2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
3/05/2012 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | A Strong Clear Vision: Maximizing and Monitoring Learner Progress for Children who are Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing and Their Families | Grand Ballroom C | 9
A Strong Clear Vision: Maximizing and Monitoring Learner Progress for Children who are Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing and Their Families
The purpose of the Minnesota plan to maximize and monitor learner progress for children who are deaf, deaf blind, and hard of hearing and their families is to improve educational outcomes so that each student upon graduation is prepared to enter the adult workforce or continue his/her education as well as be a productive member of each one’s community. It all starts with EHDI, but life does not stop at pre-kindergarten. We need to follow the babies we identify at birth and work with parents, teachers, state agencies, nonprofits and school administrators until the children leave the K-12 education system. This workshop gives an example of how to go from advocacy for passage of changes in EHDI statutes and policies to successful development of a plan that follows the child and family until they transition to adulthood. Stakeholders in Minnesota's plan include parents, representatives from Minnesota Hands and Voices, the Department of Education, the Department of Human Services, Vocational Rehabilitation and the Department of Health, the Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing, the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf, Northern Voices, a charter oral school, school administrators, PACER, a parent advocacy organization. and the University of Minnesota Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teachers Program. The plan has goals, objectives, measurable outcomes and benchmarks. This workshop will help you to adopt this model in your state.
- The process that Minnesota developed to create an interagency collaborative plan with measureable outcomes and benchmarks from birth through 21 that you can adopt for your state. The importance of stakeholder buy-in to the process; how to show “what’s in in for me?” The federal laws in place that give funds and authority to state agencies for children who are deaf and hard of hearing birth to 21 The Minnesota laws and regulations that that increase accountability of state agencies and provide opportunities for stakeholders to give input. Leave with a template of a plan that you can adopt for your state.
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Mary Hartnett
(), Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans (MCDHH) , mary.hartnett@state.mn.us ;
For over 40 years Mary Hartnett has worked with the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind communities in many different roles. Mary has been an educational sign language interpreter, a freelance sign language interpreter, a lobbyist, a community organizer and an executive director of three different nonprofit agencies. Mary has received awards from the Minnesota Association of Deaf Citizens, The Minnesota DeafBlind Association, the Ramsey County Bar Association, The Dispute Resolution Center, Lifetrack Resources, the Public Policy Award for Age and Disability from the Minnesota Department of Human Services and the Antonia Branca Award for Excellence in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention.
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Cheryl DeConde Johnson
(Co-Presenter), Marion Downs Center, cheryl@colorado.edu;
Cheryl DeConde Johnson, Ed.D., provides consulting services for educational audiology and deaf education specializing in program evaluation and development and state deaf education service delivery and accountability systems through her practice, The ADE vantage. Previously she provided technical assistance and leadership in audiology and deaf education as a state consultant with the Colorado Department of Education. Cheryl has also been employed as a school-based audiologist, an early intervention provider, and a coordinator of a public school program serving deaf and hard of hearing students. She currently holds adjunct faculty appointments at the University of Arizona and Salus University. Cheryl is a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors for Hands & Voices. Cheryl has many publications including co-author of the Educational Audiology Handbook, 3rd Ed., and provides workshops and consultation worldwide.
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Julie Storck
(Co-Presenter), Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans, julie.storck@gmail.com;
Julie Stork has her M.A. in deaf education. She has worked with teach for American, Wilderness Inquiry and is currently a teacher of students who are deaf and hard of hearing. She served as MCDHH's Education Coordinator and provided the support to develop Minnesota's statewide collaborative plan.
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