EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
3/07/2023 | 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | Toolbox for Deaf Children with Disabilities | DECC 236
Toolbox for Deaf Children with Disabilities
At least 40% of children who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing have other disabilities, according to the Office of Research Support and International Affairs(2014). While hearing loss impacts language acquisition, when other disabilities are present, it can substantially affect every area of development. Early interventionists working with this population of children need to creatively apply everything they have learned while collaborating with other providers to support developmental progress. Language delays, behavioral challenges, visual impairments, and autism are a few of the comorbidities experienced by hearing differences. Given the heterogeneous nature of the population of Deaf children with disabilities (DWD), early intervention providers need a toolkit of strategies they can apply based on each child’s needs.
Since there is a lack of research regarding DWD, professionals must collaborate with those from other specialties to create developmentally appropriate individualized interventions. During this presentation, interventionists will learn to recognize the functions of behavior and how to respond to each one. They will gain the tools to employ a variety of ways to increase infant and child engagement with people, objects, and their environment. Within daily routines, providers will embed activities that support language acquisition in appropriate ways to suit each child. Professionals will be challenged to be creative as they work with infants and children who are DWD.
Office of Research Support and International Affairs. Regional and National Summary Report of Data from the 2013-2014 Annual Survey of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Youth; Office of Research Support and International Affairs: Washington, DC, USA, 2014.
- Participant will be able to identify basic functions of behavior.
- Participant will be able to list three strategies to support functional behavior change.
- The participant will use a variety of strategies to support language acquisition.
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Presenters/Authors
Jennifer Hills
(), University of Northern Colorado, hill2249@bears.unco.edu;
Jennifer has been a teacher of the Deaf for more than ten years and is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst working in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is currently working on her PhD in Special Education with research interests in Deafness with Disabilities.
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