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 | 9:40 AM - 10:10 AM | Color and Collaboration: An Approach to Sharing Resources with Families | DECC 233
Color and Collaboration: An Approach to Sharing Resources with Families
Statewide coordination of services and supports for children who are deaf and hard of hearing and their families is critical to successful outcomes and families feeling supported. Maine's HRSA grant Director and Quality Improvement Specialist will share resources developed to ensure families receive consistent messaging throughout their journey from screening, diagnosis, early intervention and Kindergarten Readiness. Resources will be shared that Maine's team have developed in an effort to offer families clarity of message and consistent, collaborative support.
- Participants will be able to identify three ways that having a statewide system of information sharing benefits families
- Participants will be able to identify three ways their state can collaborate with other providers to create unified resource sharing
- Participants will identify ways to incorporate branding supports consistency of messaging for families.
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Presenters/Authors
Karen Hopkins
(), The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, karen.hopkins@mecdhh.org;
Karen Hopkins is the Executive Director of The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the principle investigator of Maine's HRSA grant. Karen oversees early intervention and statewide educational programming for children who are Deaf or hard of hearing birth to age 22. throughout the state of Maine. She serves on the Hands & Voices HQ Board of Directors, the Maine Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Board, The Percival Baxter Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children Board, was a founding member of Maine’s Hands & Voices chapter and has served on the National EHDI meeting planning committee. Karen has presented at several national conferences and internally at the FCEI conference in Austria and the FCEI conference in China. Karen is a Deaf adult who has three children, one of whom is hard of hearing.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment,Management position from Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Darlene Freeman
(), Maine Hands & Voices, darlsfree13@gmail.com;
Darlene Freeman is on the board and the treasurer of the Maine Hands & Voices chapter and a Parent Guide with Maine Hands & Voices. She is also the Quality Improvement Specialist for Maine's HRSA Grant. She is the parent of her 28-year-old daughter, Deaven, who is deaf. Darlene enjoys working with families to help them understand the newborn hearing screening process into early intervention and beyond to encourage them to become strong advocates for their children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Grants for Independent contractor from HRSA.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.