2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
4/16/2013 | 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM | Implementing a Communication Plan within Part C | Cira A | 4
Implementing a Communication Plan within Part C
The IDEA special factors requirement [34CFR300.324(2)(iv)] may be the most important part of the IEP for children who are deaf and hard of hearing. This regulation requires IEP teams to:
“Consider the communication needs of the child, and in the case of a child who is deaf or hard of hearing, consider the child’s language and communication needs, opportunities for direct communications with peers and professional personnel in the child’s language and communication mode, academic level, and full range of needs, including opportunities for direct instruction in the child’s language and communication mode. Consider whether the child needs assistive technology devices and services.”
This past year the CDC Family Support Committee completed a document, Making a Plan for your Child: IFSP Considerations for Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing. This document provides a suggested Communication Plan that can be incorporated within the IFSP. While special factors is not a requirement within Part C, OSEP’s responses to questions and comments from the IDEA Part C regulation reviewers clearly opens the door to application of special factors in the IFSP. There is compelling rationale to do so. One important reason to use a Communication Plan with the IFSP is that it defines the child’s communication needs prior to the transition to Part B thereby putting more emphasis on parent preferences and insuring the discussion continues under Part B.
This session will discuss the legal basis and rationale for incorporating a special factors discussion in the IFSP, strategies for the implementation of the IFSP Communication Plan, and pros and cons associated with state Deaf Child Bill of Rights legislation.
- Discuss the IDEA Part B special factors for deaf and hard of hearing children.
- Discuss the rationale and importance for including a discussion of special factors and development of a Communication Plan within the IFSP.
- Discuss strategies for implementing special factors within Part C and using them in the transition to Part B.
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Presenters/Authors
Stephanie Olson
(Co-Presenter), Hands & Voices, Headquarters, stephanie@handsandvoices.org;
Stephanie Olson currently works as the Co-Director of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infusion with Hands & Voices Headquarters and is the Family Consultant at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She previously worked for the Colorado Home Intervention Program as a family facilitator. During 2009, she was part of a team from Children’s Hospital Colorado that traveled to London, South Africa, Brazil and New Zealand and presented on best practices in supporting families. Stephanie has presented at the International Family-Centered Early Intervention (FCEI) Austria, in 2012, 2014,2016, and 2018. She participated in the U.S. and Russian cultural exchange in 2015 and 2016 with Hands & Voices to increase the understanding and impact of Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals in the parenting journey and professionals who work with those families.
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Cheryl DeConde Johnson
(POC,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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