2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
3/10/2020 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Supporting Families When Children are Identified Late | Chouteau B
Supporting Families When Children are Identified Late
Nationwide we are seeing an increase in children that pass their newborn hearing screening but are identified as being deaf or hard of hearing between the ages of 3-5 or older. Two mothers who have a personal connection to deafness (one Deaf mother and one mother of a Deaf child) will share their experiences with having their child identified late and the strategies they have learned. This presentation will focus on the need for family support when children are identified beyond the supportive early intervention years. In addition, strategies will be shared for how to encourage families whose children have risk factors to continue to monitor their child's hearing frequently and ways to embed support for families in your state.
- Participants will be able to identify three risk factors that are common with late identification.
- Participants will be able to identify three strategies for supporting families when their child is identified late.
- Participants will be able to identify three tips for families and children when the child is identified late
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Presenters/Authors
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:
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• Receives Salary,Grants for Management position from HRSA Maine Educational Center for the Deaf.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Tammy Breard
(), Ct Hands & Voices, tbreard@cthandsandvoices.org;
Tammy is a mother of a deaf son.
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