2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference

March 13 - 15, 2022

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3/05/2019  |   10:15 AM - 10:40 AM   |  1-3-6 PLUS (Embedding Parent Support in Follow Up)   |  Vienna

1-3-6 PLUS (Embedding Parent Support in Follow Up)

Parent to Parent support is the PLUS to the 1-3-6 model. Arizona has had success in dramatically improving the number of parents who are receiving timely referral and enrollment in parent to parent support services over the past 18 months. This presentation will share the unsuccessful efforts over the past ten years and what is currently working well with the system. Policies, procedures, HIPAA safeguards and quality improvement strategies will be reviewed. The EAR Foundation of Arizona (EFAz) contracts with the Arizona Department of Health Services to provide follow up services after newborn hearing screening. EFAz is also the recipient of the HRSA EHDI grant and contracts with the Arizona Chapter of Hands & Voices to provide parent to parent support. Co-locating these two services and embedding parents in each system is working!

  • Participants will be able to identify the strategies that were not successful in past efforts to engage parents
  • Participants will be able to identify the key steps in ensuring current efforts are HIPAA compliant
  • Participants will be able to identify Quality Improvement strategies involved in parent to parent support efforts

Presentation:
18878_10282NajwaGhattas.pdf

Handouts:
Handout is not Available

Transcripts:
18878_10282NajwaGhattas.rtf


Presenters/Authors

Lylis Olsen (), The EAR Foundation of Arizona, lylisolsen@msn.com;
Lylis Olsen is the State EHDI Coordinator in Arizona. She is a pediatric audiologist with 35years of experience. She also has a Master's degree in Public Health and has 28 years experience in state newborn hearing screening programs. She works with the EAR Foundation of Arizona on education, advocacy and promoting services for families and their children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Lylis also manages the HEAR for Kids, a unique program that serves as a safety net for children in need of loaner cochlear implants or hearing aids, permanent hearing aids or access to all levels of diagnostic audiology services.


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Heidi Klomhaus (), Arizona Hands & Voices, executivedirector@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 Executive Director and Guide By Your Side 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:

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No relevant financial relationship exist.

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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.