2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/19/2018 | 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | How READ Kits Can Impact Early Literacy | Granite A-C
How READ Kits Can Impact Early Literacy
Parents are often told to begin reading with their children from the beginning, but they may be unsure how to do so when their child is deaf/hard of hearing. CHOICES for Parents is a statewide coalition of parents and professionals in Illinois ensuring that children with identified hearing loss and their families receive the necessary resources, advocacy, information, services and support. We designed our READ Program to foster a love of reading and books from early intervention through high school. CHOICES for Parents has collaborated with Chicago Hearing Society’s Youth and Deaf Mentor Programs to expand our reach to schools and families throughout the state. We will briefly discuss some research indicating how early reading activities impact language development, specific reading strategies commonly used with deaf/hard of hearing infants and toddlers, and demonstrate how you can make your own READ Kit. We will give away children’s books and raffle off a few READ Kits.
- Participants will be able to state the connections between early literacy and reading.
- Participants will be able to state at least four reading strategies commonly used with deaf/hard of hearing infants and toddlers.
- Participants will be able to use the information presented to create their own READ Kits.
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Presenters/Authors
Karen Aguilar
(), Chicago Hearing Society, KAguilar@anixter.org;
Karen Aguilar is the VP of Communication Access at the Chicago Hearing Society, a division of Anixter Center, that provides social services and advocacy, youth programing and mentoring, a hearing health clinic and interpreter referral service throughout Illinois. CHS houses the Youth and Family Connections Program and Deaf Mentor Program. Ms. Aguilar's past work includes creating a center based early intervention program for families and providing developmental therapy, service coordination and family support. Ms. Aguilar has a Masters of Jurisprudence in Health Law from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and has trained the legal community on the rights of persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, and educated the Deaf Community about their rights under state and federal laws. Ms. Aguilar has been signing since childhood and is a nationally-certified state-licensed sign language interpreter.
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Michelle Mendiola
(), Chicago Hearing Society, mmendiola@anixter.org;
Michelle Mendiola is a Deaf adult and is married to Jason McKinnie with three daughters, including Jayla and Jaede who are both hard of hearing. She is the Director of the Community Outreach & Advocacy at the Chicago Hearing Society, a division of Anixter Center. Michelle oversees the Youth Program, Adult Role Models in Education of the Deaf (A.R.M.E.D.), and a statewide Deaf Mentor Program. Michelle's other job duties include providing counseling, crisis intervention,?advocacy, information & referral to appropriate community resources for services, coordinating income tax assistance program and overseeing the Illinois Telecommunication Access Corporation (ITAC) Program and also Youth and Family Connections. Michelle has given numerous trainings and presentations on different Deaf-related topics. Michelle is personally and professionally active in the Deaf Community.
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Karla Giese
(), karlag@choicesforparents.org;
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