2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/15/2022 | 12:35 PM - 1:00 PM | Early Intervention: The Importance of using the WHOLE child approach | Room 7
Early Intervention: The Importance of using the WHOLE child approach
Early intervention services are provided to children and families at home or in the community. Each IFSP team is comprised of different specialist to focus on the whole child and all developmental domains. Specialists often focus on physical, cognitive, communication, adaptive and social-emotional skills. Infants and toddlers with a hearing loss face a unique set of needs and service providers must adjust their teaching to meet the unique needs of each child and family. In this session, we will discuss how a hearing loss can impact more than just articulation, communication, and language. We will discuss how providers can take a whole child approach to early intervention service and ensure all the right service providers are part of the IFSP team. We will discuss how providers can help families and children become ready for school age services with a whole child approach to early intervention services.
- Participants will learn the seven development domains included in a whole child approach to services.
- Participants will learn how a hearing loss impacts whole child development.
- Understand the importance of the JCIH recommendations on whole child development.
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Presenters/Authors
Tabitha Belhorn
(InPerson), Ohio Hands & Voices, tbelhorn@gmail.com;
Tabitha Belhorn is a parent of Deaf child. She has worked with families for 13 years, providing resources, guidance, and support to families of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. She has experience supporting families of children who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, and deaf plus additional disabilities. She is the Executive Director of Ohio Hands & Voices and Ohio ASTra Coordinator. She serves as the Regional Coordinator. Tabitha has presented on a variety of topics such as special education law, educational advocacy, preschool transition, and family support and is a co-author of the Communication Planning Guide for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Anita Dowd
(Virtual), Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, anita.dowd@ky.gov;
Anita Dowd, deaf since early childhood, is the Executive Staff Advisor at the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Frankfort, KY. As the mom of two daughters with very different hearing losses, Anita firmly believes that there is no “one size fits all” solution to barriers that deaf and hard of hearing individuals face in their lives. She is the current President of Kentucky Hands & Voices, Hands & Voices Region 4 Coordinator and she sit on the Hands & Voices board.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.