2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
4/14/2014 | 11:35 AM - 12:05 PM | Oregon’s EHDI and Part C Partnership: Working Together to Make Good Things Happen for Young Children with Hearing Loss | City Terrace 9 | 4
Oregon’s EHDI and Part C Partnership: Working Together to Make Good Things Happen for Young Children with Hearing Loss
EHDI and Part C programs often have difficulty with communication, collaboration, and data sharing, which may result in difficulties meeting EHDI benchmarks for the hearing needs of very young children, especially when the two programs are housed in different state agencies. Communication challenges may compromise the effectiveness of the EHDI and Part C programs and the accuracy of EHDI program data reporting.
Oregon’s EHDI and Part C programs (Health Department and Education Department, respectively) have been very successful overcoming barriers to collaboration, including data sharing, communication and input on important projects related to the hearing needs of children ages birth through 3. Through mutual staff training, communication on the inner workings of our respective systems, advisory board service, data sharing arrangements, and involved parents, Oregon has created a highly functional and effective cross-discipline system. Come and learn how these efforts have impacted services (and data) for Oregon’s youngest children with hearing loss.
- successfully overcome barriers to communication, collaboration, and data sharing between EHDI and Part C Programs, especially when these agencies are housed in two different state agencies.
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Presenters/Authors
Heather Morrow-Almeida
(Primary Presenter), Oregon Health Authority, heather.r.morrow-almeida@state.or.us;
Heather Morrow-Almeida works in the Maternal and Child Health Section of the Center for Prevention and Health Promotion of the Oregon Health Authority as a Systems and Policy Analyst. Her portfolio includes a variety of programs and projects related to child health - including child injury prevention and serving as EHDI Coordinator. Prior to joining the Division of Public Health in Oregon, she completed the Public Health Prevention Service Fellowship with the CDC, during which she was assigned to Cowlitz County Health Department (CCHD) in Washington State for two years and spent a year in Atlanta working for the Division of TB Elimination and the Built Environment Team in the National Center for Environmental Health. Heather completed her Master in Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in the Maternal and Child Health Department.
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Ginna Oliver
(Co-Presenter), Oregon Department of Education, ginna.oliver@state.or.us;
Ginna Oliver has a master’s in speech pathology and has been working with Oregonians with disabilities for 30 years. She currently works as an Educational Specialist for the Oregon Department of Education as an Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education Specialist (IDEA Part C and Part B 619), where she serves on the Oregon EHDI advisory board and works closely with a several special audiology projects related to Early Childhood. Ginna lives in Portland with her husband Michael, who also works in the disabilities field in Oregon.
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