2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
3/06/2012 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Reducing Loss to Follow-up through Parent Professional Partnerships: the Wisconsin Model | Regency Ballroom B | 5
Reducing Loss to Follow-up through Parent Professional Partnerships: the Wisconsin Model
In 2008, there were 70,887 births recorded in the EHDI Tracking Referral and Coordination system (WE-TRAC). Of those records, 906 were not screened for a reason other than child death, parent refusal or non-occurent births, and 229 of the 760 that did not pass the final hearing screening were designated as lost to follow-up or lost to documentation. Beginning in May of 2011, the Wisconsin Sound Beginning Program revamped their infrastructure to better tackle the challenge of loss to follow-up. Wisconsin has now implemented a statewide outreach team consisting of regionalized parent-professional-community partnerships. Easy to understand outreach flow diagrams will be shared. The WSB WIC Memorandum of Agreement will also be available, as well as other tools used in outreach and follow-up. Reducing loss to follow-up is a team effort in WI. Hands & Voices Guide By Your Side Parent Guides conduct phone and letter support. Community WIC Programs are offering information and hearing care coordination, and the EHDI Regional Outreach Nurse Specialists (RONS) are providing follow-up hearing screening services where families are most accessible. In a few short months, we have seen dramatic success in meeting the needs of those infants identified as at-risk for loss to follow-up.
- analyze key strategies for successful follow-up identify the components of home visitation that may work in their state
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Presenters/Authors
Elizabeth Seeliger
(), Department of Health Services, elizabeth.seeliger@dhs.wisconsin.gov;
Elizabeth Seeliger, AuD, is the Wisconsin Sound Beginnings Program Director and has worked as a clinical audiologist in a variety of settings, helping guide children and families through the process of hearing loss diagnosis and intervention. Elizabeth has been a leader in developing a data, tracking and referral system; educational resources for hospitals and providers; and an interactive notebook for parents. Elizabeth spearheaded the initiative to enable Wisconsin homebirth midwives to provide UNHS. Elizabeth has also provided technical assistance and consultation locally and internationally on quality improvement in EHDI systems. Elizabeth served on the board of directors for the WI Chapter of Families for Hands & Voices and Hands & Voices HQ. She is endorsed in Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health.
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Connie Stevens
(Co-Presenter), UW-WI Madison, supporting WI Department of Health Services, cstevens4@wisc.edu;
Connie began work in EHDI after receiving news that her seven month old daughter, who has Down Syndrome, was also deaf. She delved into researching best practices and available resources. For five years, she was Program Director of Shore to Shore, for families with D/HH members, coordinating and leading literacy-based playgroups, parent support groups and sign language classes. Connie has been involved with Wisconsin Families for Hands & Voices since its inception. Connie was a Guide By Your Side Parent Guide. Since 2009, she's worked with Wisconsin Sound Beginnings, representing the parent perspective, helping reduce loss to follow-up by connecting with families and providers, and connecting with families and Early Intervention Programs post-identification. Connie attends many EHDI, D/HH and family support conferences. She co-authored the state’s “Babies and Hearing Loss Interactive Notebook”. She was also a member of the National Center for Cultural Competence-NCHAM Community of Learners.
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Rebecca Martin
(Co-Presenter), WI DHS, rebecca.martin@wi.gov;
Rebecca Martin, MPH, IMH-E(II) is the Outreach Specialist Coordinator at Wisconsin Sound Beginnings, working to support families and providers throughout EHDI. She has a decade of experience in health education, home visitation, case management, communications and advocacy. With a focus on high-risk, minority, immigrant and teen parents and their young children, Rebecca has provided intensive case management, intervention, education and support around parent-child relationships, child development, family stability, domestic violence and physical/emotional health. Rebecca completed her public health Preceptorship at a community health center in rural Wisconsin working with Amish and Hispanic communities. Rebecca served as a Peace Corps Volunteer, working to better maternal/child health and improve community organization. She is a graduate of UW-Madison’s Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health certificate program and has earned her Level II Infant Mental Health Endorsement as an Infant Family Specialist for culturally sensitive, relationship-focused practice promoting infant mental health.
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