2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference

March 13 - 15, 2022

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4/16/2013  |   9:40 AM - 10:40 AM   |  Telepractice: Promoting a Model of Family Centered Early Intervention Services for Children with Hearing Loss   |  Cascade G   |  4

Telepractice: Promoting a Model of Family Centered Early Intervention Services for Children with Hearing Loss

Telepractice offers a means of bridging the geographic distance between early interventionists and the families they serve. This panel presentation will offer practical strategies for telepractice implementation for mentoring professionals and service delivery to families in rural areas. Learn from the experience of some of the leading telepractice programs in the United States and Canada: British Columbia Family Hearing Resource Society; Center for Communication, Hearing and Deafness; Listen and Talk; Sound Beginnings; The Main Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. These programs serve as models for the field and will share their successes and challenges in program development as well as specific strategies for telepractice sessions and coaching via telepractice.

  • Discuss considerations for developing a telepractice program
  • Describe strategies for service delivery via telepractice
  • Identify strategies for mentoring and coaching via telepractice

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Presenters/Authors

Susan Boswell (POC), AG Bell, sboswell@agbell.org;
Susan is the Director of Communications and Marketing for the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. She brings more than 15 years of experience in an association setting with a focus on the publications and marketing communications arenas. Most recently, she was assistant managing editor for “The ASHA Leader,” the news-magazine of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and has written extensively about audiology, speech-language pathology and school-based services.


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Cheryl Broekelmann (Co-Presenter), St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf, cbroekelmann@sjid.org;
Cheryl Broekelmann, LSLS Cert. AVEd, is the Director of Operations at St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis. She has over 25 years experience as an educator of the deaf. She has presented at workshops and at AG Bell conferences. Some of the titles of her presentations are: “Needs of Parents who have Children with Hearing Impairment”, “Lights, Camera, Action”, “What Do I Do When They Want to Learn About Dinosaurs?”, “Meeting the Needs of Families of Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing”, “Demystifying Deafness”, “Preschoolers Rule With The Right Tools”, “Bridging Distances with Tele-Therapy for Children with Hearing Loss” and “Collaboration + Coordination = Communication”. Cheryl has an undergraduate degree in Deaf Education from Fontbonne University and a Masters of Education in Early Childhood Administration.


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• Receives Salary for Employment,Management position from St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf.

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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.

Kim Hamren (Co-Presenter), Listen and Talk, kimh@listentalk.org;
Kimberly Hamren, M.Ed, CED, LSLS Cert. AVT, is a Teacher of the Deaf and Birth to Three Specialist at Listen and Talk. She has over 35 years of teaching experience and has worked at Listen and Talk since 1997 in a variety of positions including, preschool teacher, Listening and Spoken Language Auditory-Verbal Therapist, and Birth to Three Coordinator. Kim received her Teacher of the Deaf certification and her B.S. in Education from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and her M.Ed in Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Kim has been a LSLS Cert. AVT since 2003. She is grateful for the opportunity to participate in the journey with families as they support the listening and spoken language development of young children with various hearing levels.


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Judy Harrison (Co-Presenter), AG Bell, jharrison@agbell.org;
Judy Harrison is the Interim Executive Director for the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. She is an experienced teacher of the deaf and early interventionist specializing with cochlear implants. She currently represents AG Bell on the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing.


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Karen Hopkins (Co-Presenter), 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.


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• Receives Salary,Grants for Management position from HRSA Maine Educational Center for the Deaf.

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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.

Noreen Simmons (Co-Presenter), British Columbia Family Hearing Resource Society, nsimmons@bcfamilyhearing.com;
Noreen Simmons, Ph.D., M.Sc., RSLP, is executive director of the British Columbia Family Hearing Resource Society. She is also a practicing speech-language pathologist and a researcher. Her current research interests includes linguistic and cultural diversity in bi/multilingual hard of hearing children, communication choices and early intervention, and the transition process to kindergarten for children who are deaf/hard of hearing.


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Arlene Stredler-Brown (Primary Presenter), Colorado EHDI, astredlerbrown@coehdi.org;
Arlene Stredler-Brown, PhD, CCC-SLP is the Director of the Colorado Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program. In addition, she provides consultation and technical assistance to programs working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing in the United States and internationally. Her recent research focuses on telehealth; the use of coaching strategies in the delivery of family-centered early intervention; and promoting system change. Common themes guiding her work are: inclusiveness, collaboration, and a commitment to infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families.


ASHA DISCLOSURE:

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No relevant financial relationship exist.

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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.