EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
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3/06/2012  |   11:00 AM - 12:00 PM   |  On-Line Together: Coaching Practices in Early Intervention   |  Grand Ballroom B   |  3

On-Line Together: Coaching Practices in Early Intervention

This session is an introduction to Listening and Spoken language services for children with hearing loss, using an integrated coaching model developed out of early intervention practices and adapted for teletherapy with children. Telepractice using the coaching model crosses barriers that might otherwise limit or eliminate access to services, building a cooperative relationship to support work towards intervention outcomes outside of sessions with the therapist. The presentation will offer the perspectives of teachers of children who are deaf or hard of hearing, as collaborators with speech-language pathologists and other professional partners in providing services for children with hearing loss and their families. Rationale and practices for coaching and consultation with families will be analyzed.

  • Participants will recognize fundamental connections between listening and spoken language in practices of intervention for children with hearing loss. Participants will distinguish the rationale and practices related to coaching of caregivers from the rationale and practices of direct service provision in intervention for children with hearing loss. Participants will identify key aspects of a coaching model for supporting and educating, via teletherapy, families of children with hearing loss who receive listening and spoken language services.

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Presenters/Authors

Cheryl Broekelmann (Co-Presenter), St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf, cbroekelmann@sjid.org;
Cheryl Broekelmann, LSLS Cert. AVEd, is the Director of Operations at St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis. She has over 25 years experience as an educator of the deaf. She has presented at workshops and at AG Bell conferences. Some of the titles of her presentations are: “Needs of Parents who have Children with Hearing Impairment”, “Lights, Camera, Action”, “What Do I Do When They Want to Learn About Dinosaurs?”, “Meeting the Needs of Families of Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing”, “Demystifying Deafness”, “Preschoolers Rule With The Right Tools”, “Bridging Distances with Tele-Therapy for Children with Hearing Loss” and “Collaboration + Coordination = Communication”. Cheryl has an undergraduate degree in Deaf Education from Fontbonne University and a Masters of Education in Early Childhood Administration.


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• Receives Salary for Employment,Management position from St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf.

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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.

Barbara Meyers (Co-Presenter), St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf, bmeyers@sjid.org;
Barbara Meyers is a listening and spoken language therapist for St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf. Barb sees families in their homes in the state of Missouri, as well as, coaches caregivers, professionals, paraprofessionals, and school age students via the iHear Internet Therapy program. Barb has licensures in Missouri, Indiana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Kansas. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Special Education and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Deaf Education from Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Missouri. Barb has been teaching deaf and hard of hearing children for over 40 years. Her previous experience has been teaching 3–9-year-old students with St. Louis County Special School District and 3-4-year-old students in the preschool program at SJI. Barb has supervised undergraduate and graduate students from Fontbonne University and Washington University and has been a mentor to fellow staff members. Barb has worked with families who speak 2 or more languages including Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic and Mandarin.


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Michelle Graham (Co-Presenter), 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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Jeanne Flowers (Co-Presenter), St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf, jflowers@sjid.org;
Jeanne is an Early Intervention Therapist and an ihear Therapist at St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis. She holds a Masters Degree in Deaf Education from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, a Masters Degree in Speech Language Pathology from Fontbonne University in St. Louis, MO, a Bachelors of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders with a minor in education and is certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialist in Auditory Verbal Education. Jeanne has 6 years of experience working with children with hearing impairments. Jeanne’s previous teaching experiences at St. Joseph Institute include teaching in a transition kindergarten classroom and individual speech and auditory sessions.


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Victoria Carlson-Casaregola (Co-Presenter), St. Joseph Institute For the Deaf, vcarlson-casaregola@sjid.org;
Victoria L. Carlson-Casaregola, MA, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist providing listening and spoken language services through the I Hear program at The St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf. At the 2010 A. G. Bell Convention, she presented on functional intervention strategies using student affinities and personal interests. She holds a Master of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Saint Louis University and a Master of Arts in English with emphasis in Expository Writing from The University of Iowa. She won first place in the 2006 ASHA Student Ethics Award competition.


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