2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
2/27/2017 | 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM | A Co-Treat Curriculum: A Model for Teaming | Grand Hall B
A Co-Treat Curriculum: A Model for Teaming
Traditionally children with hearing loss receive services from an audiologist and early intervention provider separately for assessment, counseling, and treatment. This presentation will discuss a model of co-treating which attempts to streamline patient care, better educate families and improve team collaboration between audiologists and early intervention providers. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) developed guidelines that state "co-treatment may be appropriate when practitioners from different professional disciplines can effectively address their treatment goals while the patient is engaged in a single therapy session." In the model presented here, children ages birth to 3 were followed by an audiologist and speech-language pathologist as they attended audiological appointments. A curriculum was presented to families at set intervals that included topics such as the importance of reading and singing as well as keeping on hearing technology if the parent's goal is for listening and spoken language. Curriculum is developed to be fun and interactive for families with short pieces of information and an opportunity to practice. Curriculum examples along with video examples of the use of curriculum with families will be presented. Participants will have the opportunity to brainstorm relevant curriculum topics for their work setting and co-create the beginning foundation of how they could create this for their own use. The importance of strength-based coaching with families including empathetic listening will be an included part of the discussion.
- The learner will be able to explain the benefits of a co-treat model for a child with hearing loss and his/her family.
- The learner will be able to brainstorm appropriate topics, goals and strategies that could be implemented in a co-treat model.
- The learner will be able to create a co-treat curriculum based on the model shown, brainstorming activity and discussion.
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Presenters/Authors
Hannah Eskridge
(), University of North Carolina, hannah.eskridge@unchealth.unc.edu;
Hannah Eskridge, MSP, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the Clinical Director of the Children’s Cochlear Implant Center at UNC. She has been working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families for over 20 years. Her primary interests are increasing access to hearing healthcare for children and the use of strengths based coaching with both professionals and parents in the areas of listening and spoken language development.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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