2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/09/2015 | 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Supporting Families Without Bias: An H&V Panel Discussion | Nunn | 7
Supporting Families Without Bias: An H&V Panel Discussion
As the effective implementation of EHDI systems continues throughout the nation, the importance of providing good information to families which results in informed decision making is at the heart of conversations around the use of the term ‘unbiased’ when describing parent support. This facilitated panel discussion explores how, at Hands & Voices, we honor and share our own personal stories without manipulating outcomes for families relative to communication choice-making and other deaf/hard of hearing issues. Taking the principles used in self-reflection for sharing our own stories, this session will also explore how organizations and systems can ensure the integrity of support to families. The H&V GBYS program and integrating the philosophy of unbiased support programmatically will also be highlighted. Areas of exploration in this session will include: the difference between sharing personal opinion and being biased; getting stuck over semantics and the types of words used to describe components of the family journey and EHDI systems; and sharing concrete strategies for ensuring continuity across programs and staff in an organization. Panelists will include, parents, d/hh individuals, professionals from the H&V leadership ranks.
- Define and identify bias and perception of bias as an individual and as an organization.
- Understand and utilize tools to assess unbiased delivery of information within EHDI systems as organizations
- Develop identified areas of common ground for the good of families across sometimes conflicting organizational missions and values of different organizations.
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Stephanie Olson
(Primary Presenter,POC), 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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