard.edu;
Amy Szarkowski, PhD, is the Director of The Institute and The Clinic at the Children's Center for Communication/ Beverly School for the Deaf (CCCBSD), and faculty for LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities), at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Szarkowski holds an academic appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She is also an adjunct instructor for the Infants, Toddlers and Families (ITF) Interdisciplinary program at Gallaudet University.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment from Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
• Receives Salary for Employment from CCCBSD.
• Receives Salary for Employment from Gallaudet University.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Karen Hopkins
(), The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, karen.hopkins@mecdhh.org;
Karen Hopkins is the Executive Director of The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the principle investigator of Maine's HRSA grant. Karen oversees early intervention and statewide educational programming for children who are Deaf or hard of hearing birth to age 22. throughout the state of Maine. She serves on the Hands & Voices HQ Board of Directors, the Maine Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Board, The Percival Baxter Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children Board, was a founding member of Maine’s Hands & Voices chapter and has served on the National EHDI meeting planning committee. Karen has presented at several national conferences and internally at the FCEI conference in Austria and the FCEI conference in China. Karen is a Deaf adult who has three children, one of whom is hard of hearing.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary,Grants for Management position from HRSA Maine Educational Center for the Deaf.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Djenne-amal Morris
(), Hands & Voices HQ, djennemorris@gmail.com ;
Djenne-amal N. Morris brings passion, humor, and real-life experience to her role as a national and international
parent/professional trainer, facilitator, and motivational speaker whose view of the world is not as it is, but as it could be. As a mother of an amazing son with CHARGE Syndrome, she strives to build an atmosphere of support and empowerment for families of children with special needs and the professionals who serve them. This has led to her career working with families of children with special needs in various roles as Women’s Ministry Leader, and Family Specialist for the New England and North Carolina Deaf-Blind Projects, and
Parent Educator. Professionally, Djenne serves as Family Faculty/Multicultural Advisor for the NC-LEND program at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is a co-author of The Art of Collaboration: Lessons from Families of Children with Disabilities. Djenne holds a BA in Psychology from Clark University and holds a Certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from Cornell University. Djenne and her husband Michael of 30 years have 3 children. Malik, 26, is a graduate of the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf. He is independent and living his best life in a group home for Deaf young men. Imani, 27, is a future MPH focusing on Maternal and Child Health. Her youngest Zakiya, 21, is
a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and a future Audiologist.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Nonfinancial -