EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
3/05/2019 | 11:00 AM - 11:25 AM | Partnering to Provide Free Tele-Practice Services to Families | Paris
Partnering to Provide Free Tele-Practice Services to Families
The Tennessee Department of Health Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program (EHDI) Program recently entered into an agreement with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology to offer free tele-practice audiology services to families with newly amplified (or soon-to-be-amplified) children, ages birth to 3. The scope of services includes consultations relating to amplification fittings and education relating to the development of early listening skills. It is widely recognized that families can have unanswered questions about their child’s hearing loss and/or early amplification fittings and, sometimes, have barriers to getting their questions answered in a timely manner. This project offers support to families during this important time and facilitates access to skilled providers in a unique format. Tele-visits are delivered via a private videoconferencing platform and are intended to supplement, not take the place of, direct services with the child’s local pediatric provider. This presentation will: give an on overview of the scope of services; describe several case studies of families who participated; share feedback from families who were served; highlight student learning opportunities, and discuss ideas about how a similar partnership could be implemented in your state.
- The learner will be able to describe one type of tele-practice services for families of newly amplified children, birth to 3.
- The learner will be able to describe at least one perceived benefit from tele-practice services.
- The learner will be able to describe how state agencies can partner with audiologists and speech pathologists to offer tele-practice services to families.
Presentation:
18878_10446JulieBeeler.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
18878_10446JulieBeeler.docx
Presenters/Authors
Julie Beeler
(), University of Tennessee Health Science Center, jbeeler8@utk.edu;
Julie Beeler is the Program Liaison at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology in Knoxville. She is also an adjunct instructor for the College of Deaf Education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Rachael Stowe
(), Tennessee Department of Health EHDI Program, Rachael.Stowe@tn.gov;
Rachael Stough, MS, is the EHDI Program Coordinator with the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) who has served for two years. Before this, she served as a parent guide with Family Voices PEARS. In previous work experience, she was a home visitor for 15 years working with high risk families who have co-occurring developmental delays and mental/substance abuse. She has provided clinical and reflective supervision with evidence based home visiting programs which focused on attachment and security as the foundation for social/emotional health and wellness. She received a B.S. from University of North Alabama with a Double Major in Psychology/Sociology and a Master’s degree in Health and Human Performance from Middle Tennessee State University. In her spare time, she lives a life similar to the movie “Mr. Holland’s Opus” with her husband who is a band director along with her two beautiful children who both have profound sensorineural hearing loss.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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