2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
4/15/2013 | 11:05 AM - 12:05 AM | Meet Successful Deaf Adults: A Panel | Solana B | 3
Meet Successful Deaf Adults: A Panel
Do you wonder what a deaf or hard of hearing child will be like as an adult? Will he or she be independent? Will he or she go to college? Will he or she be successful? Those questions are often on minds of parents who have met their first deaf person when they find out their child is deaf or hard of hearing, particularly fathers who tend to be more concerned about long-term planning. (Benedict & Crace, et al., 2012, Naseef, 1997).
This presentation is a way to visualize the future, as you will be introduced to a panel of diverse and successful deaf and hard of hearing adults from a variety of educational backgrounds including language and communication approaches. From being a financial planner or lawyer to having an advanced degree ranging from a specialized masters to a Ph.D., each panelist is viewed as extremely successful in his/her respective career along with being a well-respected community leader.
Questions posed will range from their early exposure to language and communication approaches to the type of support and actions their parents undertook, along with the specific steps they took to achieve their current career-related and community success. Parents and EHDI professionals will be invited to present their own questions, as well.
- Identify important factors in deaf adults' success e.g. type of family support and language approach
- Deduce common denominators that have paved the way for the panelists' success in employment and beyond.
- Predict possibilities for the career success of the deaf or hard of hearing child in question
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Presenters/Authors
Tawny Holmes Hlibok, Esq.
(POC,Co-Presenter), Gallaudet University, tawny.holmes.hlibok@gallaudet.edu;
Tawny Holmes Hlibok serves as Language Policy Counsel at Gallaudet University along with being an Associate Professor in the Department of Deaf Studies. She graduated from University of Baltimore School of Law. In addition to her law degree with a family mediation & law certification, she has a Master of Arts in Family Centered Early Education. Ms. Holmes Hlibok has worked four years in teaching deaf and hard of hearing students, mainly in the early childhood education field. As part of her position, she focuses on improving/establishing federal and state policy related to early intervention and education of deaf and hard of hearing children. Ms. Holmes Hlibok strongly believes in the power of collaboration and has contributed a significant amount of her work towards this endeavor, in varying ways, from promoting parent resources to inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing adult professionals.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment from Gallaudet University.
• Receives Salary for Employment from National Association of the Deaf.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Tara Finkle
(Co-Presenter), Maryland Association of the Deaf, tarafinkle@me.com;
Tara Duboski Finkle is a mother of two adopted elementary-age deaf/hard of hearing children who attend the Maryland School for the Deaf, Frederick campus. She currently serves as a representative on the Universal Newborn Screening Council. Her husband operates a successful interpreting business in New York City.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Nonfinancial -