EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
3/13/2022 | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Improving Early Intervention Practices: Insights from a Parent and a Professional | Room 1
Improving Early Intervention Practices: Insights from a Parent and a Professional
This presentation will explore the journey of a mother and her deaf daughter as they navigated the early intervention system. Real examples of obstacles and issues parents face will be provided, along with specific suggestions for how professionals can improve their practice. Connections between the parents' journey and the professionals' service provision will be made in order to improve overall early intervention services for deaf and hard of hearing infants.
- State three barriers that parents of DHH children commonly face
- Explain how professionals' bias and attitude directly affects service provision
- State three considerations for professionals working with parents of DHH children in early intervention
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Presenters/Authors
Kimberly Sanzo
(), Language First, kimberly@language1st.org;
Kimberly Sanzo is a speech-language pathologist who works with D/HH children with an ASL-English bilingual approach. She received her B.A. in Psychology and in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Vermont in 2010 and her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from Gallaudet University in 2012. She is a board-certified specialist in child language (BCS-CL) through the American Board of Child Language and Language Disorders. She is dedicated to changing the way that SLPs understand and work with D/HH children.
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• Receives Ownership interest for Employment from Language First.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Erica Salcido
(Virtual), none, momthatsigns@gmail.com;
Erica is a wife and mom of two children, one hearing and one Deaf. She is a recent graduate of an Interpreter Training Program and is working on pursuing her state certifications. She runs an advocacy account on Instagram, @momthatsigns, hoping to provide other hearing families with Deaf children with helpful resources, an opportunity to connect with the Deaf community, and encouragement to spearhead their journey with confidence and full support.
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