2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/19/2018 | 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | In the World of Medicine: What is Ethical? | Capitol 7
In the World of Medicine: What is Ethical?
Pediatricians play an important role in early intervention as they often are the go-to for parents seeking information and resources for their newly identified deaf children. In doing this, it can be challenging especially when it is not directly related to the practice of medicine, such as language and education. A panel of experienced pediatricians who have involvement with both the Deaf community and the AAP will lead a stimulating dialogue on what policies and practices have been established and what further needs to be done. Medical professionals in the audience will benefit from the exchange of information including specific examples from real-life practice and the opportunity to reflect on current approaches. There will be an opportunity for the audience to ask questions of the panelists and will wrap up with audience-generated recommendations on resources and further policy action.
- Participants will become more familiar with current AAP policies and discussion related to early intervention ethics.
- Participants will identify good practices and resources available to them, relevant to working with parents of deaf children.
- Participants will develop new strategies and policy recommendations to benefit the medical practice of pediatricians working with deaf children.
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Presenters/Authors
Tawny Holmes Hlibok, Esq.
(), Gallaudet University, tawny.holmes.hlibok@gallaudet.edu;
Tawny Holmes Hlibok serves as Language Policy Counsel at Gallaudet University along with being an Associate Professor in the Department of Deaf Studies. She graduated from University of Baltimore School of Law. In addition to her law degree with a family mediation & law certification, she has a Master of Arts in Family Centered Early Education. Ms. Holmes Hlibok has worked four years in teaching deaf and hard of hearing students, mainly in the early childhood education field. As part of her position, she focuses on improving/establishing federal and state policy related to early intervention and education of deaf and hard of hearing children. Ms. Holmes Hlibok strongly believes in the power of collaboration and has contributed a significant amount of her work towards this endeavor, in varying ways, from promoting parent resources to inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing adult professionals.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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• Receives Salary for Employment from Gallaudet University.
• Receives Salary for Employment from National Association of the Deaf.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Rachel St John
(), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Rachel.StJohn@UTSouthwestern.edu;
Rachel St. John is a board-certified pediatrician, and a NIC-Advanced certified sign language interpreter through RID. She received her BS degree in psychology at George Mason University, completed her MD degree at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and then jointly attended Georgetown University Hospital for her residency in pediatrics and Gallaudet University for her MA degree in counseling. Dr. St. John is the director of the Family-Focused Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children at Children’s Medical Center Dallas/UT Southwestern Medical Center. The FFC provides support for families to make informed decisions regarding their child who is deaf/hard of hearing, as well as provides education and collaborative support to providers caring for these patients in keeping with national standards. She also currently serves as an American Academy of Pediatrics representative to the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing.
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Robert C. Nutt
(), University of Rochester, robert_nutt@urmc.rochester.edu;
Dr. Robert Nutt graduated from Dartmouth College and received his medical degree from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He served on the Newborn Hearing Screening Task Force for the New Hampshire, helping to establish the universal newborn hearing screening program in that state. Dr. Nutt completed his Pediatric Residency training followed by clinical fellowships in Academic General Pediatrics and Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Nutt has cared for families in both a primary pediatrics clinic and a developmental-behavioral pediatrics specialty clinic. He developed an ambulatory pediatric clinic that provides direct care to Deaf and hard of hearing patients and families as part of a Patient-Centered Medical Home at the University of Rochester. Dr. Nutt has been director of the Deaf Health Pathway at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, teaching medical students about caring for Deaf patients and other special populations. He serves on the Monroe County (NY) LEICC Task Force on Childhood Hearing and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Leadership Team for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention. His life-long personal experience with hearing loss and proficiency in spoken English and American Sign Language allow him to appreciate the importance of early childhood language acquisition.
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Julia Hecht
(), New Mexico Pediatric Society , julia.hechtmd@gmail.com;
Julia L. Hecht, MD is a pediatrician and New Mexico Chapter Champion. She has focused her medical career on the health and well-being of deaf and hard of hearing children, and children from Deaf families. She received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She studied ASL and Deaf culture at Gallaudet University in 1984-5 and 2018. She received a CATCH grant in 2003 to support the implementation a medical home for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children and CODAs in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was the Medical Director and school physician at the New Mexico School for the Deaf from 1998-2009. Currently, Julia works in advocacy and education at the local, state, and national levels.
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