2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/10/2015 | 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | It Takes Two: The Value of Deaf/Hearing Teams in Early Intervention | Caroll Ford | 4
It Takes Two: The Value of Deaf/Hearing Teams in Early Intervention
Many programs across the country have followed the JCIH Guidelines and have started to include adults who are deaf or hard of hearing in all levels of early intervention programs. Some programs have incorporated deaf/hearing teams for many years, while others are just beginning to include adults who are deaf or hard of hearing as a vital part of their early intervention team. There can be some challenges to this process, and many rewards, but when professionals who are deaf or hard of hearing and professionals who are hearing come together and view themselves as an integrally related and connected team, the end result can be extremely beneficial to parents and families, and as a result, of great benefit to children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
In this presentation some of the challenges and rewards of creating an early intervention program where deaf and hearing professionals understand the strengths each person can bring to the team and work cooperatively to create the best early intervention experience possible for every family they serve will be discussed, parent perceptions and experiences with unified teams will be shared, and perspectives on this experience from both deaf/hard of hearing professionals and hearing professionals will be expressed. An overview of some of the most successful programs across the country that have successfully integrated hearing/deaf teams will be described.
- Have a basic awareness of several successful programs across the country who are effectively incorporating deaf/hearing early intervention teams to serve families who have children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- Evaluate some of the challenges and rewards of hearing/deaf early intervention teams from the perspective of the hearing and deaf/hard of hearing professionals working together on early intervention teams.
- Consider ways they can follow JCIH Guidelines to create more collaborative deaf/hearing early intervention teams in their own programs or professional practice.
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Presenters/Authors
Paula Pittman
(Primary Presenter,POC), SKI-HI Institute, paula.pittman@usu.edu;
Paula Pittman has been involved in the education of children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families for 36 years. She was one of the developers of the original Deaf Mentor Program at the SKI-HI Institute and is the director of outreach for the SKI-HI and Deaf Mentor Programs and serves as a National Trainer for both programs.
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Jodee Crace
(Co-Presenter), Gallaudet University, jodee.crace@gallaudet.edu;
Jodee Crace graduated with a M.A. in School Counseling from Gallaudet University in 1988. Since then she has utilized her counseling degree and additional interdisciplinary studies in a variety of human development field as a developmental therapist with Indiana’s Part C agency, staff therapist at a Community Mental Health Center, as a school counselor and then as the Early Intervention Coordinator at the Indiana School for the Deaf. Currently, she provides consulting, coaching, and training services in Early Education and Family Support nationwide, including being a National Deaf Mentor Trainer and a state Parent Advisor Trainer, in which both utilize the SKI-HI Curriculums. Additionally, Jodee is an adjunct instructor with Gallaudet University’s certification program of D/HH Infants, Toddlers, and Families Collaboration and Leadership, along with leading Gallaudet's ASL Connect family resources. Finally, Jodee completed her service with the JCIH, representing Council on Education of Deaf.
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Stacy Abrams
(Co-Presenter), Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, stacy.abrams@gallaudet.edu;
Stacy Abrams, MA, is the Coordinator of Training at the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center. Abrams grew up in Arkansas with a deaf sister and hearing parents. She earned her BA from Gallaudet University, and her MA from the University of California, Santa Barbara with the intention of working with hearing families with deaf children. For five years, Stacy taught deaf students in both mainstreamed and deaf schools. She served as Deaf Mentor Program Coordinator at the New Mexico School for the Deaf, and the Arizona Schools for the Deaf/Blind. She serves on the JCIH. Stacy’s passion of connecting families with the community on their signing journey led to her developing a social awareness campaign, #whyisign. The aim is for families to become inspired by seeing individuals share their reasons for signing. She and her husband are proud parents of two bilingual deaf children who attend the Kendall School.
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