2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
4/15/2014 | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Providing Support to Families and Professionals When There Isn’t a Lot of Money: Strategies from Kansas | Grand Ballroom 8 | 4
Providing Support to Families and Professionals When There Isn’t a Lot of Money: Strategies from Kansas
Due to the financial situation in Kansas, it has been challenging to gain the financial support necessary to implement a statewide system for supporting the early intervention networks in providing comprehensive, unbiased services for children who are deaf/hard of hearing. A dedicated group of people spent many years developing a comprehensive plan, but even a five-year phase-in plan has proven challenging to implement. In the meantime, children who are deaf/hard of hearing are still in need of the key pieces that lead to success such as qualified, knowledgeable professionals, access to services, and access to comprehensive, unbiased information. A dedicated advisory board in conjunction with a member of the outreach team at the Kansas School for the Deaf has found ways to support families and service providers with limited financial support. This session will share strategies for supporting families and service providers, challenges and successes in building capacity for service providers, and the collaborative relationships that have supported this process.
- Identify strategies for supporting families and service providers with limited financial support.
- Identify challenges and successes for building the capacity of early intervention professionals.
- Identify important statewide collaborative partners.
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Presenters/Authors
Erin Schuweiler
(Primary Presenter), Kansas School for the Deaf, eschuweiler@kssdb.org;
Erin Schuweiler, M.S., Ed. is the Sound START (Birth-Three) Coordinator at the Kansas School for the Deaf (KSD). She is also a Language Assessment Program-Deaf/Hard of Hearing (LAP-DHH) specialist. Erin has worked at KSD for 20 years, 2 years as a preschool teacher and 18 years in birth to three. Erin provides services and resources to service providers and families who have children ages birth to three who are deaf and hard of hearing throughout the state of Kansas. Erin graduated from the University of Kansas with a master’s degree in Early Childhood Deaf Education and Early Childhood Special Education.
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