2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/07/2023 | 9:40 AM - 10:10 AM | What's your Role?: Establishing a strong provider-caregiver partnership | DECC 236
What's your Role?: Establishing a strong provider-caregiver partnership
This session will explore the provider-caregiver partnership and identify the role of the caregiver as a member of the early intervention team. Early intervention utilizes an interdisciplinary approach and a triadic model to deliver services to a child and their family. Through early intervention family sessions, a provider coaches a family by building knowledge, answering questions, and supporting them along their child’s journey. Hanft, Rush and Sheldon state that the early intervention coaching model provides a structure for developing the competence and skills of family members. Often, children who are deaf or hard of hearing are born into a family that does not have a family history of pediatric hearing loss therefore the family is reliant on the knowledge and experience of the early intervention provider. An early intervention provider works with a family following their child’s hearing loss diagnosis and has specialized training in auditory and language development. The early intervention provider utilizes a coaching model that incorporates mutual respect, honesty and a framework for growth for both the child and the caregiver. It is critical that “beliefs and practices are highly individualized, flexible, collaborative, and responsive to family choice” (Dunst et al, 2002). Studies have shown that an increase in a caregiver’s self-efficacy can lead to increased success towards outcomes for their child. Early intervention providers are working within a short window of time during the first three years of a child’s life to empower parents as they learn about hearing loss and strategies to help their child be successful.
- Define the utilization of a coaching model within early intervention
- Analyze the role of both a provider and a caregiver as they participate in early intervention services
- Identify key elements to building and maintaining a provider-caregiver partnership that empowers and creates a high level of self-efficacy
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Presenters/Authors
Michelle Graham
(), St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf, mgraham@sjid.org;
Michelle is Executive Director at St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis, Missouri. Michelle is an experienced Listening and Spoken Language Specialist and maintains teacher certification in the area of special education. Michelle provides Early Intervention therapy services to families in person and via internet therapy.
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